Adding and Configuring an Action: The Concrete Example

Let's walk through adding an email action to the Morning Brief, step by step.

In Make:

1. You've already set up your Schedule trigger
2. Click the "+" icon below the trigger to add an action
3. Search for "Gmail" or "Email"
4. Click "Gmail" (if you want Gmail) or "Send an Email" (generic)
5. If you haven't connected Gmail before, click "Create a connection" and log in
6. Once connected, fill in:
7. To: Your email address
8. Subject: "Morning Brief"
9. Body: Leave this for now; you'll map data from a previous step
10. Click "OK"

The email module is now in your workflow. Later, you'll map the formatted weather data into the Body field.

In n8n:

1. You've already set up your Cron trigger
2. Click the "+" on the canvas to add a node
3. Search for "Gmail" (or HTTP, depending on what you're doing)
4. Click "Gmail"
5. A side panel opens. Click "Authenticate" and log in if needed
6. In the configuration panel, fill in:
7. To: Your email address (you can add multiple recipients)
8. Subject: "Morning Brief"
9. Message: Leave for now; you'll fill this with data mapping
10. The node is ready