Automation library · Data collection

Guide students with RAG and OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Sheets and Pinecone. It puts DeepSeek and OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 14 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: DeepSeek, OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 8Logic 3Service 2

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

  1. 1DeepSeek LLMLm Chat Deep SeekModel
  2. 2OpenAI EmbeddingsEmbeddings Open AiModel
  3. 3GPT-4o-mini LLMLm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4Teacher Session MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  5. 5Chat TriggerChat triggerStarts it
  6. 6Classifier MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  7. 7Intent ClassifierAgentModel
  8. 8Book Knowledge BaseVector Store PineconeModel
  9. 9AI Teacher AgentAgentModel
  10. 10Merge Input and PromptMergeLogic
  11. 11Fetch System PromptGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Log Q&A to SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13Aggregate FieldsAggregateLogic
  14. 14Format Response OutputSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
14
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Pinecone
Model
DeepSeek, 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 Sheets and Pinecone accounts, and a key for DeepSeek and 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 DeepSeek and 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. 14 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 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.