# Handle omni-channel customer support with OpenRouter: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Email and n8n data table. It puts OpenRouter behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/handle-omni-channel-customer-support-with-openrouter (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Handle omni-channel customer support with OpenRouter

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Email and n8n data table. It puts OpenRouter behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 20 steps, 4 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter Retrieval

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fhandle-omni-channel-customer-support-with-openrouter)

**20 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 4 Model 3 Logic 9 Service 4

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

- 1 **When Customer Messages** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **AI OpenRouter Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 3 **Maintain Conversation Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 4 **Voice Input Webhook** Webhook *Starts it*
- 5 **Set Text Input Parameters** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Support Agent AI** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Post Speech-to-Text Request** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Configure Buyer Details** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Parse AI Output** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Set Voice Input Parameters** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Log Support Conversation** Data Table *Service*
- 12 **If Human Handoff Required** If *Logic*
- 13 **If Handoff Feature Active** If *Logic*
- 14 **Prepare Final Reply** Set *Logic*
- 15 **Email Customer Support** Email Send *Service*
- 16 **If Voice Response Needed** If *Logic*
- 17 **If Voice Feature Active** If *Logic*
- 18 **Post Text-to-Speech Request** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Respond with Text Fallback** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 20 **Respond with Voice** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 20, with 4 branches
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Email, n8n data table
- **Model:** OpenRouter
- **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 Email account, and a key for OpenRouter. 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 OpenRouter. 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. 20 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 20 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%2Fhandle-omni-channel-customer-support-with-openrouter)
- **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.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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Also customer support, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Send Patient Appointment Reminders with Email and SMS** 18 steps · Airtable, Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-patient-appointment-reminders-with-email-and-sms)
- [**Route and triage support tickets with Claude and CRM** 17 steps · calls a model · Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/route-and-triage-support-tickets-with-claude-and-crm)
- [**Triage and reply to multilingual support tickets with Claude** 17 steps · calls a model · Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/triage-and-reply-to-multilingual-support-tickets-with-claude)