Gilfoyle-Bot: Your Cynical AI Assistant for Slack
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Turn your Slack messages into sardonic, intelligent conversations with Gilfoyle-Bot. This n8n workflow leverages OpenAI's GPT-4 and Langchain tools to deliver blunt, cynical, and hilariously accurate responses, complete with web search capabilities. Filter out bot noise and enjoy a truly unique AI interaction.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow brings the iconic cynicism and bluntness of Gilfoyle from HBO's Silicon Valley to your Slack workspace. At its core, it's powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, providing intelligent language processing. Crucially, it incorporates Langchain's Agent functionality, enabling the AI to utilize tools like Wikipedia and SerpAPI to gather information before delivering its trademark sharp-tongued responses. Conversation history is maintained per channel using a window buffer memory, ensuring context is retained. A webhook acts as the entry point for Slack messages, with an 'If' node filtering out bot messages to ensure only genuine user interactions trigger the bot. The final output is sent back to Slack, maintaining the Gilfoyle persona throughout.
Key Features
- Authentic Gilfoyle Persona: Delivers responses with unparalleled bluntness, cynicism, and sharp wit.
- Intelligent Conversational AI: Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 for advanced language understanding and generation.
- Real-time Information Access: Utilizes Wikipedia and SerpAPI to fetch relevant data when needed.
- Contextual Memory: Maintains conversation history within each Slack channel for more coherent interactions.
- Slack Integration: Seamlessly receives messages via webhook and sends replies directly to your channel.
How To Use
- Set up n8n: Ensure you have n8n installed and accessible.
- Configure Slack Webhook: Create a Slack app and set up an incoming webhook. Update the
Webhooknode'spathparameter with your webhook identifier. - Connect OpenAI: Provide your OpenAI API key to the
Chat OpenAInode. - Connect SerpAPI (Optional): If you wish to use SerpAPI for web searches, provide your SerpAPI key to the
SerpAPInode. - Adjust Agent Persona: Modify the
systemMessagein theAgentnode to fine-tune Gilfoyle's personality or instruct the AI on specific behaviors. - Define Memory: The
Window Buffer Memorynode uses the Slack channel ID to store conversation history. Ensure this is configured as needed. - Activate the Workflow: Once configured, activate the n8n workflow. Send a message to your Slack channel, and Gilfoyle-Bot will respond.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "ffe7e8f6-2d88-4999-a8ce-77919ce896de",
"name": "Gilfoyle-Bot: Your Cynical AI Assistant for Slack",
"nodes": 12,
"category": "Personal",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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Building complex chains with OpenAI, Claude, and LangChain.
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