Knowledge Base Sync

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{
  "name": "Knowledge Base Sync",
  "tag": "Knowledge",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "20",
      "name": "Schedule Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": [
          {
            "weekday": 1,
            "hour": 2,
            "minute": 0
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "21",
      "name": "Dropbox - List Folder",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dropbox",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        300,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "list",
        "path": "/KnowledgeBase/Source",
        "options": {
          "recursive": true
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "22",
      "name": "Compute Dropbox Checksum",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        600,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "return items.map(item => {\n  const data = item.json.content || '';\n  item.json.checksum = require('crypto').createHash('sha256').update(data).digest('hex');\n  return item;\n});"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "23",
      "name": "Airtable - Dataset Index",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
      "typeVersion": 3,
      "position": [
        900,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "upsert",
        "application": "airtable-agentkit",
        "tableId": "tblKnowledge",
        "additionalOptions": {
          "matchingColumns": [
            "FilePath"
          ],
          "typecast": true
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Schedule Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Dropbox - List Folder",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Dropbox - List Folder": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Compute Dropbox Checksum",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Compute Dropbox Checksum": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Airtable - Dataset Index",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "settings": {
    "executionTimeout": 900,
    "retryOnFail": true
  }
}

About this workflow

Knowledge Base Sync. Uses dropbox, airtable. Scheduled trigger; 4 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/ChrisCruze/N8N-Agent-Kit/blob/2be84902f6f490b090cc749d78d8f2138e63b37e/examples/knowledge-sync.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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