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Extract Personal Data with Self-hosted LLM

Original n8n title: Extract Personal Data with Self-hosted LLM Mistral Nemo

ByYulia @yulia on n8n.io

This workflow shows how to use a self-hosted Large Language Model (LLM) with n8n's LangChain integration to extract personal information from user input. This is particularly useful for enterprise environments where data privacy is crucial, as it allows sensitive information to…

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This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2766 — we link there as the canonical source.

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

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This workflow shows how to use a self-hosted Large Language Model (LLM) with n8n's LangChain integration to extract personal information from user input. This is particularly useful for enterprise environments where data privacy is crucial, as it allows sensitive information to…

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