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Build & query RAG system with Google Drive, OpenAI GPT-4o-mini, and Pinecone

Ready for 3.0

by David Olusola βœ“ Β· 5,268 views Β· created 2025-05-30 Β· Internal Wiki, AI RAG

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

Nodes used (9)

Google DrivePinecone Vector StoreEmbeddings OpenAIDefault Data LoaderRecursive Character Text SplitterAI AgentOpenAI Chat Model

What it does

πŸ” What This Workflow Does This RAG Pipeline in n8n automates document ingestion from Google Drive, vectorizes it using OpenAI embeddings, stores it in Pinecone, and enables chat-based retrieval using LangChain agents. Main Functions: πŸ“‚ Auto-detects new files uploaded to a specific Google Drive folder. 🧠 Converts the file into embeddings using OpenAI. πŸ“¦ Stores them in a Pinecone vector database. πŸ’¬ Allows a user to query the knowledge base through a chat interface. πŸ€– Uses a GPT-4o-mini model with LangChain to generate intelligent responses using retrieved context. βš™οΈ Setup Instructions 1. Connect Accounts Ensure these services are connected in n8n: βœ… Google Drive (OAuth2) βœ… OpenAI βœ… Pinecone You can do this in n8n > Credentials > New and use the matching names from the file: Google Drive: "Google Drive account 2" OpenAI: "OpenAi success" Pinecone: "PineconeApi account 2" 2. Folder Setup Upload your documents to this folder in Google Drive: πŸ“ Power Folder The workflow is triggered every minute when a new file is uploaded. 3. Workflow Overview A. File Ingestion Path Google Drive Trigger β€” detects new file. Google Drive (Download) β€” downloads the new file. Recursive Text Splitter β€” splits text into chunks. Default Data Loader β€” loads content as LangChain documents. OpenAI Embeddings β€” converts text chunks into embeddings. Pinecone Vector Store β€” stores them in "ragfile" index. B. Chat Retrieval Path When chat message received β€” AI Agent β€” LangChain agent managing tools. OpenAI Chat Model (GPT-4o-mini) β€” generates replies. Pinecone Vector Store (retrieval) β€” retrieves matching content. Embeddings OpenAI1 β€” helps match queries to document chunks.

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