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AI Sticky Note Chat Assistant

Original n8n title: Stickynote (memory Buffer Window)

Stickynote. Uses stickyNote, memoryBufferWindow, openAi, toolCalculator. Chat trigger; 6 nodes.

Chat trigger trigger★★☆☆☆ complexityAI-powered6 nodesMemory Buffer WindowOpenAITool CalculatorChat Trigger
General Trigger: Chat trigger Nodes: 6 Complexity: ★★☆☆☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

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

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{
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "b26e5f35-214a-4eba-83f6-a61736a2f017",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        240,
        560
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 7,
        "width": 398,
        "height": 217,
        "content": "Call the assistant, passing in the previous chat messages"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "7cba00f3-7824-47eb-a17f-6e34fab51c0d",
      "name": "Sticky Note4",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -440,
        460
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "height": 300.48941882630095,
        "content": "## Try me out\n1. In the OpenAI Assistant node, make sure your OpenAI credentials are set and choose an assistant to use (you'll need to create one if you don't have one already)\n2. Click the 'Chat' button below\n\n  - In the first message, tell the AI what your name is\n  - In a second message, ask the AI what your name is"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "a71b8aef-5ee9-4ff2-9a77-5154fee67cc8",
      "name": "Simple Memory",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow",
      "position": [
        180,
        920
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "sessionKey": "={{ $('When chat message received').first().json.sessionId }}",
        "sessionIdType": "customKey",
        "contextWindowLength": 20
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.3
    },
    {
      "id": "24faa70e-52e7-40e4-abc1-05c8b18df583",
      "name": "OpenAI",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
      "position": [
        300,
        640
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $('When chat message received').item.json.chatInput }}",
        "prompt": "define",
        "options": {},
        "resource": "assistant",
        "assistantId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "id",
          "value": "asst_HDSAnzsp4WqY4UC1iI9auH5z"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.8
    },
    {
      "id": "37b70475-f28b-4e5f-a7e2-3dad715b2e8d",
      "name": "Calculator1",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolCalculator",
      "position": [
        600,
        920
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "79d644c4-6d24-4f1e-9c43-08fa8b20da0e",
      "name": "When chat message received",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
      "position": [
        -100,
        640
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "public": true,
        "options": {
          "loadPreviousSession": "memory"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Calculator1": {
      "ai_tool": [
        [
          {
            "node": "OpenAI",
            "type": "ai_tool",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Simple Memory": {
      "ai_memory": [
        [
          {
            "node": "OpenAI",
            "type": "ai_memory",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "When chat message received",
            "type": "ai_memory",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When chat message received": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "OpenAI",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

Stickynote. Uses stickyNote, memoryBufferWindow, openAi, toolCalculator. Chat trigger; 6 nodes.

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