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Automated RAG Pipeline: Google Drive to Supabase Vector Store

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive, Supabase and Supabase vectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 4Logic 1Service 3

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

  1. 1File createGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2File editGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  3. 3Text splitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  4. 4OpenAI embeddingsEmbeddings Open AiModel
  5. 5Get file idSetLogic
  6. 6Document loaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  7. 7Supabase vector storeVector Store SupabaseModel
  8. 8Clear old embeddingsSupabaseService
  9. 9Download documentGoogle DriveService
  10. 10Extract textExtract From FileService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
10
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Supabase, Supabase vectors
Model
OpenAI
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 Google Drive, Supabase and Supabase vectors accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. 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. 10 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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.