# Automate a 'Chat with Gemini and Pinecone: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Pinecone and Telegram. It puts Gemini behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-a-chat-with-gemini-and-pinecone (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Automate a 'Chat with Gemini and Pinecone

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Pinecone and Telegram. It puts Gemini behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 18 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Gemini Retrieval

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-a-chat-with-gemini-and-pinecone)

**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 9 Logic 5 Service 3

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

- 1 **Recursive Character Text Splitter** Text Splitter Recursive Character Text Splitter *Model*
- 2 **Embeddings Google Gemini** Embeddings Google Gemini *Model*
- 3 **Embeddings Google Gemini1** Embeddings Google Gemini *Model*
- 4 **Google Gemini Chat Model** Lm Chat Google Gemini *Model*
- 5 **Telegram Message Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 6 **Default Data Loader** Document Default Data Loader *Model*
- 7 **Pinecone Vector Store** Vector Store Pinecone *Model*
- 8 **Pinecone Vector Store1** Vector Store Pinecone *Model*
- 9 **Question and Answer Chain** Chain Retrieval Qa *Model*
- 10 **Check If is a document** If *Logic*
- 11 **Limit to 1** Limit *Logic*
- 12 **Vector Store Retriever** Retriever Vector Store *Model*
- 13 **Telegram Response** Telegram *Service*
- 14 **Telegram get File** Telegram *Service*
- 15 **Telegram Response about Database** Telegram *Service*
- 16 **Stop and Error** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 17 **Change to application/pdf** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Stop and Error1** Stop And Error *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 18, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Pinecone, Telegram
- **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 Pinecone and Telegram 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 Telegram 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.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-a-chat-with-gemini-and-pinecone)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Pinecone#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

## Workflows like it

Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Build a Reels swipe file from Instagram with Apify and Groq** 18 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/build-a-reels-swipe-file-from-instagram-with-apify-and-groq)
- [**Document parsing & data extraction with Mistral** 18 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/document-parsing-and-data-extraction-with-mistral)
- [**Telegram chat with PDF** 18 steps · calls a model · Pinecone, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/telegram-chat-with-pdf)
- [**Automatic n8n Workflow Backup with Google Drive and Telegram** 18 steps · Google Drive, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automatic-n8n-workflow-backup-with-google-drive-and-telegram)
- [**Extract Arabic text from PDFs with Mistral and Telegram Bot** 18 steps · Google Docs, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/extract-arabic-text-from-pdfs-with-mistral-and-telegram-bot)
- [**Backup n8n workflows to GitHub and Google Drive with Gmail** 19 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-n8n-workflows-to-github-and-google-drive-with-gmail)