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The workflow JSON

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{
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "9ec28e5e-8f1a-4f18-82bb-6c51a03f83e9",
      "name": "When clicking \"Execute Workflow\"",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        -940,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "800f3bb9-09bb-41b6-84c5-d9d7abd6c7a8",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -560,
        440
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 363,
        "height": 211.90203341144422,
        "content": "### Q&A on data returned from a workflow"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "278b573c-70cc-4439-85c0-e415bcf7c4ee",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -320,
        700
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 262.67019427016413,
        "height": 255.8330939602389,
        "content": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReplace \"Workflow ID\" with the ID the Subworkflow got saved as"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "313d8f8b-b7d4-4aee-9725-005aa5c5a984",
      "name": "Edit Fields",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        -720,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "a3695a2f-e0bb-4277-886d-3f301f24794b",
              "name": "chatInput",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "What notes can you find for Jay Gatsby and what is his email address?"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "74479c7b-3d64-4715-90e9-250560f3ea3d",
      "name": "Question and Answer Chain",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainRetrievalQa",
      "position": [
        -500,
        500
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.4
    },
    {
      "id": "912affaa-efea-435e-bad5-2f2ac31b7fd6",
      "name": "OpenAI Chat Model1",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "position": [
        -560,
        760
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o-mini"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "6da9d2ae-83d6-4bde-b013-71d313fcbe9b",
      "name": "Workflow Retriever",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.retrieverWorkflow",
      "position": [
        -240,
        760
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "workflowId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "id",
          "value": "QacfBRBnf1xOyckC"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Edit Fields": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Question and Answer Chain",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI Chat Model1": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Question and Answer Chain",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Workflow Retriever": {
      "ai_retriever": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Question and Answer Chain",
            "type": "ai_retriever",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When clicking \"Execute Workflow\"": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Edit Fields",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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• openAiApi

About this workflow

This template aims to perform Q&A on data retrieved from another n8n workflow. Since that workflow can be used to retrieve any data from any service, this template can be used to ask questions about any data.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/1958/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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