n8n

What n8n does

• Builds automated workflows that connect apps and APIs.
• Includes AI features, with tutorials for an AI agent chat and for scraping and summarising web pages with AI.
• Can expose an API endpoint and join different datasets inside a workflow.
• Can be reached from AI assistants: n8n’s documentation shows connecting Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Codex CLI to its MCP server.
• Runs on n8n’s cloud, or on your own server with a one-line setup or Docker Compose.

What people use it for

• Automate a repeat task

  Connect the apps a task passes through so it runs without you, such as moving data between tools.

• Add AI to a process

  Use its AI features in a workflow, for example to summarise a web page or chat with an agent.

• Combine data from several places

  Join datasets from different sources inside one workflow.

Who it suits

• Technical teams, which is who n8n says it is built for, who want the flexibility of code where they need it.
• Anyone willing to learn flows, expressions and executions in return for control over how their automation runs.

Plans and access

n8n describes itself as fair-code licensed and offers a free trial of its cloud plans before you choose one, and a way to run it yourself. Read its licence and plans before you rely on it commercially.

How to start

1. 1Choose how to run it: n8n’s cloud with a free trial, or self-hosted. Open
2. 2Build your first workflow by following the tutorial in n8n’s documentation. Open
3. 3Learn the key concepts: expressions for data transformation, flow logic and executions.

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