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{
"name": "Search Images",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
"model": "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
140,
220
],
"id": "70d2ca3e-70d1-40d7-a840-e57d22fff4ae",
"name": "GPT 4.1 mini",
"credentials": {
"openRouterApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "1JqOTd49heNBdmrf5hSwxI66X724tspAmSjzWoA6-EU0",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "AI Images Log",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JqOTd49heNBdmrf5hSwxI66X724tspAmSjzWoA6-EU0/edit?usp=drivesdk"
},
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "gid=0",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "Sheet1",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JqOTd49heNBdmrf5hSwxI66X724tspAmSjzWoA6-EU0/edit#gid=0"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheetsTool",
"typeVersion": 4.5,
"position": [
260,
220
],
"id": "1298d3da-7677-4c2b-a817-096cd682d65e",
"name": "Image Database",
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"workflowInputs": {
"values": [
{
"name": "intent"
},
{
"name": "image"
},
{
"name": "chatID"
}
]
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"position": [
-20,
-40
],
"id": "705b774d-0753-450d-934a-49f3092ec1cf",
"name": "When Executed by Another Workflow"
},
{
"parameters": {
"promptType": "define",
"text": "=Image: {{ $json.image }}",
"hasOutputParser": true,
"options": {
"systemMessage": "=# Overview\nYou are an Image Retrieval Agent. When the user provides a query, your task is to search the \"Image Database\" using the keywords from the query. Locate the most relevant matching image.\n\n## Output\n- Return the name, ID, and the Link of the image\n- If no image is found, output \"Not Found\"\n"
}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"typeVersion": 1.9,
"position": [
260,
-40
],
"id": "37d763c7-58e8-45cc-bce8-9385ed291c90",
"name": "Image Search Agent"
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "44c36e1d-19e8-4411-bd3d-86c5144ecb14",
"name": "response",
"value": "Image wasn't found in the database",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"typeVersion": 3.4,
"position": [
900,
-300
],
"id": "f4a3ceff-7d4e-4fdb-920b-7ebe5221f620",
"name": "Not Found"
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict",
"version": 2
},
"conditions": [
{
"id": "a5a9fd85-2403-423e-92a2-d3ba20db83d9",
"leftValue": "={{ $('When Executed by Another Workflow').first().json.intent }}",
"rightValue": "Get",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals",
"name": "filter.operator.equals"
}
}
],
"combinator": "and"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
920,
-40
],
"id": "4edde658-5b60-4c18-a6ab-1b57420a8712",
"name": "Get?"
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict",
"version": 2
},
"conditions": [
{
"id": "85e307aa-0bb8-40f1-b62e-5b36c231b0af",
"leftValue": "={{ $json.output.status }}",
"rightValue": "Not Found",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals",
"name": "filter.operator.equals"
}
}
],
"combinator": "and"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
660,
-40
],
"id": "ab4fc306-1577-4b44-8108-5a0b1ca621ef",
"name": "Not Found?"
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "download",
"fileId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "={{ $json.output.image_id }}",
"mode": "id"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"typeVersion": 3,
"position": [
1180,
-40
],
"id": "0c7a6e79-a314-4640-a124-862aaf3c72dd",
"name": "Download File",
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Trigger\n",
"height": 260,
"width": 260,
"color": 7
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
-100,
-120
],
"id": "f6725e4b-64f6-4e5b-b347-c1eb37cdc69b",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"disabled": true
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## Tool & Model",
"height": 200,
"width": 280,
"color": 7
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
100,
160
],
"id": "7c8f8fb1-2582-4e2a-8814-e1bf90c9ecea",
"name": "Sticky Note2"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Image Search\n",
"height": 260,
"width": 380,
"color": 3
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
180,
-120
],
"id": "560edc28-d0ab-4a7a-87e3-59c31ed2fca9",
"name": "Sticky Note4"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## Structured Output",
"height": 200,
"color": 7
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
400,
160
],
"id": "1c0d445d-0fcd-462a-b9ed-c7f8d8954fac",
"name": "Sticky Note3"
},
{
"parameters": {
"jsonSchemaExample": "{\n \"image_name\":\"string | null\",\n \"image_id\": \"string | null\",\n \"image_link\": \"string | null\",\n \"status\": \"found | not_found\"\n}\n"
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
480,
220
],
"id": "9b2be5fa-c89e-42ee-8752-4cddf42574a5",
"name": "Name, ID, & Link"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Not Found?",
"height": 260,
"width": 260,
"color": 2
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
580,
-120
],
"id": "80f1197c-54f4-4650-a0ff-dbf2bed8a316",
"name": "Sticky Note"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "",
"height": 200,
"width": 180,
"color": 7
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
860,
-340
],
"id": "66d7ede7-ea19-444f-8639-57a47a9be5af",
"name": "Sticky Note1"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Get?",
"height": 260,
"color": 2
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
860,
-120
],
"id": "6f10b02a-40a5-4d8e-82f5-7c2be288f26b",
"name": "Sticky Note6"
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "be32fa20-d1e6-4831-a266-5991e5c4eb1e",
"name": "imageName",
"value": "={{ $json.output.image_name }}",
"type": "string"
},
{
"id": "10b5ddb9-a482-46a7-962f-8e18533d90d5",
"name": "imageID",
"value": "={{ $json.output.image_id }}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"typeVersion": 3.4,
"position": [
1160,
200
],
"id": "a9d4f9bf-fabe-4e69-8221-a6ce792d5965",
"name": "Edit"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "",
"height": 200,
"width": 180,
"color": 7
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
1120,
160
],
"id": "0a1b7815-160a-4d67-8b68-e5ae610f4a44",
"name": "Sticky Note7"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Send Content",
"height": 260,
"width": 280,
"color": 6
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
1360,
-120
],
"id": "88381179-5443-4035-9b42-4618cdc6b3af",
"name": "Sticky Note8"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "# Download\n",
"height": 260,
"width": 220,
"color": 5
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
1120,
-120
],
"id": "da8d2d2e-f9a9-4554-94bf-e1f13bc454ce",
"name": "Sticky Note9"
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "sendPhoto",
"chatId": "={{ $('When Executed by Another Workflow').item.json.chatID }}",
"binaryData": true,
"additionalFields": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"typeVersion": 1.2,
"position": [
1440,
-40
],
"id": "e6e4e239-cdd9-4f98-a60e-a45e0537045b",
"name": "Send Photo",
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
}
],
"connections": {
"GPT 4.1 mini": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "Image Search Agent",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Image Database": {
"ai_tool": [
[
{
"node": "Image Search Agent",
"type": "ai_tool",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When Executed by Another Workflow": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Image Search Agent",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Image Search Agent": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Not Found?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Not Found?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Not Found",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Get?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Download File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Edit",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Download File": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send Photo",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Name, ID, & Link": {
"ai_outputParser": [
[
{
"node": "Image Search Agent",
"type": "ai_outputParser",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "85581b25-b7cf-4ad3-a4dd-1d9aba3488e1",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"id": "zDYAKGCIEChJa1JH",
"tags": []
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleDriveOAuth2ApigoogleSheetsOAuth2ApiopenRouterApitelegramApi
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How this works
Easily discover and retrieve relevant images from your organised Google Sheets database without manual searching, saving hours of sifting through files and ensuring you always access the right visuals for your projects. This workflow suits content creators, marketers, or teams managing image libraries who need quick, precise searches integrated with AI assistance. The core step involves an AI agent powered by lmChatOpenRouter querying your Google Sheets database, then conditionally downloading matches from Google Drive if found.
Use this workflow when handling event-driven image requests in automated systems, such as generating blog visuals or social media assets on demand. Avoid it for real-time, high-volume searches better suited to dedicated image APIs like Google Custom Search, or when your database lacks structured metadata. Common variations include adapting the agent prompt for specific themes, like product photography, or adding output parsing to format results for direct email integration.
About this workflow
Search Images. Uses lmChatOpenRouter, googleSheetsTool, executeWorkflowTrigger, agent. Event-driven trigger; 21 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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