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Query your PostgreSQL data in plain English with OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Sheets and Postgres. 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: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 3Logic 5Service 6

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

  1. 1Chat TriggerChat triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI GPT-4o-miniLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Chat MemoryMemory Postgres ChatModel
  4. 4Execute SQL QueryPostgres ToolService
  5. 5Manual TriggerManual triggerStarts it
  6. 6QuickChartQuick Chart ToolService
  7. 7Manage Table NameCodeLogic
  8. 8Unified Analytics AgentAgentModel
  9. 9⚙️ Config (Sync)SetLogic
  10. 10Need Schema?IfLogic
  11. 11Truncate TablePostgresService
  12. 12Fetch SchemaPostgresService
  13. 13Empty SchemaSetLogic
  14. 14Fetch Google SheetGoogle SheetsService
  15. 15Format SchemaCodeLogic
  16. 16Insert Rows to PostgresPostgresService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
16, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Postgres
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 Sheets and Postgres 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?

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.