{"id":15849,"date":"2026-08-14T04:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/14\/project-1-build-your-first-n8n-automation-webhook-email-tutorial\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T04:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:58:36","slug":"project-1-build-your-first-n8n-automation-webhook-email-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/14\/project-1-build-your-first-n8n-automation-webhook-email-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 1: Build Your First n8n Automation (Webhook + Email Tutorial)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVSQ191Fpw0?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Welcome to my n8n automation series.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, you\u2019ll learn how to build your first automation in n8n using a Webhook trigger and Email (Gmail) to send a message automatically.<\/p>\n<p>This lesson is designed for complete beginners. No prior n8n or automation experience is required.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 What you\u2019ll learn in this video:<\/p>\n<p>What n8n is and how it works<\/p>\n<p>What a webhook is (simple explanation)<\/p>\n<p>How to create a webhook trigger in n8n<\/p>\n<p>How to connect Gmail to n8n<\/p>\n<p>How to send an email automatically<\/p>\n<p>How to test and debug your workflow<\/p>\n<p>By the end of this video, you\u2019ll have a working automation you can build on.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 Who this video is for:<\/p>\n<p>Beginners learning n8n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in automation<\/p>\n<p>Students, developers, and non-technical users<\/p>\n<p>People who want practical, real-world workflows<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc This is project 1 of a 20 n8n learning series, where we\u2019ll move from simple automations to advanced real-world projects.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4d If this video helps you, like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you don\u2019t miss the next lesson.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mVSQ191Fpw0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my n8n automation series. In this video, you\u2019ll learn how to build your first automation in n8n using a Webhook trigger and Email (Gmail) to send a message automatically. This lesson is designed for complete beginners. No prior n8n or automation experience is required. \ud83d\udd39 What you\u2019ll learn in this video: What n8n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-15849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-n8n","tag-n8n-tutorial-for-beginners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.web-ai-institute.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}