How To

This course is a fast-paced, Practice Project designed specifically for non-technical functional leaders who need to drive efficiency and introduce intelligent automation into your operations.

The core goal is to empower participants to build AI Agents within the n8n low-code platform. You will learn to transform raw, unstructured data (e.g. datasets, reports, narratives, and emails) into structured, actionable intelligence using advanced AI and routing logic.

The learning is centered around the implementation of a Capstone Workflow that is provided fully configured in your lab environment. Across the modules, you will systematically explore the architecture of this working AI Agent, and understand its logic. 

Outcome from this Course

Upon completing this hands-on course, participants will be able to:

1. Build and Deploy Intelligent Workflows: Confidently design and implement functional, low-code automation workflows using n8n, integrating logic, data sources, and external APIs.

2. Master Prompt Engineering for Business: Craft precise System and User Prompts that force AI models to deliver structured, high-value outputs suitable for strategic decision-making.

3. Overcome the Coding Barrier (Vibe Coding): Utilize conversational AI tools to generate custom JavaScript for the Code Node, demonstrating that even custom scripting is accessible through low-code means.

4. Integrate External Systems: Understand how to utilize AI Models within the workflow using secure API credentials.

5. Drive Efficiency and Strategic Decisions: Immediately apply the Capstone workflow structure to map out and accelerate high-friction processes within their own functional area (examples:  Data Analysis, auto-triage support tickets, classify documents, or draft initial reports).

Slack is used for workplace communication and collaboration, functioning as an "operating system for work" by centralizing conversations, data, and tools into one platform. It is used to connect teams through channels, direct messages, and calls, and to increase efficiency through app integrations and automation.

In this tutorial, we will learn the following

1. Understand core concepts
2. Sign Up and Log In to Slack 
3. Generate the Signature Secret Key 
4. Generate the Bot User OAuth Token
5. Create Slack credentials in n8n

Pinecone is a managed vector database that enables efficient storage and retrieval of embeddings. It is commonly used in AI and automation workflows to handle vector-based data operations. 

In this tutorial, we will learn the following

1. Pinecone settings
   1. Sign Up and Log In to Pinecone 
   2. Generate the API Key 
   3. Connecting Pinecone with n8n
   4. Create a new Index (vector Database) in Pinecone
2. Using Pinecone in n8n

Generating PDF Output in n8n Workflows using PDFShift

In numerous n8n workflows, there is a requirement to generate a PDF file as a final output. This is essential for documents such as reports, executive summaries, or invoices created within the workflow automation.

To facilitate this capability, we can leverage a third-party service like PDFShift.

This course is designed to provide comprehensive, step-by-step guidance on integrating PDFShift with n8n.

Course Outline:

1. Creating a PDFShift Account

2. Generating a PDFShift API Key

3. Configuring the PDFShift API Key within n8n

4. Utilizing PDFShift in an n8n workflow to successfully generate PDF output.

To successfully set up a News API account, generate a secure API key, and correctly configure the n8n HTTP Request node to dynamically fetch structured, real-time news data based on specified parameters (keywords, date range).

Outcome for Learners

By completing this task, participants will have a fully operational n8n workflow node that automatically fetches and outputs structured, real-time news articles for a target topic, successfully solving the data ingestion problem at the start of a competitive intelligence pipeline.