Extract contact information from business cards with Mistral OCR and GPT-4o-mini
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 9 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Business card scanner”). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model. It also calls api.mistral.ai over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Business card scanner”).
- Data to base (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (binary to propery)
- Mistral OCR API (HTTP Request): calls api.mistral.ai (POST)
- JSON Parser (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (from json)
- AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; memory: Simple Memory; output parser: Structured Output Parser
- Upsert row(s) (Data table): create or update
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.mistral.ai
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.
Nodes used (8)
- HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - Simple Memory
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow - Data table
n8n-nodes-base.dataTable - n8n Form Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger - Extract from File
n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile
From the author
🧠 Business Card Scanner – Automate Contact Extraction This workflow automates the process of extracting contact details from business cards (PDF or image) and saving them directly into an n8n Data Table. No more manual data entry — just upload a card and let…