# RAG: chat with your own docs

> RAG: chat with your own docs: 2 free modules that walk you through Make Your Handbook Searchable for an AI Helpdesk using Pinecone + n8n and Answer Staff…

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Updated October 14, 2026

RAG: chat with your own docs: 2 free modules that walk you through Make Your Handbook Searchable for an AI Helpdesk using Pinecone + n8n and Answer Staff Questions from Your Own Docs using n8n + Pinecone, using n8n.

Each module is a real project. You watch a step, do it yourself in a practice copy of the tool, and it checks your work before moving on. It is free, and no experience is needed.

**In the course:** RAG: chat with your own docs is part of [Part 9 · n8n Automation Toolkit](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/course/part-9-n8n-automation-toolkit) of the [free Stepthrough course](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/course).

## 2 modules

- [Make Your Handbook Searchable for an AI Helpdesk using Pinecone + n8n](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/pinecone-n8n-load-docs-vector-database): Create a free Pinecone index, then build an n8n workflow that reads your handbook from Google Drive, cuts it into chunks, turns them into embeddings and stores them in…
- [Answer Staff Questions from Your Own Docs using n8n + Pinecone](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-pinecone-rag-chatbot): Build an n8n chat agent that searches your handbook in Pinecone before every answer, cites the page it came from, and says "I don't know" instead of guessing.

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## How every module works

Each step is shown on the left, with a cursor pointing to exactly where to click. You do the same thing on the right, in a practice copy of the real tool. Get it right and it moves on. Nothing touches your real accounts until you're ready to build it for real.

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