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Sanitize Google Drive markdown text with a local model

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to a local model. 15 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: a local model

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 7Service 5

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

  1. 1Ollama ModelLm OllamaModel
  2. 2on_subfolder_createdGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  3. 3Basic LLM ChainChain LlmModel
  4. 4return_files_in_folderHttp RequestService
  5. 5parse_json_text_with_flagSetLogic
  6. 6split_files_itemSplit OutLogic
  7. 7log_text_with_pii_flag (optional)Google SheetsService
  8. 8combine_chunk_textAggregateLogic
  9. 9select_markdown_filesFilterLogic
  10. 10join_text_chunksSetLogic
  11. 11download_drive_filesGoogle DriveService
  12. 12create_cleaned_text_fileGoogle DriveService
  13. 13text_from_markdownExtract From FileService
  14. 14combine_all_textAggregateLogic
  15. 15chunk_text_for_local_llmCodeLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
a local model

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for a local model. 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 a local model. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.