Create free Slack Pro alternative with AI summaries & Google Drive archiving
Ready for 3.0Ready 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 14 nodes and runs on Slack events (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Slack, Google Gemini Chat Model and Google Drive.
How it runs
Trigger: On Slack events (plus 1 other trigger).
- Extract User Prompt Text from Slack Event (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: input
- Get All Slack Channels in Workspace (Slack): get many (channel)
- Slack Channel Summary AI Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: LLM for Message Summaries; 2 tools (Get Slack User Profile by ID, Get Slack Channel History for Summaries); memory: Channel Conversation Memory Buffer
- Loop Over Slack Channels (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- Send Summary Message to Slack Channel (Slack): uses Slack
- Get Slack Channel History for Export (Slack): history (channel)
- Convert Channel History JSON to (Convert to File): converts data to a file
- Upload Channel History File to Google Drive (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
Services it uses
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 (On Slack App Mention Trigger).
Nodes used (11)
- Slack Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.slackTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - Google Gemini Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGoogleGemini - Simple Memory
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow - Slack Tool
n8n-nodes-base.slackTool - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - Convert to File
n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
From the author
Description 💸💬 Slack Pro is powerful — but the price hurts, especially for growing teams. This workflow is designed as a low-cost alternative solution that provides some Slack Pro functions (searchable history + AI summaries) while you stay on the free…