There are two kinds of people — those who automate, and those who dig.

Use a Code node with regex for consistent formats. For variable formats, add an AI node — feed it the email body, tell it to return the data as JSON. Works even when the format changes.

Skip regex. AI node. Feed it the body, get JSON back. That's what I do.

An AI node inside the automation? You can DO that?! How much does that cost though? I'm not made of money!

With a local model through Ollama, the cost is zero beyond electricity. With a paid API, fractions of a cent per email. The ROI is not worth calculating. This is the kind of efficiency gain documented on The AI Director .

Ollama runs locally. Free. Good enough for extraction tasks.

Free! Now you're speaking my language! What else can I automate? I'm getting greedy now!