Organise Your Local File Directories With AI

Step 1. Select the target folder [Read more about local file trigger](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.localfiletrigger) In this workflow, we'll monitor a specific folder on disk that n8n has access to. Since we're using docker, we can either use the n8n volume or mount a folder from the host machine. The local file trigger is useful to execute the workflow whenever changes are made to our target folder.

Integrations Used (4)

Localfile

Lmchatmistralcloud

Outputparserstructured

Chainllm

Workflow Structure (10 nodes)

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Local File Trigger

Set

Set Variables

Execute Command

Get Files and Folders

Set

Files and Folders to Array

If Has Target Files...

Langchain.lm Chat Mistral Cloud

Mistral Cloud Chat Model

Langchain.chain Llm

AI File Manager

Langchain.output Parser Structured

Structured Output Parser

Split Out

Get Suggestions to List

Execute Command

Move Files into Folders

Node Types:

trigger

default

transform

logic

Requires credentials

Prerequisites

Required Credentials (1)

Mistral Cloud

Used by: Mistral Cloud Chat Model

Docs

Complexity

Moderate

Some experience helpful. Multiple integrations or logic.

Setup time: ~20 min

Score: 34/100

Conditional Logic

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workflow.json

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  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "c92e3d01-4385-4e99-a9a7-77279b3d9cb3",
      "name": "Local File Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.localFileTrigger",
      "position": [
        720,
        120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "path": "/home/node/host_mount/shared_drive",
        "events": [
          "add"
        ],
        "options": {
          "awaitWriteFinish": true
...