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Chat with Google Drive documents using GPT, Pinecone, and RAG

Needs changes

by Marko · 2,458 views · created 2025-08-28 · AI RAG, Multimodal AI

Needs changes. This template uses 1 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: AI Agent v1 (old agent modes). 1 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 16 nodes and runs on Google Drive events (file created) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Vector Store Question Answer, Embeddings OpenAI and Google Drive and 1 more.

How it runs

Trigger: On Google Drive events (file created) (plus 2 other triggers).

  1. Download File From Google Drive (Google Drive): download
  2. AI Sales Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; 1 tool (Vector Store Tool); memory: Window Buffer Memory
  3. Pinecone Vector Store: stores documents in the Pinecone vector store, with embeddings: Embeddings OpenAI; document loader: Default Data Loader
  4. Download File From Google Drive (Google Drive): work with folder
  5. Generate Embeddings for Search with OpenAI (Embeddings OpenAI): uses Embeddings OpenAI

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelVector Store Question AnswerEmbeddings OpenAIGoogle DrivePinecone Vector Store

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

1 thing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0. Fix it before you upgrade:

  • AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) in AI Sales Agent (v1.6): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.
Removed in 3.0Replace with
AI Agent v1 (old agent modes)
AI Sales Agent (v1.6)
Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Nodes used (11)

From the author

📌 Short Overview Automatically sync files from Google Drive into a searchable AI knowledge base with Pinecone, and answer user queries using GPT-4o with conversational memory. ⸻ 🛠️ Workflow Usage Steps 1. Watch Google Drive for file changes Trigger the…

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