WhatsApp Group AI Chatbot with Pinecone Vector DB (No FB Business)
Smart WhatsApp group responses from your docs via custom webhook, Pinecone, and Google Drive—no Facebook Business API needed.
This workflow enables intelligent, real-time AI responses in WhatsApp group chats using a custom webhook, bypassing the need for Meta's official WhatsApp Business API. It connects a regular WhatsApp number to n8n, indexes documents from Google Drive into a Pinecone vector database, and delivers context-aware answers when the bot is mentioned. The knowledge base auto-updates every minute as documents change, ensuring always-fresh responses.
Ideal for small businesses, teams, communities, or personal use, it solves the barrier of Meta approvals by using a self-hosted webhook. Add the bot to any group—it stays silent unless @mentioned—providing value through RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) powered by your custom data.
Benefits include time-saving automation, scalable knowledge sharing, and easy setup. Use cases: customer support in groups, team Q&A from shared docs, educational communities answering from course materials, or internal knowledge bots without enterprise overhead.
Setup is straightforward: link Google Drive, configure Pinecone index (dim 1536), request webhook access via form, test ingestion, and activate.
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How to import this workflow into n8n
- 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
- 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
- 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
- 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.
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