Hey folks, I bought the $10 “Smart Chatbot using OpenAI + Airtable Knowledge Base” template by @GegenfeldGegenfeld. Create a Smart Chatbot using OpenAI GPT and Airtable Knowledge Base | n8n workflow template and it doesnt work as stated by it’s creator!
In practice, after import and adding creds, the Airtable node arrives wired as Resource: Base → Get Many → Return All, with no 
parameters exposed to the AI. Runs only return base metadata (id/name/permission), so the agent never reaches Tables/Records. The chatbot ends up saying it “searched available databases,” but it can’t answer even a simple record lookup because it never actually queries records.
Why this feels off vs. the promise from its creator:
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The template markets a record-aware chatbot, but what imports is effectively a base lister.
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Expected wiring: Resource = Record, Operation = Get Many/Search, with
on Table and Filter by formula (or a locked view). -
My setup is fine (PAT includes
data.records:read, tool added to the agent); the blocker seems to be the shipped node configuration.Can the commun@Gegenfeldty (and @Gegenfeld) confirm this is a misconfiguration and provide a corrected workflow? If not fixable, what’s th@Gegenfeld recommended path for a refund?