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Chat with Google Drive and OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive and Pinecone. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 16 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 3Model 11Service 2

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

  1. 1OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  2. 2Window Buffer MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  3. 3Generate Embeddings for Search with OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  4. 4OpenAI Chat Model1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  5. 5Embeddings OpenAI1Embeddings Open AiModel
  6. 6Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  7. 7Google Drive File UpdatedGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  8. 8Google Drive File CreatedGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  9. 9When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  10. 10Download File From Google Drive1Google DriveService
  11. 11AI Sales AgentAgentModel
  12. 12Vector Store ToolTool Vector StoreModel
  13. 13Pinecone Vector StoreVector Store PineconeModel
  14. 14Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  15. 15Download File From Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  16. 16Pinecone Vector Store (Retrieval)Vector Store PineconeModel

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
16
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Pinecone
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 and Pinecone accounts, 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.