Automation library · Lead generation

Smart RAG chatbot with OpenAI and Google Drive

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Drive and Pinecone. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 7Service 1

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

  1. 1Google Drive TriggerGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Pinecone Vector StoreVector Store PineconeModel
  3. 3Embeddings OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  4. 4Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  5. 5Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  6. 6When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  7. 7AI AgentAgentModel
  8. 8OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  9. 9Window Buffer MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  10. 10Google DriveGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
10
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Pinecone
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 Drive and Pinecone 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. 10 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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.