Automation library · Chat assistants

Slack AI chatbot for business team with RAG and Claude

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive, Qdrant and Slack. It puts Claude and OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 17 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Claude, OpenAIRetrieval

17 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 10Service 5

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

  1. 1Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  2. 2Embeddings OpenAI1Embeddings Open AiModel
  3. 3CalculatorTool CalculatorModel
  4. 4Get messageSlack triggerStarts it
  5. 5When clicking ‘Test workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  6. 6Token SplitterText Splitter Token SplitterModel
  7. 7Embeddings OpenAI2Embeddings Open AiModel
  8. 8Anthropic Chat ModelLm Chat AnthropicModel
  9. 9AI AgentAgentModel
  10. 10RAGVector Store QdrantModel
  11. 11Create collectionHttp RequestService
  12. 12Refresh collectionHttp RequestService
  13. 13Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  14. 14Qdrant Vector Store1Vector Store QdrantModel
  15. 15Send messageSlackService
  16. 16Get folderGoogle DriveService
  17. 17Download FilesGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
17
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Qdrant, Slack
Model
Claude, 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, Qdrant and Slack accounts, and a key for Claude and 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 Claude and 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. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.