Convert Website to Markdown for RAG

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{
  "name": "Convert Website to Markdown for RAG",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Convert Website to Markdown for RAG\n\nAI teams use this recipe to prepare public documentation pages for RAG ingestion. Extract a clean title, summary, markdown sections, canonical URL, and update metadata before indexing.\n\n**Note:** This workflow uses the Iteration Layer community node (`n8n-nodes-iterationlayer`). Install it via Settings > Community Nodes before importing. Self-hosted n8n only.",
        "height": 280,
        "width": 500,
        "color": 2
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        200,
        40
      ],
      "id": "8489dbea-5cb7-5f09-9b79-e6a44f53269d",
      "name": "Overview"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "### Step 1: Extract Website Data\nResource: **Website Extraction**\n\nConfigure the public website URL and schema below, then connect your credentials.",
        "height": 160,
        "width": 320,
        "color": 6
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        475,
        100
      ],
      "id": "3cc8b04a-f31d-5e80-8e40-21caf2d0d2e7",
      "name": "Step 1 Note"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        250,
        300
      ],
      "id": "06fbaa26-af7e-5549-a5a1-cbf38e0ad77e",
      "name": "Manual Trigger"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "resource": "websiteExtraction",
        "fileUrl": "https://example.com/docs/api-reference",
        "schemaInputMode": "rawJson",
        "schemaJson": "{\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"page_title\",\"type\":\"TEXT\",\"description\":\"Documentation page title\"},{\"name\":\"canonical_url\",\"type\":\"TEXT\",\"description\":\"Canonical URL for the page\"},{\"name\":\"summary\",\"type\":\"TEXTAREA\",\"description\":\"Short page summary\"},{\"name\":\"sections\",\"type\":\"ARRAY\",\"description\":\"Clean markdown sections from the page\",\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"heading\",\"type\":\"TEXT\",\"description\":\"Section heading\"},{\"name\":\"markdown\",\"type\":\"TEXTAREA\",\"description\":\"Section content as markdown\"}]},{\"name\":\"last_updated\",\"type\":\"DATE\",\"description\":\"Last updated date if shown\"}]}"
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-iterationlayer.iterationLayer",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        520,
        300
      ],
      "id": "18411b48-26e9-52ec-a857-abe04c01b0ea",
      "name": "Extract Website Data",
      "credentials": {
        "iterationLayerApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Manual Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Extract Website Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  }
}

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• iterationLayerApi

About this workflow

Convert Website to Markdown for RAG. Uses n8n-nodes-iterationlayer. Event-driven trigger; 4 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/iterationlayer/n8n-nodes-iterationlayer/blob/main/templates/convert-website-to-markdown-for-rag.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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