Extract business card data from Slack to Google Sheets with GPT-4o OCR
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 8 nodes and runs on Slack events. Along the way it connects Slack, Google Sheets and OpenAI Chat Model.
How it runs
Trigger: On Slack events.
- Fetch images (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Scan Contact Information (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: AI model; output parser: Structure Output
- Transforming data (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
- Append row in sheet (Google Sheets): append
- Send a message (Slack): uses Slack
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 (Slack Trigger).
Nodes used (8)
- Slack Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.slackTrigger - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
From the author
You can turn messy business card photos into organized contact data automatically. With this workflow, you can upload a business card photo to Slack and instantly capture the contact details into Google Sheets using OCR. No more manual typing—each new card is…