Slack chatbot powered by AI

n8n template #1961

Summary

This workflow offers an effective way to handle a chatbot's functionality, making use of multiple tools for information retrieval, conversation context storage, and message sending. It's a setup tailored for a Slack environment, aiming to offer an interactive, AI-driven chatbot experience. Note that to use this template, you need to be on n8n version 1.19.4 or later.

How to set it up

Open template #1961 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create 3 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Slack, OpenAI Chat Model, SerpApi (Google Search). Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Check the model in the AI Agent node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
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 "Slack chatbot powered by AI" (https://n8n.io/workflows/1961). It uses: Slack, AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Simple Memory, SerpApi (Google Search), Wikipedia. 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

Slack AI Agent OpenAI Chat Model Simple Memory SerpApi (Google Search)Wikipedia

Questions

Yes. n8n Team published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 35K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Slack, OpenAI Chat Model, SerpApi (Google Search). The other 3 nodes are built into n8n.

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