AI Volunteer Lookup Chat Agent

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "Volunteer Lookup",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "id": "fb0a16b5-74d9-45f5-998d-6e012cb07903",
      "name": "When chat message received"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "promptType": "define",
        "text": "={{ $json.chatInput || $json.blocks[0].elements[0].elements[1].text }}",
        "options": {
          "systemMessage": "=You are a helpful assistant\n\n## Column headings\n- ID\n- Full Name\n- First Name\n- Last Name\n- Phone\n- Email\n- Events\n- Manager\n- Active"
        }
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        220,
        0
      ],
      "id": "0d85cc95-fede-41f2-a9ab-2694e1a352b2",
      "name": "AI Agent"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o-mini"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "position": [
        260,
        220
      ],
      "id": "aa4020d2-adad-4a90-ad5d-782b08202cdb",
      "name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "sseEndpoint": "https://mor10.app.n8n.cloud/mcp/45c6331b-2d67-48bd-8304-ae02c6956383/sse"
      },
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        380,
        220
      ],
      "id": "13330228-b28d-4d4f-a00b-3f6337a4fa7e",
      "name": "MCP Client"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "trigger": [
          "app_mention"
        ],
        "channelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "C08R22NASU9",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "general"
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slackTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -40,
        -140
      ],
      "id": "df6eaf73-a16b-4240-88e7-a0ce4318ee68",
      "name": "Slack Trigger",
      "credentials": {
        "slackApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "select": "channel",
        "channelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "={{ $('Slack Trigger').item.json.channel }}",
          "mode": "id"
        },
        "text": "={{ $json.output }}",
        "otherOptions": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "typeVersion": 2.3,
      "position": [
        580,
        0
      ],
      "id": "7143220e-1cc4-4130-b6ab-d6583835ed2a",
      "name": "Slack",
      "credentials": {
        "slackApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "When chat message received": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI Chat Model": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_languageModel",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "MCP Client": {
      "ai_tool": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_tool",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Slack Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "AI Agent",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "AI Agent": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Slack",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "81b960e2-e447-42ad-9868-30b127d080e1",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "id": "9LPmsF8JEHC60IJb",
  "tags": []
}

Credentials you'll need

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• openAiApi
• slackApi

About this workflow

Volunteer Lookup. Uses chatTrigger, agent, lmChatOpenAi, mcpClientTool. Chat trigger; 6 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/LinkedInLearning/build-ai-agents-and-automate-workflows-with-n8n-5437042/blob/3daaa2e098f567839966797c672cde9a8865d9e2/n8n-workflows/Volunteer_Lookup.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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