Templates / Chat with GitHub API documentation: RAG-powered chatbot with Pinecone & OpenAI

Chat with GitHub API documentation: RAG-powered chatbot with Pinecone & OpenAI

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by Mihai Farcas ✓ · 30,129 views · created 2025-01-07 · Internal Wiki, AI RAG

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 14 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Pinecone Vector Store, OpenAI Chat Model, Vector Store Question Answer and Embeddings OpenAI. It also calls raw.githubusercontent.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. HTTP Request: calls raw.githubusercontent.com
  2. 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: Generate Embeddings; document loader: Default Data Loader

Services it uses

Pinecone Vector StoreOpenAI Chat ModelVector Store Question AnswerEmbeddings OpenAI

HTTP calls to: raw.githubusercontent.com

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 Agent (v1.7): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Rather not rewrite it? Many of these flows can be rebuilt in Make (free plan).

Removed in 3.0Replace with
AI Agent v1 (old agent modes)
AI Agent (v1.7)
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

This workflow demonstrates a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot that lets you chat with the GitHub API Specification (documentation) using natural language. Built with n8n, OpenAI's LLMs and the Pinecone vector database, it provides accurate and…

Excerpt from Mihai Farcas's description on n8n.io.

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