# Google Drive to Pinecone vector storage workflow with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive, Supabase and Supabase vectors.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/google-drive-to-pinecone-vector-storage-workflow-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Data collection](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Data+collection#library)

# Google Drive to Pinecone vector storage workflow with OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive, Supabase and Supabase vectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 32 steps, 1 branch, 3 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgoogle-drive-to-pinecone-vector-storage-workflow-with-openai)

**32 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**3** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 5 Model 10 Logic 11 Service 6

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

- 1 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Embeddings OpenAI1** Embeddings Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **File Created** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **File Updated** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **Embeddings OpenAI** Embeddings Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 7 **Webhook** Webhook *Starts it*
- 8 **Character Text Splitter** Text Splitter Character Text Splitter *Model*
- 9 **Calculator** Tool Calculator *Model*
- 10 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 11 **RAG AI Agent** Agent *Model*
- 12 **Insert into Supabase Vectorstore** Vector Store Supabase *Model*
- 13 **Set File ID1** Set *Logic*
- 14 **Cars Data Vector Store** Vector Store Supabase *Model*
- 15 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Default Data Loader** Document Default Data Loader *Model*
- 17 **Respond to Webhook** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 18 **Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 19 **Split Out1** Split Out *Logic*
- 20 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 21 **Loop Over Items1** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 22 **FinishNode** Set *Logic*
- 23 **Delete Old Doc Rows** Supabase *Service*
- 24 **FinishNode1** Set *Logic*
- 25 **Download File** Google Drive *Service*
- 26 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 27 **Extract PDF Text** Extract From File *Service*
- 28 **Extract from Excel** Extract From File *Service*
- 29 **Extract Document Text** Extract From File *Service*
- 30 **Code1** Code *Logic*
- 31 **Summarize** Summarize *Service*
- 32 **Split Out** Split Out *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 32, with 1 branch, 3 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Supabase, 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, Supabase 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?

Take your time. At 32 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 32 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgoogle-drive-to-pinecone-vector-storage-workflow-with-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Supabase](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Supabase#library)[Supabase vectors](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Supabase+vectors#library)

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