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Parse Google Drive documents to RAG-ready Markdown

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and Supabase. 20 steps, 4 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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20 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 12Service 7

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

  1. 1Google Drive TriggerGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Download FileGoogle DriveService
  3. 3Build MetadataCodeLogic
  4. 4Check CacheSupabaseService
  5. 5Merge Metadata + JobMergeLogic
  6. 6Debug Cache ResultsCodeLogic
  7. 7Init Loop StateCodeLogic
  8. 8If Cache ExistsIfLogic
  9. 9wait till interval set timeWaitLogic
  10. 10STOP, CachedCodeLogic
  11. 11Submit to Landing.aiHttp RequestService
  12. 12Poll Job StatusHttp RequestService
  13. 13If CompletedIfLogic
  14. 14check-large-fileIfLogic
  15. 15If TimeoutIfLogic
  16. 16HTTP Request1Http RequestService
  17. 17Save Parse ResultSupabaseService
  18. 18Log TimeoutSupabaseService
  19. 19STOP, SuccessCodeLogic
  20. 20STOP, TimeoutCodeLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
20, with 4 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Supabase
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Supabase accounts. 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?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

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.