Automation library · Chat assistants

Build a knowledge-based WhatsApp assistant with Gemini

Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across Google Docs, Supabase and WhatsApp. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini. 13 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Gemini

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 2Logic 3Service 6

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

  1. 1WhatsApp TriggerWhats App triggerStarts it
  2. 2When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  3. 3Google Gemini Chat ModelLm Chat Google GeminiModel
  4. 4IfIfLogic
  5. 5Content for the TrainingGoogle DocsService
  6. 6AI AgentAgentModel
  7. 7Embend User MessageHttp RequestService
  8. 8Splitting into ChunksCodeLogic
  9. 9Send messageWhats AppService
  10. 10Search EmbeddingsHttp RequestService
  11. 11Embedding Uploaded documentHttp RequestService
  12. 12AggregateAggregateLogic
  13. 13Save the embedding in DBSupabaseService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming WhatsApp message
Steps
13, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Docs, Supabase, WhatsApp
Model
Gemini

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Docs, Supabase 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. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.