David Roberts This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2085 — 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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"content": "### Sub-workflow: Custom tool\nThis can be called by the agent above. It returns three different types of data from the Google Sheet, which can be used together for more complex queries without returning the whole sheet (which might be too big for GPT to handle)"
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"content": "## Try me out\n\nClick the 'Chat' button at the bottom and enter:\n\n_Which is our biggest customer?_"
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"content": "These tools all call the sub-workflow below"
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"content": "Change the URL of the Google Sheet here"
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"name": "list_columns",
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"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $workflow.id }}"
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"description": "List all column names in customer data\n\nCall this tool to find out what data is available for each customer. It should be called first at the beginning to understand which columns are available for querying.",
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"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $workflow.id }}"
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"value": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GjFBV8HpraNWG_JyuaQAgTb3zUGguh0S_25nO0CMd8A/edit#gid=736425281"
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"value": "customer_data"
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"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $json.sheetUrl }}"
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"credentials": {
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"value": "={{ Object.keys($json) }}"
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"type": "number",
"value": "={{ $json.row_number }}"
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"parameters": {
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"operator": {
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"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.row_number.toString() }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $('When Executed by Another Workflow').item.json.query }}"
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
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"executeOnce": true,
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"connections": {
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{
"node": "Prepare output",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Simple Memory": {
"ai_memory": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_memory",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Check operation": {
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{
"node": "Get column names",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
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"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
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"type": "main",
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{
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"type": "main",
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"Get customer tool": {
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{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_tool",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"List columns tool": {
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{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_tool",
"index": 0
}
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]
},
"OpenAI Chat Model1": {
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[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
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"Prepare column data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Prepare output",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set Google Sheet URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get Google sheet contents",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get column values tool": {
"ai_tool": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "ai_tool",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get Google sheet contents": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Check operation",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When chat message received": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "AI Agent",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When Executed by Another Workflow": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set Google Sheet URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleSheetsOAuth2ApiopenAiApi
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About this workflow
This workflow allows you to ask questions about the data in a Google Sheet over a chat interface. It uses n8n's built-in chat, but could be modified to work with Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, etc.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2085/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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