Overview
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Learn to build AI agents from scratch using n8n automation platform in this comprehensive 2-hour tutorial designed for beginners in 2025. Discover what AI agents are, how they differ from traditional AI automation, and gain hands-on experience creating functional agents through step-by-step guidance. Explore the fundamentals of AI agent architecture, understand system prompts and their role in agent behavior, and master the creation of sub-agents for complex workflows. Build practical examples including RAG AI chatbots that can interact with your data, learn about common triggers that activate AI agents, and understand best practices for implementation. The tutorial covers essential concepts through real-world examples, showing you how to leverage n8n's visual workflow builder to create intelligent automation systems that can make decisions, process information, and respond to various inputs autonomously.
Syllabus
0:00 Intro
0:36 Samples of AI Agents to Build
3:21 Overview
7:03 What’s an AI Agent?
8:43 What’s the difference between AI Agents and AI Automation?
11:18 Build your first AI Agent
36:50 System Prompts
46:50 Creating Sub-Agents
1:16:46 Most Common Triggers
1:27:27 RAG AI Chatbot
1:59:35 Conclusion
Taught by
Jono Catliff