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AI process automation with n8n
A hands-on n8n course: from your first workflow and expressions to the AI Agent node, document RAG, reliable webhooks, and safe self-hosting — capped with an AI lead-qualification pipeline.
- 01Nodes, triggers, and your first workflowHow the n8n canvas works: node types, items as the data format, expressions with $json, and your first scheduled workflow.40 min
- 02Connecting LLMs: the AI Agent noden8n cluster nodes: AI Agent, chat models, memory, and tools; system message, $fromAI(), and structured output for predictable answers.45 min
- 03Webhooks and API integrationsThe Webhook node from test URL to production, Respond to Webhook, HTTP Request with pagination and retries, and verifying incoming event signatures.45 min
- 04RAG in a box: document Q&ATwo document Q&A pipelines: ingestion with chunking and embeddings into a vector store, and retrieval through the Vector Store Tool of an AI agent.50 min
- 05Errors, retries, and idempotencyRetry On Fail and node error branches, Error Trigger and alerts, deduplication and idempotency keys, safe re-runs.45 min
- 06Self-hosting, credentials, and securityn8n Cloud versus self-hosted: Docker and Postgres, N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY, credential storage, HTTPS, queue mode, and execution pruning.40 min
- 07Capstone: an AI lead-qualification pipelineAn end-to-end project: webhook lead intake, enrichment, AI scoring with structured output, tier-based routing, reliability, and acceptance tests.60 min