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How to Build a Personal AI Dashboard Using n8n, Make, and GPT – No Code Required

Build a personal AI dashboard using no-code tools like n8n, Make, and OpenAI. Automate weather, calendar, email, and to-dos into one daily summary.
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Tired of checking five different apps every morning just to figure out what’s going on today? With the right setup, you can have your weather, schedule, important emails, and to-dos all in one place—automatically updated and summarized just for you.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to build your own personal AI dashboard using no-code tools like n8n and Make, along with helpful APIs like OpenAI, Google Calendar, Gmail, and Open-Meteo. Whether you're a solo entrepreneur, freelancer, or just someone who likes things organized, this workflow will save time and bring structure to your day—without needing to write a single line of code.

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Tools and APIs You'll Need

Before we dive into building your AI dashboard, let’s walk through the tools and APIs you’ll use. Don’t worry—every tool on this list has a free tier, and you won’t need to write code.

Tool / API Purpose
n8n or Make No-code automation platforms to build your workflow
OpenAI API Use GPT to summarize your day into natural language
Open-Meteo API Get today’s weather forecast without authentication
Gmail API Access your latest emails (requires simple Google API setup)
Google Calendar API Pull your schedule for the day
Notion API or Todoist API Fetch your tasks or to-do list

Each of these tools can be integrated with either n8n or Make. We’ll cover both options side by side so you can choose what works best for you.

 

What Your AI Dashboard Will Do

This dashboard isn’t just a flashy interface—it’s a smart, fully automated system that gathers useful daily information and delivers it to you in one place. Here’s what it will do every morning (or at any time you schedule):

Feature Description
Weather Update Get real-time weather for your location using the Open-Meteo API
Calendar Summary Fetch today’s events from Google Calendar and display them clearly
Email Digest Pull key emails from Gmail—such as unread or starred messages
To-Do List List your tasks from Notion or Todoist to keep your priorities visible
GPT Summary Use OpenAI to generate a daily briefing in natural, human-like language
Delivery Send the final result to Telegram, Notion, or email automatically

The best part? All of this happens automatically. You set it up once—and your AI dashboard will keep working in the background, giving you a head start every single day.

 

Step 1 – Choose and Set Up Your Platform (n8n or Make)

Both n8n and Make are powerful no-code automation tools, and each has its strengths. In this section, we’ll walk you through setting up either one—choose whichever fits your style best.

🔹 Option A: n8n (for developers and advanced users)

  • Step 1: Visit n8n.io and create a free account (or self-host with Docker if preferred).
  • Step 2: After logging in, go to your dashboard and click Create Workflow.
  • Step 3: You’ll see a visual canvas. Each block (called a “node”) performs one task (like getting weather, calling GPT, etc.).
  • Step 4: You can install additional credentials for Gmail, Notion, etc., via the left panel.

Why use n8n?
n8n gives you full control. You can build very custom flows, add logic branches, even run JavaScript inside nodes. It’s great if you want power and flexibility.

🔹 Option B: Make (for beginners and visual builders)

  • Step 1: Go to make.com and sign up for a free account.
  • Step 2: Click on Create a Scenario and choose a starting trigger like Schedule.
  • Step 3: You’ll see a modular editor. Each circle represents a service or function you can drag and connect.
  • Step 4: Add modules for Gmail, OpenAI, Google Calendar, etc., using simple dropdowns and setup wizards.

Why use Make?
Make is user-friendly and supports hundreds of services out-of-the-box. If you prefer visual workflows and minimal setup, this is your best bet.

Once your platform is ready, you can begin creating your daily dashboard by adding the first data source: the weather.

 

Step 2 – Fetch Weather Data (Open-Meteo API)

For weather updates, we’ll use the free and easy-to-use Open-Meteo API. It doesn’t require an API key, making it perfect for quick integration. We’ll query it for the current day’s forecast based on your coordinates.

🔹 Option A: In n8n

  • Step 1: Add a new HTTP Request node to your workflow.
  • Step 2: Set the method to GET.
  • Step 3: In the URL field, enter this example:
    https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=37.57&longitude=126.98&daily=temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min&timezone=auto
    (Use your own latitude/longitude)
  • Step 4: Optionally, use the Set node to extract and format the results for later use.

This will give you a JSON response containing the max/min temperatures for the day, which we’ll pass to GPT later.

🔹 Option B: In Make

  • Step 1: Add an HTTP module and choose Make a request.
  • Step 2: Method = GET
  • Step 3: Use the same API URL as shown above.
  • Step 4: Run the module and review the output in the Output panel.

To extract data, follow it with a JSON > Parse module and map the temperature values into later steps.

Field Example Value
temperature_2m_max 26.4 °C
temperature_2m_min 18.9 °C

We now have weather data! Next, let’s fetch your daily calendar schedule from Google Calendar.

 

Step 3 – Get Calendar Events (Google Calendar API)

Your calendar is one of the most valuable sources of personal context. Let’s connect to Google Calendar and pull today’s events so they can be summarized by GPT and included in your daily dashboard.

🔐 Prerequisite: Google API Setup (One-Time Only)

  1. Go to the Google Cloud Console.
  2. Create a new project and enable the Google Calendar API.
  3. Set up an OAuth 2.0 Client ID and download the credentials JSON file.
  4. Add your redirect URI depending on the tool:
    • For n8n Cloud: use https://api.n8n.cloud/oauth2/callback
    • For Make: use https://www.make.com/oauth/cb/google-calendar
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🔹 Option A: In n8n

  • Step 1: Use the built-in Google Calendar node.
  • Step 2: Create credentials using the OAuth Client ID and Secret you got from Google.
  • Step 3: Set the operation to Get All and choose the calendar ID (or use primary).
  • Step 4: Filter events for today using the built-in DateTime helpers in n8n.
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🔹 Option B: In Make

  • Step 1: Add a Google Calendar > Watch Events module or List Events.
  • Step 2: Authenticate with your Google account using OAuth flow.
  • Step 3: Set filter conditions:
    • Start date = now
    • End date = endOfToday (can use built-in functions)
  • Step 4: Add a formatter to clean up event titles, start times, and locations.
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Field Description
summary Title of the event
start.dateTime Start time in ISO 8601 format
location Optional field for event place

You now have your day’s events ready to be summarized or displayed. Next, let’s connect Gmail to extract key emails from your inbox.

 

Step 4 – Check Your Email (Gmail API)

Email often contains your most urgent updates, so pulling a daily digest from Gmail is a huge win. We’ll focus on retrieving unread or starred emails and prepare them for GPT summarization.

🔐 Prerequisite: Gmail API Setup (Shared with Google Calendar)

If you already set up Google API credentials for Calendar, you can reuse them here. Just make sure to enable the Gmail API in your Google Cloud Console, and ensure your OAuth scopes include:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
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🔹 Option A: In n8n

  • Step 1: Add a Gmail node and connect your Google account using OAuth2 credentials.
  • Step 2: Choose the operation Get All and filter by label:
    • UNREAD or STARRED labels work well
  • Step 3: You can limit results to the last 5–10 emails using the maxResults parameter.
  • Step 4: Use a Function or Set node to extract subject, snippet, and from fields.
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🔹 Option B: In Make

  • Step 1: Add a Gmail > Search Messages module.
  • Step 2: In the query field, enter something like:
    is:unread newer_than:1d or is:starred
  • Step 3: Set the maximum number of results (e.g., 5).
  • Step 4: Chain a Get Message module to retrieve full details of each email.
  • Step 5: Use a Text Aggregator module to combine subject + snippet for GPT summarization.
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Email Field Use in Dashboard
subject Headline of the email
from Sender name or email address
snippet Short preview of message body

You now have the weather, schedule, and email updates all set. Let’s move on to the final piece of the puzzle: your task list.

 

Step 5 – Pull To-Dos (Notion or Todoist)

No dashboard is complete without a quick view of your current tasks. Whether you use Notion or Todoist, you can fetch today’s to-dos automatically and include them in your daily summary.

🟦 Option A: Notion

  • Step 1: Go to Notion My Integrations and create a new integration.
  • Step 2: Copy the integration token and share the relevant database with the integration.
  • Step 3: In your table, make sure you have:
    • A Date property (for filtering by today)
    • A Done checkbox property (optional)
    • A Title or task name field

🔹 In n8n

  • Use the Notion node → Database: Query
  • Filter where Date == today and Done == false
  • Extract the task title(s) for display or GPT input

🔹 In Make

  • Add a Notion > Search Objects or List Database Items module
  • Use filter conditions for date = today
  • Map task titles into a list or aggregator module
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🟥 Option B: Todoist

  • Step 1: Log in to Todoist Developer Console and generate a personal API token.
  • Step 2: Use that token to authenticate in n8n or Make.

🔹 In n8n

  • Use the HTTP Request node or the official Todoist node if available
  • Make a GET request to:
    https://api.todoist.com/rest/v2/tasks?filter=today
  • Use a Set node to extract the content field (task title)

🔹 In Make

  • Use Todoist > List Tasks module with the filter = today
  • Extract task content and optionally due time
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Data Field Purpose
title / content Name of the task
due date Date to filter by (e.g., today)
done / status Optional – used to exclude completed tasks

Once you've pulled your tasks, you're ready to summarize everything into a natural-language daily briefing using GPT.

 

Step 6 – Summarize with GPT (OpenAI API)

Now that you’ve gathered your weather, calendar, email, and to-do information, it’s time to turn all of it into a clean, readable summary using OpenAI’s GPT. This part transforms your data into something you’d actually want to read every morning.

🧠 OpenAI API Setup

  1. Visit platform.openai.com/api-keys
  2. Log in and generate a new API key.
  3. You’ll use this key in both n8n and Make to send prompts to GPT-3.5 or GPT-4.
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🔹 In n8n

  • Add an HTTP Request node after your data aggregation step.
  • Set method to POST, URL to https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions
  • Headers:
    • Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
    • Content-Type: application/json
  • Body (JSON): 
    {
  "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
  "messages": [
    { "role": "system", "content": "Summarize the user’s day into a natural, helpful briefing." },
    { "role": "user", "content": "Weather: Sunny, 25°C. Calendar: Meeting at 10am, Lunch at 1pm. Emails: 3 unread. Tasks: Submit report, Book tickets." }
  ]
}
  • Replace the user message content dynamically using variables from previous nodes.
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🔹 In Make

  • Add an OpenAI > Create a Chat Completion module.
  • Select your GPT model (e.g., gpt-3.5-turbo).
  • Insert all the info (weather, calendar, email, to-dos) into the user prompt like this:
    “Here's my day: Weather – 25°C sunny, Calendar – 2 meetings, Email – 3 unread, Tasks – Review PRD.”
  • Use variables from previous modules to build this input dynamically.
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Prompt Element Purpose
system message Set the tone and purpose for the assistant
user message Inject your dynamic data for GPT to summarize
model Choose GPT-3.5 or GPT-4 depending on your plan

Once the summary is ready, the final step is delivering it to a place where you’ll actually use it—whether that’s Telegram, Notion, or your inbox.

 

Step 7 – Send Dashboard via Email, Notion, or Telegram

Now that your GPT-generated summary is ready, let’s deliver it somewhere useful—whether that’s a Telegram message, an email in your inbox, or a daily note in Notion. You can even send it to multiple channels if you like.

📩 Option A: Send to Email

  • In n8n: Use the Gmail node (or Email node if self-hosted) → Choose Send operation
  • Set the recipient as your email, subject like "Your Daily Briefing", and paste the GPT summary in the body
  • In Make: Add Email > Send an Email or Gmail > Send an Email
  • Map the GPT summary output to the body field
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📱 Option B: Send to Telegram

  • Step 1: Create a Telegram bot using @BotFather and get the bot token
  • Step 2: Get your chat ID using getUpdates or message the bot and capture the response
  • In n8n: Use the Telegram node → Send Message operation
  • Paste the GPT output into the message field
  • In Make: Use Telegram Bot > Send a Text Message or Reply
  • Use your bot token + chat ID and insert the summary dynamically
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📝 Option C: Send to Notion

  • In n8n: Use Notion → Create Page or Append block
  • Send the GPT result into a pre-created dashboard or log page
  • In Make: Use Notion > Create a Database Item or Create a Page
  • Insert the GPT summary in a rich text or paragraph block
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Destination When to Use It
Email If you want a hands-off inbox-based update each day
Telegram If you prefer mobile notifications or chatbot-style delivery
Notion For archiving, journaling, or creating a habit-tracking dashboard

Your AI-powered dashboard is now live and running. In the next (optional) step, we’ll look at how to build a visual front-end—like a mobile app or webpage—for your summary.

 

Bonus – Build a Visual Front-End (Softr, Glide, etc.)

If you want to take things a step further, you can turn your daily summary into a beautiful web or mobile interface using no-code front-end tools. This is great for people who prefer visual dashboards over raw text or who want to share summaries with others.

🟢 Softr + Airtable / Google Sheets

  • Create a table in Airtable or Google Sheets to receive daily data from n8n or Make
  • Connect that table to Softr and use a List or Blog layout
  • Customize with icons, headers, colors, and date filters

Ideal for building a web dashboard or sharing your data with a team.

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🟡 Glide Apps

  • Connect your Google Sheet or Airtable to Glide
  • Design your own mobile dashboard with cards, lists, and even charts
  • Display weather, tasks, and GPT summaries in separate views

Best for building a private mobile app version of your dashboard.

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🔧 Webhooks + Custom UI (for developers)

  • Use n8n or Make to send data to a Webhook endpoint you control
  • Store in a database like Firebase, Supabase, or even Notion
  • Build your own dashboard UI with tools like Webflow, Next.js, or Vue

This is the most flexible but also the most technical option—great if you want full control over layout and logic.

Tool Best For
Softr Quick web dashboards with Airtable/Sheets
Glide Mobile dashboards synced from Google Sheets
Custom Webhook UI Full control and branding flexibility

With this optional front-end layer, your AI dashboard evolves from a backend system into a polished user-facing product.

 

Final Thoughts and Next Steps

You now have a working AI dashboard that pulls together key parts of your day—weather, calendar events, emails, and tasks—summarized neatly using GPT and delivered where it matters. And you’ve built it using tools that don’t require any coding.

Whether you chose n8n for its flexibility or Make for its simplicity, your setup gives you a reliable, repeatable system to reduce context switching and keep your day aligned from the moment it starts.

If you want to keep going, here are some ideas:

  • Turn your summary into an audio update with tools like ElevenLabs or Play.ht
  • Trigger the workflow using a smart button via Home Assistant
  • Include financial, fitness, or news updates in the GPT summary

Automation isn’t just about saving time—it’s about creating systems that do the work you don’t want to think about. Once it’s in place, you won’t need to worry about where to look or what to check when your day starts.

Take what you’ve built, tweak it, and make it yours.

 

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