Automation library · Chat assistants

Control AI agent tool access with Port RBAC and Slack

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Slack. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 17 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 6Logic 2Service 8

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

  1. 1OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  2. 2calculatorTool CalculatorModel
  3. 3Slack TriggerSlack triggerStarts it
  4. 4WikipediaTool WikipediaModel
  5. 5Create an incident in PagerDutyPager Duty ToolService
  6. 6Create a bucket in AWS S3Aws S3ToolService
  7. 7Chat MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  8. 8AI AgentAgentModel
  9. 9Check permissionsCodeModel
  10. 10Get user's slack profileSlackService
  11. 11Send output messageSlackService
  12. 12Get Port access tokenHttp RequestService
  13. 13Get Regions from PortHttp RequestService
  14. 14Get user permission from PortHttp RequestService
  15. 15Unknown userIfLogic
  16. 16Send a messageSlackService
  17. 17Set inputSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
17, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Slack
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 Slack account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.