🚀 My First Step in Automation: Connecting n8n with Google Cloud

When I first started exploring automation with n8n, I thought it would be overwhelming. There are so many moving parts — credentials, APIs, workflows, that it felt like only advanced developers could pull it off.

But I decided to take the first step anyway:

👉 Connecting my local n8n setup with Google Cloud.

This was the foundation I needed to start building powerful workflows. Once I set up the Google credentials and got the connection working, it opened up a whole new world of possibilities:

Automating Google Docs
Integrating Gmail
Managing Google Drive files
And later, connecting all of these into a single workflow

The moment I saw my first workflow running successfully, it felt like a big win 🎉. What seemed complicated at first turned out to be achievable step by step.

💡 Lesson learned: Don’t wait until you know everything. Just take the first step. For me, it was connecting n8n with Google Cloud.

👉 I even documented this journey in a short YouTube video, where I walk through the exact process. If you’re curious, you can check it out here:

https://youtu.be/Vpxa1kVAHk4

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