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Chat with OpenAI and Google Drive

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 2Model 8Logic 5Service 1

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

  1. 1When clicking "Execute Workflow"Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  3. 3OpenAI Chat Model1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4Embeddings OpenAI2Embeddings Open AiModel
  5. 5Embeddings OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  6. 6Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  7. 7Set file URL in Google DriveSetLogic
  8. 8Set max chunks to send to modelSetLogic
  9. 9Answer the query based on chunksInformation ExtractorModel
  10. 10Get top chunks matching queryVector Store PineconeModel
  11. 11Pinecone Vector StoreVector Store PineconeModel
  12. 12Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  13. 13Download fileGoogle DriveService
  14. 14Compose citationsSetLogic
  15. 15Prepare chunksCodeLogic
  16. 16Generate responseSetLogic

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.