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AI-powered Gmail customer support with OpenRouter & Pinecone knowledge base

Ready for 3.0

by Emilio Loewenstein ✓ · 371 views · created 2025-10-09 · Support Chatbot, AI Chatbot

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 on Gmail events. Along the way it connects Gmail, OpenRouter Chat Model, Pinecone Vector Store and Embeddings OpenAI.

How it runs

Trigger: On Gmail events.

  1. Text Classifier: classifies text into categories with AI, with model: OpenRouter Chat Model
  2. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenRouter Chat Model; 1 tool (knowledgeBase)
  3. Reply to a message (Gmail): reply

Services it uses

GmailOpenRouter Chat ModelPinecone Vector StoreEmbeddings OpenAI

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 Gmail Trigger below v1.4 runs as v1.4 (drafts skipped, max emails per poll) (Gmail Trigger).

Nodes used (8)

From the author

This workflow automates customer email support by combining Gmail, AI classification, and a knowledge base to provide instant, accurate, and friendly responses. It’s designed for businesses that want to improve customer satisfaction while reducing manual…

Excerpt from Emilio Loewenstein's description on n8n.io.

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