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Generate and share professional PDFs with OpenAI, Google Docs, and Slack

Ready for 3.0

by Trung Tran ✓ · 4,412 views · created 2025-08-12 · Document Extraction, Multimodal AI

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 9 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Google Drive and Slack. It also calls googleapis.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

  1. Generate sample markdown document (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model
  2. Configure Google Drive Folder (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: Drive Folder ID, Today
  3. Create document file (HTTP Request): calls googleapis.com (POST)
  4. Convert document to PDF (Google Drive): download
  5. Archiving PDF File (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
  6. Download attachment file (Google Drive): download
  7. Send message (Slack): work with file

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelGoogle DriveSlack

HTTP calls to: googleapis.com

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 (7)

From the author

Free PDF Generator in n8n – No External Libraries or Paid Services > A 100% free n8n workflow for generating professionally formatted PDFs without relying on external libraries or paid converters. It uses OpenAI to create Markdown content, Google Docs to…

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