Extract and process information directly from PDF using Claude and Gemini

n8n template #2764

Summary

Overview This workflow helps you compare Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemini 2.0 Flash when extracting data from a PDF This workflow extracts and processes the data within a PDF in one single step, instead of calling an OCR and then an LLM” How it works The initial 2 steps download the PDF and convert it to base64. This base64 string is then sent to both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemini 2.0 Flash to extract information. This workflow is made to let you compare results, latency, and cost (in their dedicated dashboard). How to use it Set up your Google Drive if not already done Select a document on your Google Drive Modify the prompt in "Define Prompt" to extract the information you need and transform it

How to set it up

Open template #2764 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: Google Drive. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Extract and process information directly from PDF using Claude and Gemini" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2764). It uses: HTTP Request, Google Drive. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

HTTP Request Google Drive

Questions

Yes. Agent Studio published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 13K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Google Drive. The other 1 node are built into n8n.

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