Automation library · Chat assistants

Slack AI ChatBot : context-aware, replies

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Pinecone and Slack. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 12 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 6Logic 2Service 3

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

  1. 1Embeddings OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  2. 2ThinkTool ThinkModel
  3. 3Get the history of a channel in SlackSlack ToolService
  4. 4Slack TriggerSlack triggerStarts it
  5. 5OpenAI Chat Model1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  6. 6Simple Memory1Memory Buffer WindowModel
  7. 7Pinecone Vector StoreVector Store PineconeModel
  8. 8AI Agent1AgentModel
  9. 9Mapping data for the AgentSetLogic
  10. 10Either the bot should reply in dm or in public channelIfLogic
  11. 11Reply to DMSlackService
  12. 12Reply to public mentionSlackService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
12, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Pinecone, Slack
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 Pinecone and Slack 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. 12 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 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.