n8n Book Club Manager: Recommendation Engine with Mistral AI and Gemini Vision

This n8n workflow acts as a sophisticated book club manager, leveraging advanced AI models (Mistral AI and Google Gemini Vision) to provide book recommendations and manage the book club's operations. It can be triggered manually or on a schedule, process book data, generate recommendations, and even send out email notifications.

What it does

This workflow automates several key aspects of managing a book club:

1. Triggering: It can be triggered either manually via a webhook (e.g., from a form submission or an external application) or on a predefined schedule.
2. Data Initialization: It initializes a data table with book information, potentially including titles, authors, genres, and other relevant details.
3. Recommendation Generation (Mistral AI): It uses a Mistral AI Chat Model to generate book recommendations based on provided criteria or existing book data. This likely involves analyzing genres, themes, or user preferences.
4. Image Analysis (Google Gemini Vision): It can process images (e.g., book covers) using Google Gemini Vision to extract visual information, which could further enhance recommendations or provide descriptive summaries.
5. Conditional Logic: It employs conditional logic (If and Switch nodes) to direct the workflow based on various conditions, such as the type of trigger or the outcome of AI processing.
6. Data Manipulation: It uses Edit Fields (Set), Loop Over Items (Split in Batches), Aggregate, and Split Out nodes to prepare, process, and structure data for AI models and subsequent actions.
7. External API Interaction: It can make HTTP requests to external APIs, potentially to fetch additional book data or integrate with other services.
8. Email Notifications: It can send email notifications via Gmail, likely for sharing recommendations, meeting updates, or other book club communications.
9. File Handling: It includes nodes for converting data to and extracting data from files, suggesting it can handle various data formats.
10. Workflow Response: It can respond to the initial webhook trigger, providing feedback or results back to the initiating system.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

• n8n Instance: A running instance of n8n.
• Mistral AI Credentials: API access and credentials for Mistral AI Chat Model.
• Google Gemini Vision Credentials: API access and credentials for Google Gemini.
• Gmail Account: Credentials for a Gmail account to send emails.
• External Services (Optional): Depending on how you configure the HTTP Request node, you might need credentials for other external APIs.

Setup/Usage

1. Import the workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
2. Configure Credentials:
   • Set up your Mistral AI credentials in the Mistral Cloud Chat Model node.
   • Set up your Google Gemini credentials in the Google Gemini node.
   • Configure your Gmail credentials in the Gmail node.
3. Configure Trigger:
   • If using the Webhook trigger, copy the webhook URL and configure your external application or form to send data to it.
   • If using the Schedule Trigger, configure the desired schedule (e.g., daily, weekly).
   • If using the n8n Form Trigger, configure the form fields as needed.
4. Customize Data Table: Populate the Data table node with your initial book club data.
5. Adjust AI Prompts: Customize the prompts and parameters in the Mistral Cloud Chat Model and Google Gemini nodes to tailor the recommendations and image analysis to your specific book club needs.
6. Configure Email Content: Modify the Gmail node to define the subject, body, and recipients of the recommendation emails.
7. Activate the Workflow: Once configured, activate the workflow to start automating your book club management.