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Run AI employee onboarding with Groq, Google Workspace, and Gemini

Ready for 3.0

by Yash Kabra ✓ · 9 views · created 2026-07-20 · HR, AI RAG

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 62 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 5 other triggers). Along the way it connects Google Drive, Embeddings Google Gemini, Slack and Telegram and 3 more.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 5 other triggers).

  1. Load Docs Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  2. Normalize Input (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Orchestrator Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  4. Check-in Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  5. List Handbook Files (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
  6. Guard Input (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  7. Guard Hire (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  8. Read Tracking Sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  9. Download File (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
  10. Ingestion Failed Note (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields

…plus 32 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google DriveEmbeddings Google GeminiSlackTelegramGroq Chat ModelGoogle SheetsGmail

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.

  • Still check Slack Trigger requires a signing secret on the Slack API credential (Slack Trigger (optional)).

Nodes used (25)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow ingests onboarding documents from Google Drive into an in-memory vector store with Google Gemini embeddings, then runs a multi-channel onboarding chatbot powered by Groq, sends role-based welcome emails via Gmail when a new hire…

Excerpt from Yash Kabra's description on n8n.io.

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