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Ai-powered Cv Filtering with Llama3.1 Llm, Google Drive & Sheets

ByLakindu Siriwardana @laki99 on n8n.io

This visual workflow represents an AI-powered automated CV filtering system created using tools like n8n, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Ollama (LLM) ### 📂 Google Drive Integration – Automatically searches and downloads CVs (PDF/DOCX/PPTX) from a shared folder. ### 📋 Criteria…

Webhook trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered15 nodesLm OllamaOutput Parser AutofixingOutput Parser StructuredGoogle DriveGoogle SheetsChain Llm
AI & RAG Trigger: Webhook Nodes: 15 Complexity: ★★★★☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #6696 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Chainllm → Google Drive recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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  "id": "7wkmOQEEUAJIwFEP",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "cv-tool",
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        "options": {}
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        "model": "llama3.1:latest",
        "options": {
          "temperature": 0.1
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        "options": {},
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            "index": 0
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            "type": "main",
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          }
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    },
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      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Basic LLM Chain",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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            "index": 0
          }
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            "node": "Merge",
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            "index": 0
          }
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      "main": [
        [
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            "node": "Respond to Webhook",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
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          {
            "node": "Download-file",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
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    },
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          {
            "node": "Basic LLM Chain",
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  }
}

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This visual workflow represents an AI-powered automated CV filtering system created using tools like n8n, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Ollama (LLM) ### 📂 Google Drive Integration – Automatically searches and downloads CVs (PDF/DOCX/PPTX) from a shared folder. ### 📋 Criteria…

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