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Google Docs and Supabase integration

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How to connect Google Docs and Supabase

Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Google Docs and Supabase integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

RAG chatbot with Supabase + TogetherAI + Openrouter

⚠️ RUN the FIRST WORKFLOW ONLY ONCE (as it will convert your content in Embedding format and save it in DB and is ready for the RAG Chat) 📌 Telegram Trigger Type: telegramTrigger Purpose: Waits for new Telegram messages to trigger the workflow. Note: Currently disabled. 📄 Content for the Training Type: googleDocs Purpose: Fetches document content from Google Docs using its URL. Details: Uses Service Account authentication. ✂️ Splitting into Chunks Type: code Purpose: Splits the fetched document text into smaller chunks (1000 chars each) for processing. Logic: Loops over text and slices it. 🧠 Embedding Uploaded Document Type: httpRequest Purpose: Calls Together AI embedding API to get vector embeddings for each text chunk. Details: Sends JSON with model name and chunk as input. 🛢 Save the embedding in DB Type: supabase Purpose: Saves each text chunk and its embedding vector into the Supabase embed table. SECOND WORKFLOW EXPLAINATION: 💬 When chat message received Type: chatTrigger Purpose: Starts the workflow when a user sends a chat message. Details: Sends an initial greeting message to the user. 🧩 Embend User Message Type: httpRequest Purpose: Generates embedding for the user’s input message. Details: Calls Together AI embeddings API. 🔍 Search Embeddings Type: httpRequest Purpose: Searches Supabase DB for the top 5 most similar text chunks based on the generated embedding. Details: Calls Supabase RPC function matchembeddings1. 📦 Aggregate Type: aggregate Purpose: Combines all retrieved text chunks into a single aggregated context for the LLM. 🧠 Basic LLM Chain Type: chainLlm Purpose: Passes the user's question + aggregated context to the LLM to generate a detailed answer. Details: Contains prompt instructing the LLM to answer only based on context. 🤖 OpenRouter Chat Model Type: lmChatOpenRouter Purpose: Provides the actual AI language model that processes the prompt. Details: Uses qwen/qwen3-8b:free model via OpenRouter and you can use any of your choice.

Build your own Google Docs and Supabase integration

Create custom Google Docs and Supabase workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Google Docs supported actions

Supabase supported actions

Google Docs and Supabase integration details

Google Docs

Google Docs

Google Docs is a free online word processor that contains most of the functionalities found in Microsoft Word. All you require is a Google account and access to the internet.

Supabase

Supabase

Supabase is an open-source Firebase alternative that provides all the backend features you need to build a product. It provides database storage, along with an easy to use authentication service.

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