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Build a Servicenow Knowledge Chatbot with Openai and Qdrant RAG

ByTushar Mishra @yajna on n8n.io

This part collects data from the ServiceNow Knowledge Article table, processes it into embeddings, and stores it in Qdrant. Trigger: When clicking ‘Execute workflow’

Chat trigger trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered14 nodesQdrant Vector StoreDocument Default Data LoaderText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterChat TriggerAgentMemory Buffer WindowOpenAI EmbeddingsOpenAI Chat
AI & RAG Trigger: Chat trigger Nodes: 14 Complexity: ★★★★☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #6206 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Agent → Chat Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "hWRV5DnuYJoVsW0k",
  "meta": {
    "templateId": "5148",
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "ServiceNow Knowledge Chatbot",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "1218186e-a93e-4e05-b47e-a395f28cf5f9",
      "name": "Qdrant Vector Store",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStoreQdrant",
      "position": [
        816,
        352
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "insert",
        "options": {},
        "qdrantCollection": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "id",
          "value": "rag_collection"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "qdrantApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "alwaysOutputData": true
    },
    {
      "id": "af14443b-ae01-48dc-8552-5ded7a27fce2",
      "name": "Default Data Loader",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.documentDefaultDataLoader",
      "position": [
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        640
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
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      "name": "Recursive Character Text Splitter",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter",
      "position": [
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        784
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "chunkSize": 500,
        "chunkOverlap": 50
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
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      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        368,
        240
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "width": 840,
        "height": 700,
        "content": "## Data Ingestion\n**Add data to the semantic database"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "45683271-af59-41d0-9e69-af721d566661",
      "name": "When chat message received",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
      "position": [
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        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "webhook",
        "public": true,
        "options": {},
        "authentication": "basicAuth"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpBasicAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    },
    {
      "id": "af562588-2e8c-4c0b-b041-d6fc8c0affd0",
      "name": "AI Agent",
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      "position": [
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        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {
          "systemMessage": "You are a helpful assistant. You have access to a tool to retrieve data from a semantic database to answer questions. Always provide arguments when you execute the tool. Always use tools for retrieval of the data from the semantic database first and then provide the answer. Answer must be specific and grounded in the articles provided. Always add the reference to the articles and Its Number"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
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      "name": "Simple Memory",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow",
      "position": [
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        560
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1.3
    },
    {
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      "name": "Qdrant Vector Store1",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStoreQdrant",
      "position": [
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        592
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "retrieve-as-tool",
        "topK": 10,
        "options": {},
        "toolName": "retriever",
        "toolDescription": "Retrieve data from a semantic database to answer questions",
        "qdrantCollection": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "rag_collection",
          "cachedResultName": "rag_collection"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "qdrantApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "5919cc58-05f4-42c8-aada-3782a16574d9",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
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        240
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 4,
        "width": 1200,
        "height": 700,
        "content": "## RAG Chatbot\n**Chat with your data"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "3a3a2203-95ec-47f2-9dc9-ef651a6ab87a",
      "name": "Embeddings OpenAI",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsOpenAi",
      "position": [
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        640
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "0e2f5f1e-7447-419b-854b-47ba008b36a7",
      "name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4.1-mini"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
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      "name": "Embeddings OpenAI1",
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      "position": [
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        800
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "add35fa0-dc1b-4c3e-af98-5144b1efec7b",
      "name": "Get many table records",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.serviceNow",
      "position": [
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        352
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {
          "sysparm_fields": [
            "number",
            "short_description",
            "text"
          ],
          "sysparm_exclude_reference_link": true
        },
        "resource": "tableRecord",
        "operation": "getAll",
        "returnAll": true,
        "tableName": "kb_knowledge",
        "authentication": "basicAuth"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "serviceNowBasicApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "3bbd4aa4-965e-4f8b-a47c-983fc2980e15",
      "name": "When clicking \u2018Execute workflow\u2019",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
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        352
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
    "executionOrder": "v1",
    "executionTimeout": -1
  },
  "versionId": "71ece873-347c-4e5c-a457-30957c143a51",
  "connections": {
    "Simple Memory": {
      "ai_memory": [
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          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_memory",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Embeddings OpenAI": {
      "ai_embedding": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Qdrant Vector Store",
            "type": "ai_embedding",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI Chat Model": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Embeddings OpenAI1": {
      "ai_embedding": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Qdrant Vector Store1",
            "type": "ai_embedding",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Default Data Loader": {
      "ai_document": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Qdrant Vector Store",
            "type": "ai_document",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Qdrant Vector Store1": {
      "ai_tool": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_tool",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get many table records": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Qdrant Vector Store",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When chat message received": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Recursive Character Text Splitter": {
      "ai_textSplitter": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Default Data Loader",
            "type": "ai_textSplitter",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When clicking \u2018Execute workflow\u2019": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get many table records",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

This part collects data from the ServiceNow Knowledge Article table, processes it into embeddings, and stores it in Qdrant. Trigger: When clicking ‘Execute workflow’

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/6206/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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