n8n-nodes-trieve

This contains the n8n nodes for using Trieve with n8n.

Setup

Before using the Trieve node, you'll need to:

1. Create an account at dashboard.trieve.ai
2. Create a dataset in the dashboard
3. Generate an API key from your dashboard settings
4. Use this API and Dataset ID key when configuring the Trieve node credentials in n8n

Chunk Operations

The Trieve node provides two main operations for working with chunks:

Creating Chunks

To create a chunk in Trieve:

1. Add the Trieve node to your workflow
2. Select "Chunk" as the resource and "Create Chunk" as the operation
3. Fill in the required fields:
   • Chunk HTML: The content you want to store
   • Additional Fields:
     • Tag Set: Comma-separated list of tags to help organize your chunks (e.g., "important,project-x,documentation")
     • Tracking ID: A unique identifier for the chunk
     • Time Stamp: When the chunk was created
     • Metadata: Additional JSON data to store with the chunk

Searching Chunks

To search through your chunks:

1. Add the Trieve node to your workflow
2. Select "Chunk" as the resource and "Search" as the operation
3. Configure your search:
   • Query: The text to search for
   • Search Type: Choose between Fulltext, Hybrid, or Semantic search
   • Page Size: Number of results to return
   • Filter: JSON filter to narrow down results

The search will return matching chunks along with their relevance scores and any matching highlights.

Tool Call Operation

The tool_call operation allows you to define and execute custom functions with specific parameters. This is useful for creating structured decision-making workflows.

Using Tool Call

To use the tool_call operation:

1. Add the Trieve node to your workflow
2. Select "Tool Call" as the resource and "Tool Call" as the operation
3. Configure the function:
   • Function Input: The input text to process
   • Function Name: A unique name for your function (e.g., "is_important", "classify_document")
   • Function Description: A clear description of what the function does
   • Parameters: Define one or more parameters for your function:
     • Name: The parameter name
     • Parameter Type: Choose between Boolean or Number
     • Description: Explain what the parameter represents

Example configuration (in json format):

{
  "function_input": "This is an important document about project X",
  "function_name": "is_important",
  "function_description": "A function to determine if the input is important",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "is_important",
      "parameter_type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the input is important"
    },
    {
      "name": "importance_score",
      "parameter_type": "number",
      "description": "A score from 0-10 indicating importance"
    }
  ]
}

The tool_call operation will return the parameters with their determined values based on the input text.

Local development

You need the following installed on your development machine:

• Install n8n with:

  npm install n8n -g

• Run n8n to start n8n for the first time

• Loin to http://localhost:5678 and complete onboarding steps and this should create a folder in ~/.n8n.

• To allow the node to be loaded locally run:

  mkdir ~/.n8n/custom/
  ln -s "$(pwd)/n8n-nodes-trieve ~/.n8n/custom/n8n-nodes-trieve

• Run npm run build inside the n8n-nodes-trieve directory

• Start n8n again, you should see the node in the sidebar.