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OpenAI Citation & File Retrieval Workflow

OpenAI Citation & File Retrieval Workflow is a 12-node automation blueprint connecting OpenAI API. Inspect its trigger, execution graph, branches, and implementation requirements.

OpenAI API

Interactive system map

Execution flows, separated by connected path.

Each horizontal lane is one connected flow. Solid lines show runtime execution; dashed lines show AI, model, memory, or tool dependencies.

12

Nodes

11

Links

1

Flows

Connected tools

1 integrations

  • OpenAI
OpenAI Citation & File Retrieval Workflow execution lanes1 connected flows containing 12 workflow nodes and 11 visible links. Solid lines are execution links and dashed lines are support dependencies. Focus any node to inspect its immediate path.Create a simple Trigger to have the Chat button within N8N. trigger node, chatTrigger. 0 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Create a simple Trigger t…TRIGGERCHATTRIGGER0 IN / 1 OUTWindow Buffer Memory. ai node, memoryBufferWindow. 0 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Window Buffer MemoryAIMEMORYBUFFERWINDOW0 IN / 1 OUTOpenAI Assistant with Vector Store. OpenAI node, openAi. 2 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.OpenAI Assistant with Vec…OPENAIOPENAI2 IN / 1 OUTGet ALL Thread Content. integration node, httpRequest. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Get ALL Thread ContentINTEGRATIONHTTPREQUEST1 IN / 1 OUTSplit all message iterations from a thread. transform node, splitOut. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Split all message iterati…TRANSFORMSPLITOUT1 IN / 1 OUTSplit all content from a single message. transform node, splitOut. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Split all content from a …TRANSFORMSPLITOUT1 IN / 1 OUTSplit all citations from a single message. transform node, splitOut. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Split all citations from …TRANSFORMSPLITOUT1 IN / 1 OUTRetrieve file name from a file ID. integration node, httpRequest. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Retrieve file name from a…INTEGRATIONHTTPREQUEST1 IN / 1 OUTRegularize output. transform node, set. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Regularize outputTRANSFORMSET1 IN / 1 OUTAggregate. transform node, aggregate. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.AggregateTRANSFORMAGGREGATE1 IN / 1 OUTFinnaly format the output. transform node, code. 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connections.Finnaly format the outputTRANSFORMCODE1 IN / 1 OUTOptional Markdown to HTML. integration node, markdown. 1 incoming and 0 outgoing connections.Optional Markdown to HTMLINTEGRATIONMARKDOWN1 IN / 0 OUT

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Execution breakdown

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The readable view below uses the same graph relationships as the interactive map. Each row is a connected flow; columns advance only when an actual link connects the nodes.

01

Connected Flow

Create a simple Trigger to hav…

10 Execution Links1 Support Dependency

  1. Start

    Create a simple Trigger to have the Chat button within N8N

    Trigger

    Window Buffer Memory

    AI reasoning

  2. Step 2

    OpenAI Assistant with Vector Store

    AI reasoning

  3. Step 3

    Get ALL Thread Content

    Integration

  4. Step 4

    Split all message iterations from a thread

    Transform

  5. Step 5

    Split all content from a single message

    Transform

  6. Step 6

    Split all citations from a single message

    Transform

  7. Step 7

    Retrieve file name from a file ID

    Integration

  8. Step 8

    Regularize output

    Transform

  9. Step 9

    Aggregate

    Transform

  10. Step 10

    Finnaly format the output

    Transform

  11. Outcome

    Optional Markdown to HTML

    Integration

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