Automation library · Chat assistants

WhatsApp RAG chatbot with Supabase and Gemini

Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across Supabase vectors and WhatsApp. It puts Gemini and OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 11 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Gemini, OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 6Logic 1Service 3

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

  1. 1New WhatsApp MessageWhats App triggerStarts it
  2. 2Convert File to TextDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  3. 3Generate OpenAI EmbeddingsEmbeddings Open AiModel
  4. 4Google Gemini LLMLm Chat Google GeminiModel
  5. 5Check if Query or DocumentSwitchLogic
  6. 6Store Embeddings in SupabaseVector Store SupabaseModel
  7. 7Retrieve Context from SupabaseVector Store SupabaseModel
  8. 8RAG Query AgentAgentModel
  9. 9Get Document URLWhats AppService
  10. 10Send WhatsApp ReplyWhats AppService
  11. 11Download WhatsApp DocumentHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming WhatsApp message
Steps
11, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Supabase vectors, WhatsApp
Model
Gemini, 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 Supabase vectors and WhatsApp accounts, and a key for Gemini and OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming WhatsApp message.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Gemini 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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.