# n8n

> Workflow platform with AI agent nodes

- Category: Agents & dev (`agents`)
- Tags: `no-code`
- Official: https://n8n.io
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/n8n
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/n8n-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/n8n.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

n8n is a workflow tool triggered by events or a schedule. In one tutorial, a workflow combines a Chat Message trigger, an AI Agent node, a chat model, simple memory and a weather tool.

## What it’s for

For automating less complex tasks, such as summarizing emails or sending form leads to a CRM, and for building a first agent with memory and tools.

## Benefits

- Agent with a model, optional memory and optional tools
- Workflows by trigger or schedule
- Free local setup, according to the tutorial's author (earlier video)

## Caveats

- The examples of schedules, alerts and email-to-WhatsApp in the tutorial are suggestions, not implemented workflows

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