Master N8N workflow automation and AI agent development through this comprehensive 4-hour video tutorial designed for complete beginners. Learn the fundamentals of N8N's visual workflow builder, starting with basic setup and canvas navigation, then progress through data visualization, JSON handling, and dynamic data manipulation. Build your first practical automation by creating a Gmail monitoring system with Google credentials integration, followed by an advanced invoice parsing system that demonstrates file format handling and data cleaning techniques. Explore the distinction between agentic and non-agentic workflows while implementing AI agents using various models through OpenRouter, including prompt engineering strategies for consistent outputs. Develop skills in API integration by connecting to external services, handling authentication, and managing POST requests for file uploads. Apply best practices for scalable workflow design including modular architecture, error handling, debugging techniques, and workflow organization through proper naming and tagging conventions. Gain hands-on experience with conditionals, loops, data merging, memory management, and community nodes while building real-world business automation solutions that integrate AI capabilities for enhanced productivity.

Syllabus

0:00:00 - Course Overview
0:04:12 - SECTION 1 - Getting started
0:09:57 - 1.1. Setting up N8N
0:15:10 - 1.2. Building blocks of N8N
0:16:52 - 1.3. The N8N Canvas
0:19:02 - 1.4. Triggers & Actions
0:24:55 - 1.5. Connect nodes
0:30:09 - 1.6. Visualising Data
0:32:13 - 1.7. JSON vs Table vs Schema
0:35:12 - 1.8. Mastering Static Data
0:38:10 - 1.9. Dynamic Data
0:43:21 - 1.10. Referencing Nodes Foolproof
0:47:05 - 1.11. Pinning Data
0:49:26 - 1.12. Simple Retry Logic
0:52:15 - 1.13. Node Naming
0:57:38 - SECTION 2 - Building Your First Automation with Data From Your Business
0:58:45 - 2.1. Planning Your Workflow
1:02:05 - 2.2. Monitoring Your Gmail
1:04:15 - 2.3. Setting up Google Credentials
1:09:01 - 2.4. Manipulating Data with Set
1:13:11 - 2.5. Data Format Comparison HTML, Markdown
1:15:55 - 2.6. Your First Automation
1:20:46 - 2.7. Building an Invoice Parsing System & Tackling File Formats
1:30:42 - 2.8. Cleaning Data with Code Node
1:39:19 - 2.9. Conditionals IF
1:44:24 - 2.10. Multiple Inputs
1:46:04 - 2.11. Merging Data
1:50:03 - 2.12. Memory Management
1:51:15 - 2.13. Large Data Sets Loops
1:54:52 - 2.14. Rounding Up Our Automation
1:55:16 - SECTION 3 - Agentic Workflows & AI Agents
1:56:07 - 3.1. Agentic vs Non-Agentic Workflows
1:59:28 - 3.2. Agentic Examples You Might Use
2:05:16 - 3.3. N8N AI Nodes
2:12:55 - 3.4. AI Agents - So What Are They?
2:20:42 - 3.5. AI Agents - What Business Use Do They Have?
2:25:05 - 3.6. Setting Up AI in Our Workflow
2:27:58 - 3.7. Prompting for Beginners
2:33:29 - 3.8. Openrouter for AI Models
2:39:10 - 3.9. Getting Consistent Outputs
2:45:53 - 3.10. Rounding Up Your Invoice Parsing Workflow
2:46:49 - 3.11. Mapping Back to Your Database
2:54:00 - SECTION 4 - Data From Outside Your Business
2:59:10 - 4.1. Connecting to an API with N8N
3:01:29 - 4.2. Reading API Docs Made Easy
3:04:24 - 4.3. API Authorisation
3:06:50 - 4.4. POST Request - PDFco
3:12:47 - 4.5. Uploading Our Files via API
3:22:18 - 4.6. Completing Our API Uploads
3:25:37 - 4.7. Connect to ANY API in 2 mins
3:29:30 - 4.8. Push Data Back to Our Table
3:35:03 - SECTION 5 - Making Your Life Easy & Scalable
3:37:27 - 5.1. Naming Workflows & Tagging
3:38:43 - 5.2. Workflow Separation
3:41:11 - 5.3. Modular Design
3:48:12 - 5.4. Error Handling
3:52:31 - 5.5. Debugging easy Mode!
3:53:31 - 5.6. Community Nodes
3:56:31 - 5.7. N8N Template Library
3:59:14 - 5.8. Getting Help