Automation library · Documents and files

Multi-format document processing for RAG chatbot

Started by an event in a connected app, 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. 16 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 4Logic 4Service 7

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

  1. 1Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  2. 2Embeddings OpenAI1Embeddings Open AiModel
  3. 3File CreatedGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  4. 4Enhanced Default Data Loader1Document Default Data LoaderModel
  5. 5Insert into Supabase Vectorstore1Vector Store SupabaseModel
  6. 6Set File ID1SetLogic
  7. 7Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  8. 8Switch2SwitchLogic
  9. 9Download File1Google DriveService
  10. 10Extract PDF TextExtract From FileService
  11. 11Extract from Text FileExtract From FileService
  12. 12Extract from ExcelExtract From FileService
  13. 13Convert to Google Doc1Http RequestService
  14. 14Aggregate1AggregateLogic
  15. 15Delete FileGoogle DriveService
  16. 16Summarize1SummarizeService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
16, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
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 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.