Generate SOPs from Notes with Ollama + Google Docs (n8n)

Turn rough process notes into a polished SOP—and save it straight to Google Docs—using n8n, Ollama, and Llama 3.1

This n8n workflow generates a structured Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) from your messy notes by using a local Ollama llama3.1:8b chat model, then formats the result into a clean document and appends it to a newly created Google Doc.

What this workflow does

• Manual start: Run the workflow when you’re ready to document a process.
• Collect SOP inputs: Provide a process name, rough notes, tools/systems, quality standards, and constraints to guide the output.
• Generate SOP as valid JSON: The workflow builds a detailed prompt and instructs Ollama (Llama 3.1) to return SOP content as valid JSON.
• Validate and parse the JSON: It parses the returned fields and uses safe defaults if any expected fields are missing.
• Format into an SOP document: Converts the JSON into readable sections, including purpose, scope, procedure steps, quality checks, failure points, and open questions.
• Create and append to Google Docs: Creates a new Google Doc and appends the formatted SOP content to it (optionally into a selected Drive folder).

Use cases

• Document a new internal workflow using informal notes from team members, then share the finished SOP with stakeholders.
• Standardize recurring SaaS operations (handoffs, customer support steps, escalation rules) into consistent quality-check and failure-point sections.
• Quickly turn “tribal knowledge” into SOPs for onboarding, compliance, or operational continuity—without leaving n8n.

Technical details

• n8n nodes: Manual Trigger, Set, Code, Google Docs, and LangChain integration nodes (n8nn8n-nodes-langchainchain / n8nn8n-nodes-langchainlm with chat ollama).
• AI model: Local Ollama with llama3.1:8b (requires n8n to reach the Ollama endpoint).
• Google Docs: Uses OAuth2 credentials to create and edit documents in Google Drive.