Hi everyone. Used N8N late 2024-early 2025 a lot. But I just don't see its value anymore. AI tools like Cursor/Claude Code can do everything that N8N does and more. The skill I learn from using N8N is not transferrable too. So, what makes you keep using N8N? Is it the complexity of Cursor/Claude Code?
Okay so context: I'm a second-year CS student, and a few weeks ago at a hackathon I got annoyed that every "AI stock bot" I tried was either a glorified ChatGPT wrapper that hallucinated prices, or a dashboard nobody actually opens. So I built Finley instead — no dashboard, no commands, you just... talk to it in Telegram like you'd talk to an analyst friend who never sleeps.
Send it a ticker, a voice note, a PDF of an earnings report, a screenshot of a chart — it pulls live data from Finnhub/yfinance/SEC EDGAR, remembers what you've asked before (actual vector memory, not just chat history), and can proactively DM you a morning briefing or a price alert without you asking.
The part I'm genuinely proud of: it runs on 100% free tiers. Gemini with multi-key rotation across accounts (auto-detects rate limits, rotates keys, retries — never just dies), MongoDB + Qdrant free clusters, zero paid APIs. I wanted to prove you could build something that doesn't feel like a toy without spending a dollar.
I'm posting this half-nervous, honestly — I know finance-bot posts get torn apart here (rightfully, most of them are trash), and I fully expect someone to poke a hole in the alert latency or ask why I didn't just use LangGraph. Go for it, that's kind of why I'm here. Would rather find out now than after more people are relying on it.
It's open source, MIT licensed.
What would you actually want out of something like this before you'd trust it with a real watchlist?
Repo's here: github.com/Skull-boy/Finley
Hello everyone, I am 19 years old. I just went into my college. I am thinking that I should start learning new skills because I want to earn money through freelancing. Then in future, like 1-1.5 years, I want to start my own business too, so I was confused about it: what to do? Then I came across the term no-code AI automation. I searched about like is it have some future like can i make this as my carrier because i love ai chatbots i love using claude, i love use chatgpt thats why i get kind of intrest on this field and its also very feasiable for me to this job on my pc or mac.
So I have some questions regarding it that I have mentioned below:-
So these are some questions I have regarding AI automation. Can anyone help me out with this? I'll be grateful for that.
I’m learning n8n and I’m curious about the practical side of building workflows:
How are API keys/credentials handled?
How do you connect things like Gmail?
Where do you host the workflow?
How do you manage authentication and permissions?
Basically, what does the real-world setup look like beyond tutorials?
I’ve been learning n8n and wanted to build something closer to a real business automation, so I built this.
The idea is simple: an HVAC company receives invoices from suppliers and delivery notes from the field. The workflow extracts the information, organizes the documents, finds the relevant delivery notes for each invoice, and checks whether the delivered quantities actually match what was invoiced.
I used n8n, Google Sheets, JavaScript and an LLM for the parts that require understanding document/product descriptions.
I also added OCR failure handling, duplicate detection, exception handling and manual-review paths.
I built the whole thing as a portfolio project and put the workflow, test documents and setup on GitHub:
Would appreciate feedback from anyone who has built similar document-processing or n8n workflows.
Hey guys! 👋 I’m a beginner currently learning n8n and AI automation and I’m looking for people in Bangalore who are also just starting out or learning n8n. Would be nice to connect with a few people, share what we’re learning,discuss workflows/projects and maybe learn together.I’m not looking for experts — even if you’re a complete beginner, feel free to reach out.
If you’re in Bangalore and learning n8n, comment or DM me! 🤝
For context:
- My internet is fast and stable
- The n8n cloud status website says it's operational
- I don't have VPN or any game booster enabled
- It's cloud hosted
- I think it's been like this for a while now. I've only noticed it being a problem because I have some stuff to get done on n8n today.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
I've been running the same set of workflows for well over a year. It involves pulling news items from RSS feeds and running them through a series of agents prompted to score them by relevance (in batches of 15), categorize, etc.
I've been wiring the agents to a variety of models such as Gemini Flash, Mistral Medium, Deepseek Flash, Stepfun. I know that the AI industry has gone through a lot of change in how it handles latency and throttling, and there's also been a shift toward MoE/thinking models.
But it seems to me that the workflows are taking at least 3x longer to complete than they did a year ago. The output quality is more or less the same as before.
Have others experienced this massive latency degradation/found ways to fix it?
If you're running n8n self-hosted, CVE-2026-21858 is worth checking.
It allows unauthenticated access to stored credentials via the
/rest/settings endpoint.
Affected: older self-hosted versions that haven't been updated.
Quick self-check:
curl -s https://your-n8n-url/rest/settings | head
If it returns JSON without authentication, you're exposed.
Fix: update to the latest n8n version and make sure your instance
is behind authentication / reverse proxy.
I also put a CLI checker on GitHub if useful:
https://github.com/Legion33shadow/legion-n8n-shield
I have only basic coding knowledge (C, JavaScript, Python) and rely a lot on vibe coding/AI assistance. Can I realistically build medium-to-complex AI automations and AI agents using n8n?
I am trying to build a cloud automation for making short tutorial videos... mainly with real screenshots, real screen recordings. Not those generic AI generated clips.
The main problem I was trying to solve was pretty simple.
If I use Claude Code to do generate a video, it can do pretty well. But my computer still has to be running, the browser has to be open, terminal etc. I wanted to move this whole thing to the cloud.
So I started building this with n8n and Claude connectors.
For screenshots I have been using Firecrawl and Browserless. Firecrawl is doing a pretty good job for taking screenshots from websites for every action. Even on some websites where you have Cloudflare in front of them, it can still work which I found pretty useful.
I have Heygen Hyperframes but it does work in cloud, the avatar video, the screenshots and hyperframes motion graphics never clipped together.
Also, another part comes when I need to interact with a website... for example, login and then take screenshots of something inside the website.
Firecrawl can do this with its interact mode, but it can burn through credits pretty quickly. So for a tutorial video workflow, the cost can become a problem.
And then there is another thing I am not completely comfortable with sharing my credentials on cloud-based browser.
If I need to log in to a website through a cloud browser, I have to think about where those credentials are going and how safe it really is.
I do not really want to give my personal login credentials to some cloud browser just so my automation can take a few screenshots.
So the automation itself is working pretty nicely... the main thing I am still trying to figure out is the best way to handle authenticated browser sessions in the cloud without making the whole thing expensive or risky.
Where can I learn n8n and Ai Automations from I want to make a AI Outbound/ sales Agent ?
I’m a complete beginner learning n8n and AI agents.
I haven’t built any proper AI automation yet — currently just learning the basics and trying to understand how everything works.Would be great to find a few people who are also beginners and learning n8n / AI agents.We could learn together, share what we discover, help each other when we get stuck, and maybe build our first automation together.
No need to be experienced — if you are also starting out, feel free to comment or DM me.
I am a freelance graphic designer on Upwork with 175+ jobs and a 100% JSS, but the market is not only saturated, demand also seems to have declined, mainly due to AI, as many clients can now handle smaller jobs themselves using AI and easy-to-use tools like Canva.
I am thinking about transitioning to n8n automation and related fields. Would you guys recommend this? What is the overall situation? Is the demand and pricing higher compared to graphic design?
Thanks in advance!
I have finally got to a stable release of my Nextcloud(nxt) extension for N8N.
At first I was going to make a workflow to back up my workflows in Nextcloud by running a scheduled flow to push them. Instead, I decided to make a fully bidirectional mirror between Nextcloud and N8N so that the workflows feel truly native like just a file in your drive.
This let's you bind some tag in n8n to some folder in Nextcloud and then the JSON of the workflow is mirrored into Nextcloud. Now my backups are realtime and event driven. If I lose everything in n8n, I reinstall and reconnect to nxt, click a button, all my flows are loaded right back in.
My vision is to treat n8n workflows like any other file on a filesystem. So these files use `*.n8n` extension, proper mimetypes, fully managed DAV metadata, text editor, and an open in n8n option.
This is fully bidirectional. You can rename in nxt or n8n, either way is reflected. Change tags in both and both sides get the same tags. You can even make edits in JSON from the nxt editor or simply click to open the file in n8n itself to make edits.
There are so so many little details I covered in this. So here are links if you want to know more.
It is fully published on Nextcloud market: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/n8n_sync
Check out nitty gritty details in Github: https://github.com/kubed-io/nextcloud-n8n
Project was built following strict BDD Spec driven dev: https://github.com/kubed-io/nextcloud-n8n/tree/main/features
Then the whole damn story narrated by Claude: https://github.com/kubed-io/nextcloud-n8n/tree/main/saga
I've put months into this so that the end result is extra high quality. It's very well tested and smooth as butter. I released a new `v1` yesterday and am very excited to share with the world finally. Please do post some bug tickets if you come across any, I'm quite motivated to polish this until you can see your face in it.
Hope ya'll enjoy!
👋 Hey n8n Community,
A few days ago someone here asked how to get started with n8n, so I wrote up how I'd approach it from zero. I didn't think much of it, but a bunch of people messaged me asking for more, and it hit me how many of you are trying to find your way into automation right now.
So I'm putting together a short starter guide, the exact path I'd follow if I opened n8n for the first time today.
What's inside
How to get it
I set up a quick form in n8n (of course) just to keep track of who's interested, so I can send the guide over. If you want it, drop your details here: https://bisdev.dev.easybits.tech/form/starter-guide
Since I'm still putting it together: what would you hope to get out of a guide like this, beyond the points above? If there's something specific you want covered, mention it in the comments and I'll see if I can work it in.
Best,
Felix
I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to think that n8n may just be too saturated for the demand levels and I'm starting to feel that perhaps I should focus on Cloudflare more.
Thoughts?
Salut à tous,
Je suis autodidacte en programmation et, depuis quelques mois, je bosse en solo sur LeBrief (https://www.lebrief.net/), un site qui filtre l'actu automatiquement : flux RSS → n8n → IA pour résumer et extraire l'impact concret de chaque info, sans intervention humaine lors de la publication.
L'idée de départ : je trouvais qu'on perdait du temps à trier le bruit dans l'actu, et je voulais voir si je pouvais construire un pipeline autonome qui fait ce filtrage à ma place, avec un format "le fait + pourquoi ça compte" plutôt qu'un article classique.
J'avais posté une première version il y a quelques mois et les retours étaient assez durs (à juste titre sur plusieurs points), j'ai retravaillé pas mal de choses depuis. Je suis preneur de retours honnêtes, autant sur le concept que sur l'exécution technique (le pipeline n8n, la qualité du filtrage IA, etc.).
Merci d'avance pour vos retours, même critiques !
I am doing market research and I am looking for people who can spare 10 to 15 mins of their time to answer a few questions. This is about people who have been involved in the migration of workflows from one platform to the next. So, make to n8n or zapier to n8n.
Anyone out there who can help?
Hey, I have been using n8n for a couple months now and have built a handful of workflows, currently I am attempting to build an outbound voice agent, so when clients fill out a form on my website they receive a personalized outbound call using the clients first name and key details gathered from the form. I got it to call me but it hangs up instantly and I am now feeling stuck. I am looking for ways to build a personalized voice outbound agent or I am looking for a way to fix my workflow. I DONT KNOW HOW TO PUT MY JSON ON HERE OR ELSE I WOULD IS HOW DESPERATE I AM