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Essentials: Your First Workflows

Essentials: Your First Workflows is the first course in the n8n Foundations programme. It teaches the n8n canvas, nodes, triggers and the data that flows between them, so you can build and run your first workflows without code for every step.

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Who it suits

  • Complete beginners to n8n: the course says no prior experience is required.
  • People who want to automate tasks and connect apps without writing code for every step.

What it covers

  • Navigating the n8n interface and canvas, and how nodes, connections and executions work.
  • Building and running your first workflow.
  • Triggers and scheduling to start workflows automatically.
  • How data is structured in n8n, and mapping, transforming and merging data between nodes.
  • Expressions and binary data.

Before you start

  • An n8n instance, either n8n Cloud or self-hosted, publicly reachable. The page says exercises use practice APIs, so no other accounts or API keys are needed.

Common questions about Essentials: Your First Workflows

Do I need to know n8n already?
No. The course says no prior experience with n8n is required.
What do I need to follow along?
Access to an n8n instance, either Cloud or self-hosted, that is publicly accessible.
How is it graded?
Section quizzes, hands-on workflow exercises and a final exam, with the exercises weighted most heavily.
What comes next?
It is the first course in the n8n Foundations programme, followed by the Integrations and In Practice courses.

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Written from n8n’s own pages, read on 2026-10-13. Content, prices and availability change, so the provider’s page is the source. We are not affiliated with n8n and this is not an endorsement.