What is n8n?
n8n is a self-hosted workflow automation platform that enables visual programming through node-based workflows. It serves three primary purposes: task automation (scheduling repetitive operations), prototyping (rapid testing of API integrations and data pipelines), and unit testing (validating individual components before production deployment).
Example Workflow
The screenshot above shows an AI Market Intelligence Pipeline that runs every 4 hours. It fetches real-time financial news from EODHD API, filters recent articles, uses OpenAI GPT-4 to generate summaries, retrieves forex data (XAUUSD, EURUSD), generates charts, stores results in a Notion database, and sends formatted notifications via Telegram. This workflow automates the entire research pipeline from data collection to delivery.
For more information, see the official n8n documentation or the Local AI articles in the Publications section.