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Forward Attachments

Forward Attachments. Uses stickyNote, textSplitterCharacterTextSplitter, embeddingsOpenAi, vectorStorePinecone. Webhook trigger; 12 nodes.

Webhook trigger★★★☆☆ complexityAI-powered12 nodesText Splitter Character Text SplitterEmbeddings Open AiVector Store PineconeTool Vector StoreMemory Buffer WindowLm Chat Open AiAgentGoogle Sheets
AI & RAG Trigger: Webhook Nodes: 12 Complexity: ★★★☆☆ AI nodes: yes

The workflow JSON

Copy or download the full n8n JSON below. Paste it into a new n8n workflow, add your credentials, activate. Full import guide →

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{
  "name": "Forward Attachments",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "Placeholder for Forward Attachments",
        "height": 530,
        "width": 1100,
        "color": 5
      },
      "id": "15ea4b74-7127-48af-9f59-629bb14a2bd4",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -480,
        -240
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "httpMethod": "POST",
        "path": "forward-attachments"
      },
      "id": "8a67f7cf-b9f0-4c6c-9560-e9d746f29c98",
      "name": "Webhook Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.webhook",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -300,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "chunkSize": 400,
        "chunkOverlap": 40
      },
      "id": "9bad17f7-55c2-41d5-99dd-ba0fd211777b",
      "name": "Text Splitter",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textSplitterCharacterTextSplitter",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -130,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "model": "text-embedding-3-small",
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "e135820c-3de0-4731-b76b-1ca54b2f6ed3",
      "name": "Embeddings",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsOpenAi",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        70,
        0
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "insert",
        "options": {},
        "pineconeIndex": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "forward_attachments",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "forward_attachments"
        }
      },
      "id": "dd4b9606-bfb4-44bd-a9f8-fbdce7127924",
      "name": "Pinecone Insert",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStorePinecone",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        270,
        0
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "pineconeApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "pineconeIndex": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "forward_attachments",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "forward_attachments"
        }
      },
      "id": "fb46a67f-195f-44a8-ae68-383e70e3ca41",
      "name": "Pinecone Query",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStorePinecone",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        270,
        -180
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "pineconeApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "name": "Pinecone",
        "description": "Vector context"
      },
      "id": "3ef19169-0bbf-4f8c-a01e-e66d7c8e9c92",
      "name": "Vector Tool",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolVectorStore",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        450,
        -180
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "id": "8a4d7ddf-836b-49b9-8a57-d6bf92b44cdd",
      "name": "Window Memory",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow",
      "typeVersion": 1.3,
      "position": [
        450,
        -40
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "e208345d-1ccb-43fa-ae90-5f90e8d40d9a",
      "name": "Chat Model",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        450,
        -340
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "promptType": "define",
        "text": "Handle data",
        "options": {
          "systemMessage": "You are an assistant for Forward Attachments"
        }
      },
      "id": "06cce445-64df-4a85-a1d0-e5d3960583b1",
      "name": "RAG Agent",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        720,
        -40
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "append",
        "documentId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "SHEET_ID",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Forward Attachments"
        },
        "sheetName": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "Log",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Log"
        },
        "columns": {
          "mappingMode": "defineBelow",
          "value": "Status",
          "schema": []
        }
      },
      "id": "df7aa3a4-ff0d-4289-bbc1-c06bcd3596b7",
      "name": "Append Sheet",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        930,
        -40
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "channel": "#alerts",
        "text": "Forward Attachments error: {$json.error.message}"
      },
      "id": "d59d6048-34a9-481e-b729-51bed8088528",
      "name": "Slack Alert",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        930,
        120
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "slackApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Webhook Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Text Splitter",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Window Memory",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Text Splitter": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Embeddings",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ],
      "ai_textSplitter": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Pinecone Insert",
            "type": "ai_textSplitter",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Embeddings": {
      "ai_embedding": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Pinecone Insert",
            "type": "ai_embedding",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Pinecone Query",
            "type": "ai_embedding",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Pinecone Insert": {
      "ai_document": [
        []
      ]
    },
    "Pinecone Query": {
      "ai_vectorStore": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Vector Tool",
            "type": "ai_vectorStore",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Vector Tool": {
      "ai_tool": [
        [
          {
            "node": "RAG Agent",
            "type": "ai_tool",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Window Memory": {
      "ai_memory": [
        [
          {
            "node": "RAG Agent",
            "type": "ai_memory",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Chat Model": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "RAG Agent",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "RAG Agent": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Append Sheet",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ],
      "onError": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Slack Alert",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "triggerCount": 1
}

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About this workflow

Forward Attachments. Uses stickyNote, textSplitterCharacterTextSplitter, embeddingsOpenAi, vectorStorePinecone. Webhook trigger; 12 nodes.

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