Automation library · Documents and files

Document-based AI chatbot with RAG and OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive and Supabase vectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 9Service 2

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

  1. 1Chat InterfaceChat triggerStarts it
  2. 2AI Model (OpenAI)Lm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Search EmbeddingsEmbeddings Open AiModel
  4. 4Conversation MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  5. 5Load Documents TriggerManual triggerStarts it
  6. 6Document EmbeddingsEmbeddings Open AiModel
  7. 7Process Document TextDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  8. 8Cohere RerankerReranker CohereModel
  9. 9RAG AgentAgentModel
  10. 10Knowledge Base SearchVector Store SupabaseModel
  11. 11Download PDF from DriveGoogle DriveService
  12. 12Store in Vector DatabaseVector Store SupabaseModel
  13. 13Extract PDF ContentExtract From FileService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, 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 Google Drive and Supabase vectors 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. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.