Automation library · E-commerce

AI-powered restaurant order and menu management with WhatsApp

Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across Supabase, Supabase vectors and WhatsApp. It puts Gemini behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 18 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: GeminiRetrieval

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 9Logic 2Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1WhatsApp TriggerWhats App triggerStarts it
  2. 2Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  3. 3Create order in databaseSupabase ToolService
  4. 4Add menu itemForm triggerStarts it
  5. 5Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  6. 6Google Gemini Chat ModelLm Chat Google GeminiModel
  7. 7Embeddings Google GeminiEmbeddings Google GeminiModel
  8. 8Google Gemini Chat Model1Lm Chat Google GeminiModel
  9. 9Get userSupabaseService
  10. 10AI AgentAgentModel
  11. 11Insert Menu Item to Vector StoreVector Store SupabaseModel
  12. 12Get Menu Items from Vector StoreVector Store SupabaseModel
  13. 13Structured Output ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  14. 14Check if user existsIfLogic
  15. 15Send last messageWhats AppService
  16. 16Add user to dbSupabaseService
  17. 17IfIfLogic
  18. 18Send Order to delevery guyWhats AppService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming WhatsApp message
Steps
18, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Supabase, Supabase vectors, WhatsApp
Model
Gemini
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Supabase, Supabase vectors and WhatsApp accounts, and a key for Gemini. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming WhatsApp message.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Gemini. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.