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Complete business WhatsApp AI-powered RAG chatbot using OpenAI

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by Davide Boizza ✓ · 44,843 views · created 2025-02-04 · Support Chatbot, 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 22 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Qdrant Vector Store, Google Drive and Embeddings OpenAI and 2 more. It also calls qdranturl over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 2 other triggers).

  1. Create collection (HTTP Request): calls qdranturl (POST)
  2. Refresh collection (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  3. Respond to Webhook: sends the response back to the webhook caller
  4. is Message? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  5. Get folder (Google Drive): work with file folder
  6. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; 1 tool (RAG); memory: Window Buffer Memory
  7. Only message (WhatsApp Business Cloud): send
  8. Download Files (Google Drive): download
  9. Send (WhatsApp Business Cloud): send
  10. Qdrant Vector Store: stores documents in the Qdrant vector store, with embeddings: Embeddings OpenAI; document loader: Default Data Loader

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelQdrant Vector StoreGoogle DriveEmbeddings OpenAIWhatsApp Business CloudVector Store Question Answer

HTTP calls to: qdranturl

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 (15)

From the author

The provided workflow in n8n is designed to create a Business WhatsApp AI RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Chatbot. --- How it works: 1. Webhook Setup: The workflow begins by setting up webhooks for verification and response. The Verify webhook receives…

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