Chat with Google Sheet

Empower your team to interact with Google Sheets using natural language with this innovative workflow. It connects Google Sheets and OpenAI, allowing users to query, filter, and extract specific data from their spreadsheets simply by asking questions. Imagine sales teams quickly pulling up customer details, marketing professionals analyzing campaign performance, or support staff finding order information without ever opening the spreadsheet. This workflow eliminates the need for complex formulas or manual data sifting, saving significant time and reducing errors by providing instant, AI-powered insights directly from your Google Sheets data. It streamlines data access, making information readily available to anyone who needs it, improving productivity and decision-making across your organization.
19 nodesmanual trigger139 views0 copiesProductivity
Google SheetsOpenAI

Workflow JSON

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It returns three different types of data from the Google Sheet, which can be used together for more complex queries without returning the whole sheet (which might be too big for GPT to handle)"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "8761e314-c1f2-4edd-88ea-bfeb02dc8f1a", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [460, 460], "parameters": {"color": 7, "width": 927.5, "height": 486.5625, "content": "### Main workflow: AI agent using custom tool"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "e793b816-68d9-42ef-b9b0-6fe22aa375e8", "name": "Sticky Note3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [300, 540], "parameters": {"width": 185.9375, "height": 183.85014518022527, "content": "## Try me out\n\nClick the 'Chat' button at the bottom and enter:\n\n_Which is our biggest customer?_"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "f895d926-0f70-415b-9492-c3ecf186e761", "name": "Get Google sheet contents", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "position": [980, 1240], "parameters": {"options": {}, "sheetName": {"__rl": true, "mode": "url", "value": "={{ $json.sheetUrl }}"}, "documentId": {"__rl": true, "mode": "url", "value": "={{ $json.sheetUrl }}"}}, "credentials": {"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {"id": "", "name": "[Your googleSheetsOAuth2Api]"}}, "typeVersion": 4.2}, {"id": "daca1624-6c35-473a-bf3a-5fa0686a0a62", "name": "Set Google Sheet URL", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [760, 1240], "parameters": {"fields": {"values": [{"name": "sheetUrl", "stringValue": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GjFBV8HpraNWG_JyuaQAgTb3zUGguh0S_25nO0CMd8A/edit#gid=736425281"}]}, "options": {}}, "typeVersion": 3.2}, {"id": "68edca41-0196-47d8-9378-31fed0a70918", "name": "Get column names", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [1460, 1060], "parameters": {"fields": {"values": [{"name": "response", "stringValue": "={{ Object.keys($json) }}"}]}, "include": "none", "options": {}}, "executeOnce": true, "typeVersion": 3.2}, {"id": "7a9dea08-f9e9-4139-842a-9066a9cf04ea", "name": "Prepare output", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "position": [1720, 1240], "parameters": {"jsCode": "return {\n 'response': JSON.stringify($input.all().map(x => x.json))\n}"}, "typeVersion": 2}, {"id": "616eebc5-5c5c-4fa1-b13f-61a477742c72", "name": "List columns tool", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow", "position": [940, 780], "parameters": {"name": "list_columns", "fields": {"values": [{"name": "operation", "stringValue": "column_names"}]}, "workflowId": "={{ $workflow.id }}", "description": "=List all column names in customer data\n\nCall this tool to find out what data is available for each customer. It should be called first at the beginning to understand which columns are available for querying."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "891ad3a8-72f0-45ad-8777-1647a7342c00", "name": "Get customer tool", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow", "position": [1220, 780], "parameters": {"name": "get_customer", "fields": {"values": [{"name": "operation", "stringValue": "row"}]}, "workflowId": "={{ $workflow.id }}", "description": "=Get all columns for a given customer\n\nThe input should be a stringified row number of the customer to fetch; only single string inputs are allowed. Returns a JSON object with all the column names and their values."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "0f3ca6ff-fc01-4f33-b1a7-cb82a0ec5c88", "name": "Get column values tool", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow", "position": [1080, 780], "parameters": {"name": "column_values", "fields": {"values": [{"name": "operation", "stringValue": "column_values"}]}, "workflowId": "={{ $workflow.id }}", "description": "=Get the specified column value for all customers\n\nUse this tool to find out which customers have a certain value for a given column. Returns an array of JSON objects, one per customer. Each JSON object includes the column being requested plus the row_number column. Input should be a single string representing the name of the column to fetch.\n"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "deef6eb4-2a11-4490-ad56-bc1ea9077843", "name": "Sticky Note", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [900, 740.8693557231958], "parameters": {"color": 7, "width": 432.3271051132649, "height": 179.21380662202682, "content": "These tools all call the sub-workflow below"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "94e4dbe5-dc41-4879-bffc-ec8f5341f3b5", "name": "Sticky Note4", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [723, 1172], "parameters": {"width": 179.99762227826224, "height": 226.64416053838073, "content": "Change the URL of the Google Sheet here"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "dbb887f0-93a7-466e-9c9f-8aa4e7da935d", "name": "Prepare column data", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [1460, 1240], "parameters": {"fields": {"values": [{"name": "={{ $('Execute Workflow Trigger').item.json.query }}", "stringValue": "={{ $json[$('Execute Workflow Trigger').item.json.query] }}"}, {"name": "row_number", "stringValue": "={{ $json.row_number }}"}]}, "include": "none", "options": {}}, "typeVersion": 3.2}, {"id": "041d32ca-e59a-4b67-a3e6-4e2f19e3de72", "name": "Filter", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter", "position": [1460, 1400], "parameters": {"options": {"looseTypeValidation": true}, "conditions": {"options": {"leftValue": "", "caseSensitive": true, "typeValidation": "loose"}, "combinator": "and", "conditions": [{"id": "bf712098-97e4-42cb-8e08-2ee32d19d3e7", "operator": {"type": "number", "operation": "equals"}, "leftValue": "={{ $json.row_number }}", "rightValue": "={{ $('Execute Workflow Trigger').item.json.query }}"}]}}, "typeVersion": 2, "alwaysOutputData": true}, {"id": "69b9e70a-9104-4731-9f16-8324a3f7e423", "name": "Check operation", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch", "position": [1200, 1240], "parameters": {"rules": {"values": [{"outputKey": "col names", "conditions": {"options": {"leftValue": "", "caseSensitive": true, "typeValidation": "strict"}, "combinator": "and", "conditions": [{"operator": {"type": "string", "operation": "equals"}, "leftValue": "={{ $('Execute Workflow Trigger').item.json.operation }}", "rightValue": "column_names"}]}, "renameOutput": true}, {"outputKey": "col values", "conditions": {"options": {"leftValue": "", "caseSensitive": true, "typeValidation": "strict"}, "combinator": "and", "conditions": [{"id": "b7968ce7-0d20-43d0-bcca-7b66e0aec715", "operator": {"name": "filter.operator.equals", "type": "string", "operation": "equals"}, "leftValue": "={{ $('Execute Workflow Trigger').item.json.operation }}", "rightValue": "column_values"}]}, "renameOutput": true}, {"outputKey": "rows", "conditions": {"options": {"leftValue": "", "caseSensitive": true, "typeValidation": "strict"}, "combinator": "and", "conditions": [{"id": "de3bb9b5-edc6-4448-839e-eda07b72144a", "operator": {"name": "filter.operator.equals", "type": "string", "operation": "equals"}, "leftValue": "={{ $('Execute Workflow Trigger').item.json.operation }}", "rightValue": "row"}]}, "renameOutput": true}]}, "options": {}}, "typeVersion": 3}, {"id": "d955e499-5a3e-45a3-9fc8-266e2f687ecc", "name": "OpenAI Chat Model", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi", "position": [800, 780], "parameters": {"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-0125", "options": {"temperature": 0}}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "28fbda0b-1e01-4f59-af5b-fe02eba899b1", "name": "Chat Trigger", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger", "position": [620, 560], "webhookId": "2b9d9c42-adf4-425d-b0a5-e4f60c750e63", "parameters": {}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "c89614f4-d8b1-4f7b-9e7c-856e3f89eadb", "name": "AI Agent", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent", "position": [900, 560], "parameters": {"agent": "reActAgent", "options": {"suffix": "Begin! Use `list_columns` tool first to determine which columns are available.\n\n\tQuestion: {input}\n\tThought:{agent_scratchpad}", "returnIntermediateSteps": false}}, "typeVersion": 1.3}], "active": false, "pinData": {"Execute Workflow Trigger": [{"json": {"query": "222", "operation": "row"}}]}, "settings": {"executionOrder": "v1"}, "versionId": "94885609-92bb-498c-9628-35d9044593e7", "connections": {"Filter": {"main": [[{"node": "Prepare output", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Chat Trigger": {"main": [[{"node": "AI Agent", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Check operation": {"main": [[{"node": "Get column names", "type": "main", "index": 0}], [{"node": "Prepare column data", "type": "main", "index": 0}], [{"node": "Filter", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get column names": {"main": [[{"node": "Prepare output", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get customer tool": {"ai_tool": [[{"node": "AI Agent", "type": "ai_tool", "index": 0}]]}, "List columns tool": {"ai_tool": [[{"node": "AI Agent", "type": "ai_tool", "index": 0}]]}, "OpenAI Chat Model": {"ai_languageModel": [[{"node": "AI Agent", "type": "ai_languageModel", "index": 0}]]}, "Prepare column data": {"main": [[{"node": "Prepare output", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Set Google Sheet URL": {"main": [[{"node": "Get Google sheet contents", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get column values tool": {"ai_tool": [[{"node": "AI Agent", "type": "ai_tool", "index": 0}]]}, "Execute Workflow Trigger": {"main": [[{"node": "Set Google Sheet URL", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get Google sheet contents": {"main": [[{"node": "Check operation", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}

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