This workflow follows the Documentdefaultdataloader → Google Gemini Embeddings recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"name": "Upload Brochures to Pinecone (Manual Trigger)",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
0,
384
],
"id": "a877aa7e-ec36-416a-9562-7bb26a5182f1",
"name": "When clicking 'Execute workflow'"
},
{
"parameters": {
"resource": "fileFolder",
"filter": {
"folderId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "1tBBELUsZGzrlK4jXNp_EAt7owmRYEwOL",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "brochures",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tBBELUsZGzrlK4jXNp_EAt7owmRYEwOL"
}
},
"options": {
"fields": [
"id",
"name",
"mimeType"
]
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"typeVersion": 3,
"position": [
224,
384
],
"id": "1b1dd686-b04b-43df-8f43-6d1d3672119f",
"name": "List Brochures in Folder",
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "download",
"fileId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "={{ $json.id }}",
"mode": "id"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"typeVersion": 3,
"position": [
448,
384
],
"id": "4d5eb993-a242-435d-8f2a-76c10c29e652",
"name": "Download Each Brochure",
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"mode": "insert",
"pineconeIndex": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "course-brochures",
"mode": "list",
"cachedResultName": "course-brochures"
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorStorePinecone",
"typeVersion": 1.3,
"position": [
704,
352
],
"id": "e735369d-f8b8-48a9-9e2b-50f50b48881b",
"name": "Pinecone Vector Store (Insert)",
"credentials": {
"pineconeApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"dataType": "binary",
"options": {
"metadata": {
"metadataValues": [
{
"name": "source",
"value": "={{ $('Download Each Brochure').item.json.name }}"
},
{
"name": "file_id",
"value": "={{ $('Download Each Brochure').item.json.id }}"
}
]
}
},
"textSplittingMode": "custom"
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.documentDefaultDataLoader",
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"position": [
848,
576
],
"id": "ef565223-ee07-4e3e-96e0-8e4d1c1d1ad9",
"name": "Default Data Loader"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## Manual ingestion \u2192 Pinecone (whole-brochure chunks)\n\n1. Upload the 20 brochures to a Google Drive folder.\n2. Set the folder ID in **List Brochures in Folder**.\n3. Pick your Google Drive, Pinecone & Gemini credentials.\n4. In Pinecone, create an index named `course-brochures` with **dimension 3072** (Gemini `gemini-embedding-001` embeddings) and metric **cosine**.\n5. **If re-ingesting: delete all existing records/namespaces in the index first** to avoid duplicates and leftovers.\n6. Click **Execute workflow**. Each brochure is embedded as ONE vector into the DEFAULT namespace \u2192 20 records; the CX agent retrieves from the default namespace too (no namespace set on either side).",
"height": 300,
"width": 380,
"color": 5
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
0,
0
],
"id": "ce3fa488-6de4-4ea2-89ad-7b9ab6ebf0c5",
"name": "Sticky Note"
},
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsGoogleGemini",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
624,
560
],
"id": "ca853f09-2e33-4c00-b2cd-617264118707",
"name": "Embeddings Google Gemini",
"credentials": {
"googlePalmApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"chunkSize": 4000,
"chunkOverlap": 0,
"options": {}
},
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
908,
776
],
"id": "f3a1c2d4-5e6b-4a7c-8d9e-0f1a2b3c4d5e",
"name": "Whole-Brochure Splitter"
}
],
"connections": {
"When clicking 'Execute workflow'": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "List Brochures in Folder",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"List Brochures in Folder": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Download Each Brochure",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Download Each Brochure": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Pinecone Vector Store (Insert)",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Default Data Loader": {
"ai_document": [
[
{
"node": "Pinecone Vector Store (Insert)",
"type": "ai_document",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Embeddings Google Gemini": {
"ai_embedding": [
[
{
"node": "Pinecone Vector Store (Insert)",
"type": "ai_embedding",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Whole-Brochure Splitter": {
"ai_textSplitter": [
[
{
"node": "Default Data Loader",
"type": "ai_textSplitter",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1",
"binaryMode": "separate",
"availableInMCP": false
},
"versionId": "ec85d140-ac10-4c9c-af49-3823fe5baf9e",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"nodeGroups": [],
"id": "Zc9GwbM4XLxsIrP4",
"tags": [
{
"name": "RAG Ingestion",
"id": "Hc40RYGjq5G8o6P7",
"updatedAt": "2026-07-02T12:28:31.028Z",
"createdAt": "2026-07-02T12:28:31.028Z"
}
]
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleDriveOAuth2ApigooglePalmApipineconeApi
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About this workflow
Upload Brochures to Pinecone (Manual Trigger). Uses googleDrive, vectorStorePinecone, documentDefaultDataLoader, embeddingsGoogleGemini. Event-driven trigger; 8 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/tertiarycourses/TGS-2026062147-No-Code-and-Low-Code-Agentic-AI-Applications/blob/main/labs/activity7-rag/Activity7b-Pinecone-Upload.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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