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Automate invoice data extraction from Google Drive to Airtable using Nanonets OCR & Command-R

Ready for 3.0

by Ehsan ✓ · 283 views · created 2025-11-01 · Invoice Processing, AI Summarization

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 11 nodes and runs on Google Drive events (file created). Along the way it connects Google Drive, OpenAI, Airtable and OpenAI Chat Model.

How it runs

Trigger: On Google Drive events (file created).

  1. Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  2. file name & ID (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: fileId, orfilename
  3. Download file (Google Drive): download
  4. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model
  5. Data Cleaner (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
  6. Move failed (Google Drive): move
  7. Airtable: create
  8. Move successful (Google Drive): move

Services it uses

Google DriveOpenAIAirtableOpenAI Chat Model

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (9)

From the author

How it works This template creates a fully automated "hands-off" pipeline for processing financial documents. It's perfect for small businesses, freelancers, or operations teams who want to stop manually entering invoice and receipt data. When you drop a new…

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