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Google Sheets Script That Has ChatGPT Write Personalized Emails

Explains, step by step, the logic of a simple script that connects ChatGPT to Google Sheets so that each time you add a customer name to the sheet, a personalized email is written automatically.

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Goal: connect ChatGPT to my Google Sheets with a simple script.

Desired behavior: whenever I add a new customer name to the sheet, a personalized email for that customer is written automatically.

Task: explain how I can set this up, and walk me through the logic step by step.
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