Automation library · AI assistants

Complete Airtable database management with Redis

Started by someone opening a chat with it. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 19 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 2Model 4Service 13

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

  1. 1create_custom_tableHttp Request ToolService
  2. 2rename_tableHttp Request ToolService
  3. 3get_existing_recordsHttp Request ToolService
  4. 4get_table_idsHttp Request ToolService
  5. 5Redis Chat MemoryMemory Redis ChatModel
  6. 6gpt-5-miniLm Chat Open AiModel
  7. 7When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  8. 8MCP ClientMcp Client ToolModel
  9. 9delete_recordHttp Request ToolService
  10. 10create_recordHttp Request ToolService
  11. 11update_recordHttp Request ToolService
  12. 12create_baseHttp Request ToolService
  13. 13set_workspace_idRedis ToolService
  14. 14get_workspace_idRedis ToolService
  15. 15get_base_idRedis ToolService
  16. 16set_base_idRedis ToolService
  17. 17rename_fieldsHttp Request ToolService
  18. 18MCP Server TriggerMcp triggerStarts it
  19. 19Airtable AgentAgentModel

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
19
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
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, 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. 19 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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.