Automation library · AI assistants

Build an advanced multi-query RAG system with Supabase

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Supabase vectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 7Logic 9

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

  1. 1When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  4. 4RAG sub-workflowExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  5. 5Query knowledge baseTool WorkflowModel
  6. 6Embeddings OpenAI1Embeddings Open AiModel
  7. 7ThinkTool ThinkModel
  8. 8AI AgentAgentModel
  9. 9Split OutSplit OutLogic
  10. 10Supabase Vector Store1Vector Store SupabaseModel
  11. 11Loop Over Items1Split In BatchesLogic
  12. 12Clean RAG outputSetLogic
  13. 13Aggregate itemsAggregateLogic
  14. 14Keep score over 0.4FilterLogic
  15. 15Any chunk?IfLogic
  16. 16Aggregate chunksAggregateLogic
  17. 17Say no chunk matchSetLogic
  18. 18Prepare loop outputSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
18, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
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 Supabase vectors account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

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. 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.