# Slack AI chatbot for business team with RAG and Claude: n8n workflow

> 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...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/slack-ai-chatbot-for-business-team-with-rag-and-claude (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 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.

Medium Calls a model: Claude, OpenAI Retrieval

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**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 10 Service 5

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

- 1 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 2 **Embeddings OpenAI1** Embeddings Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Calculator** Tool Calculator *Model*
- 4 **Get message** Slack trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **When clicking ‘Test workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 6 **Token Splitter** Text Splitter Token Splitter *Model*
- 7 **Embeddings OpenAI2** Embeddings Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Anthropic Chat Model** Lm Chat Anthropic *Model*
- 9 **AI Agent** Agent *Model*
- 10 **RAG** Vector Store Qdrant *Model*
- 11 **Create collection** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **Refresh collection** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Default Data Loader** Document Default Data Loader *Model*
- 14 **Qdrant Vector Store1** Vector Store Qdrant *Model*
- 15 **Send message** Slack *Service*
- 16 **Get folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 17 **Download Files** Google Drive *Service*

## 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.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fslack-ai-chatbot-for-business-team-with-rag-and-claude)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Qdrant](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Qdrant#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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