Process Slack Messages with AI Agent and Send Gmail Replies
Workflow Description
Advanced automation that receives messages from Slack, processes them through an AI agent powered by large language models, searches a vector database for relevant information, maintains conversation memory, and automatically sends contextual replies via Gmail.
How it works
- 1.Receive incoming message from Slack channel or direct message
- 2.Split and process text using intelligent language model
- 3.Search vector database for relevant documents and context
- 4.Generate intelligent response using AI agent with conversation memory
- 5.Send formatted reply via Gmail to specified recipient
Use cases
- Automatically respond to customer inquiries from Slack with contextually-aware answers using a knowledge base
- Archive conversations and summaries to official email while maintaining continuity of support
- Analyze internal team questions and provide immediate answers based on organizational knowledge base
Requirements
- Slack workspace with bot token and message reading permissions
- Gmail account with API access and send message permissions
- API keys for OpenAI and/or Anthropic language models
- Vector database (Pinecone or similar) indexed with relevant company documentation
Service Value
Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.
Apps Used
Details
How to Use
- 1.Click "Download Template"
- 2.Open your n8n dashboard
- 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
- 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials
Nodes Used (39)
Send message
Slack
Sticky Note2
Sticky Note
Sticky Note
Sticky Note
Execute JavaScript
Code
Sticky Note3
Sticky Note
Recursive Character Text Splitter
Text Splitter Recursive Character Text Splitter
Embeddings OpenAI
OpenAI
Default Data Loader
Document Default Data Loader
OpenAI Chat Model
OpenAI
Embeddings OpenAI2
OpenAI
Vector Store Retriever
Retriever Vector Store
Download PDF
HTTP Request
PDFs to download
No Op
Sticky Note4
Sticky Note
Sticky Note5
Sticky Note
Read Pinecone Vector Store
Vector Store Pinecone
Question and Answer Chain
Chain Retrieval Qa
Sticky Note6
Sticky Note
Sticky Note7
Sticky Note
Anthropic Chat Model
Lm Chat Anthropic
Get calendar availability
HTTP Request
Appointment booking agent
Agent
Sticky Note1
Sticky Note
Window Buffer Memory
Memory Buffer Window
Sticky Note8
Sticky Note
Sticky Note9
Sticky Note
Sticky Note10
Sticky Note
Insert into Pinecone vector store
Vector Store Pinecone
Book appointment
HTTP Request
When chat message received
Chat Trigger
Sticky Note11
Sticky Note
Sticky Note12
Sticky Note
OpenAI Chat Model1
OpenAI
Add automation label
Gmail
On new email to nathan's inbox
Gmail
Add music label
Gmail
Assign label with AI
If
Webhook
Webhook
Whether email contains n8n
If