# Turn any PDF into a clean Google Doc with Mistral: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Docs. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/turn-any-pdf-into-a-clean-google-doc-with-mistral (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Turn any PDF into a clean Google Doc with Mistral

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Docs. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 15 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter

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**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 6 Service 6

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

- 1 **On form submission** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **LLM Model • GPT-4.1-mini** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 3 **Upload • PDF to Mistral** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Clean • Markdown Text** Chain Llm *Model*
- 5 **Fetch • Signed URL** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Create • Google Doc** Google Docs *Service*
- 7 **OCR • PDF via Mistral** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Insert • Clean Text into Doc** Google Docs *Service*
- 9 **Extract • Image Placeholders** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Merge • PDF & Images Markdown** Merge *Logic*
- 11 **OCR • Inline Images** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **Merge • OCR + Image Data** Merge *Logic*
- 13 **Enrich • Replace Placeholders** Code *Logic*
- 14 **Set • Rename Columns** Set *Logic*
- 15 **Aggregate • Image Text** Aggregate *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 15
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Docs
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Docs account, and a key for OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenRouter. 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.

## 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%2Fturn-any-pdf-into-a-clean-google-doc-with-mistral)
- **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 Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Docs#library)

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