n8n for AI Workflows and AI Agents
Build AI-Powered Automations, Agents & RAG systems with n8n. Emails, Content Creation, APIs, Tools & Vector Databases.
About This Course
What is this course about?
n8n and AI — the perfect combination for powerful automations.
Everyone's talking about AI automation, but most tutorials stop at the basics. Connect this to that, add an AI node, done. The result? Fragile workflows that break the moment something unexpected happens.
This course takes a different approach. We start with the core concepts of n8n — triggers, nodes, data flow, error handling — and build a solid foundation before adding AI into the mix. Once you understand how workflows actually work, integrating AI becomes straightforward and powerful.
By the end, you won't just have a collection of workflows. You'll have the skills to design and build your own automation systems from scratch.
What You'll Build
We believe in learning by doing. Throughout the course, you'll build real-world systems:
AI Email Handlers
Automatically classify incoming emails and draft intelligent responses based on content and context.
Content Pipelines
Generate blog posts, social media content, and marketing copy — then publish across platforms automatically.
Image Generation
Integrate AI image generation into your workflows for thumbnails, graphics, and visual content.
Data Processors
Handle files, binary data, and force AI to output clean, structured JSON for downstream systems.
Go Beyond Basic Automation
Once you have the basics down, we unlock the true power of modern AI with AI Agents and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation).
AI Agents
Build systems that don't just respond — they act. Your agents will:
- Use tools like calculators, APIs, and web browsers
- Search the live internet for current information
- Remember context across conversations
- Make logic-based decisions autonomously
RAG Systems
The "Holy Grail" of modern AI apps. You'll learn to:
- Store your data in Vector Databases
- Retrieve relevant information intelligently
- Give AI knowledge it wasn't trained on
- Build smart support systems from your docs
Who Is This Course For?
See The Course In Action
Curriculum
- Section Introduction: AI Workflows vs AI Agents (1:46)
- Getting Emails (3:14)
- Messaging The AI Model (2:40)
- Sending Slack Messages (2:07)
- Handling Binary Files (2:46)
- "Extract From File" (3:20)
- Creating Files: JSON vs Binary (3:36)
- JSON Schemas (4:16)
- Accessing Binary Metadata (2:20)
- The Blog & Social Media Generation Workflow (1:58)
- Preparing The Form Node (1:44)
- Using the OpenAI Nodes To Create Prompts & Posts (3:50)
- Sending HTTP Requests To Generate Images (4:29)
- Converting Base64 Strings to Binary (1:31)
- Handling the Google Gemini Image Output (3:48)
- Storing Data On Dropbox (3:24)
- Splitting Out Array Items (3:31)
- Adding The Social Media Routes (3:09)
- Preparing The Social Media Generation AI Nodes (5:43)
- Adding The Subworkflow (2:35)
- API Setup Instructions
- Section Introduction (0:49)
- The AI Agent (1:41)
- Adding Web Search (2:14)
- Adding Context Memory (1:37)
- Adding Tools (5:04)
- Running the AI Agent (3:18)
- Introducing RAG (2:34)
- Retrieving Past Support Emails (3:04)
- Storing Data In The Pinecone Vector Database (4:35)
- Retrieving Data From The Vector Database (3:19)
- Getting Full Conversations From Gmail (2:46)
- Sorting Data & Removing Duplicates (1:33)
- Summarizing & Concatenating Data (1:06)
- Creating The AI-Email Draft (2:03)
- Adding A Loop (2:21)
- Adding An AI Agent (5:01)
Course Prerequisites
Here's what you need to get the most out of this course
- Basic computer skills and general understanding of apps and APIs.
- No AI or programming experience required.
All pre-requisites are covered by courses in our "Academind Pro" Membership.
Your Instructor
Manuel Lorenz
Founder & Instructor
Former business analyst turned educator. I co-founded Academind with Maximilian Schwarzmüller to deliver top-quality web development and data science courses to our 3,500,000+ students worldwide.
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