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 →
{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "40bb5497-d1d2-4eb7-b683-78b88c8d9230",
"name": "Google Drive",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
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520
],
"parameters": {
"fileId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Koq9q53nkk0F5Y8eZgaWJUVR03I4-MM/view"
},
"options": {},
"operation": "download"
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "1323d520-1528-4a5a-9806-8f4f45306098",
"name": "Recursive Character Text Splitter",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"chunkSize": 3000,
"chunkOverlap": 200
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "796b155a-64e6-4a52-9168-a37c68077d99",
"name": "Embeddings OpenAI",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsOpenAi",
"position": [
836.8347832043557,
740
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "dbe42c28-6f0b-4999-8372-0b42f6fb5916",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
260,
420
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 978.0454109366399,
"height": 806.6556079800943,
"content": "### Load data into database\nFetch file from Google Drive, split it into chunks and insert into Pinecone index"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "43dc3736-834d-4322-8fd2-7826b0208c4b",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1520,
420
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 654.1028019808174,
"height": 806.8716167324012,
"content": "### Chat with database\nEmbed the incoming chat message and use it retrieve relevant chunks from the vector store. These are passed to the model to formulate an answer "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "53b18460-8ad6-425a-a01f-c2295cfddde8",
"name": "Default Data Loader",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.documentDefaultDataLoader",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"dataType": "binary"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "e729a021-eab3-48fa-a818-457efcaeebb2",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-20,
740
],
"parameters": {
"height": 264.61498034081166,
"content": "## Try me out\n1. In Pinecone, create an index with 1536 dimensions and select it in *both* Pinecone nodes\n2. Click 'test workflow' at the bottom of the canvas to load data into the vector store\n3. Click 'chat' at the bottom of the canvas to ask questions about the data"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3e17c89c-620d-4892-b944-d792e48e3772",
"name": "Question and Answer Chain",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainRetrievalQa",
"position": [
1560,
521
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "516507f9-d0d9-4975-85d0-a7852ee41518",
"name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
"position": [
1560,
741
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "8b0a5d26-a60a-40ab-8200-72f542532096",
"name": "Embeddings OpenAI2",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsOpenAi",
"position": [
1700,
1081
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "07f61d20-cf50-48e8-9d34-92244af436cb",
"name": "Vector Store Retriever",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.retrieverVectorStore",
"position": [
1760,
741
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0777de17-99a0-499a-b71f-245d5f76642e",
"name": "Read Pinecone Vector Store",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStorePinecone",
"position": [
1700,
921
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"pineconeIndex": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "test-index",
"cachedResultName": "test-index"
}
},
"credentials": {
"pineconeApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "cc5e6897-9d0b-4352-a882-5dc23104bf97",
"name": "Insert into Pinecone vector store",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStorePinecone",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"mode": "insert",
"options": {
"clearNamespace": true
},
"pineconeIndex": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "test-index",
"cachedResultName": "test-index"
}
},
"credentials": {
"pineconeApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "c358aa73-b60f-453f-a3ef-539faa98c9b5",
"name": "When clicking 'Chat' button below",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
"position": [
1360,
521
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "d35db9e1-4efc-4980-9814-55fbe65e08fd",
"name": "When clicking 'Test Workflow' button",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "4c04f576-e834-467d-98b4-38a2d501d82f",
"name": "Set Google Drive file URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
296,
520
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "50025ff5-1b53-475f-b150-2aafef1c4c21",
"name": "file_url",
"type": "string",
"value": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Koq9q53nkk0F5Y8eZgaWJUVR03I4-MM/view"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
}
],
"connections": {
"Google Drive": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Insert into Pinecone vector store",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Embeddings OpenAI": {
"ai_embedding": [
[
{
"node": "Insert into Pinecone vector store",
"type": "ai_embedding",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenAI Chat Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "Question and Answer Chain",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Embeddings OpenAI2": {
"ai_embedding": [
[
{
"node": "Read Pinecone Vector Store",
"type": "ai_embedding",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Default Data Loader": {
"ai_document": [
[
{
"node": "Insert into Pinecone vector store",
"type": "ai_document",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Vector Store Retriever": {
"ai_retriever": [
[
{
"node": "Question and Answer Chain",
"type": "ai_retriever",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set Google Drive file URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Google Drive",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Read Pinecone Vector Store": {
"ai_vectorStore": [
[
{
"node": "Vector Store Retriever",
"type": "ai_vectorStore",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Recursive Character Text Splitter": {
"ai_textSplitter": [
[
{
"node": "Default Data Loader",
"type": "ai_textSplitter",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking 'Chat' button below": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Question and Answer Chain",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking 'Test Workflow' button": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set Google Drive file URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.
googleDriveOAuth2ApiopenAiApipineconeApi
About this workflow
Manual Stickynote. Uses googleDrive, textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter, embeddingsOpenAi, stickyNote. Chat trigger; 16 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →