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Automate Smarter: Build AI Agents with n8n

In this course, I’ll guide you through mastering n8n, an open-source platform for building AI-powered workflows, from core concepts like nodes and AI agents to hands-on implementation. You’ll set up an AI agent that chats and manages tasks in Linear, helping you automate tasks with ease.

n8n Automation: Building AI-Powered Workflows

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Welcome to Lesson 4. In Lesson 3, we went over the general steps for creating a workflow. This time we’re going to talk about an app we’ll build — one that chats with a task manager — and set up everything we need to make it happen, from n8n to Linear. By the end of this lesson, you’ll know what we’re building and have your environment ready.

## What We’re Building

Today, we’re starting to build an **AI agent workflow** that connects to a task management tool called Linear. This is super cool because it’ll let us chat with an AI to manage our tasks. For example, we can ask it to:

-   Show us all the current tasks (or “issues,” as Linear calls them) in our task manager.
-   Create new tasks/issues, like adding a team meeting with a description, and have it automatically save everything in Linear.

We might also look at some custom cases later, like handling specific GET requests. The best part? This isn’t as scary as it sounds. If we go step by step, it’s clear and gives you a solid foundation for building all kinds of n8n workflows.

## Step 1: Setting Up Node.js for n8n

Before we build, we need to set up our environment. First up, you need **Node.js** installed on your computer because n8n runs on it. Here’s the deal: it _only_ works with Node.js versions 18, 20, or 22. If you use a different version, it’ll break, so double-check this.

To get started:

1.  Go to the Node.js website and download the LTS (Long-Term Support) version that’s either 18, 20, or 22.
2.  Install it by following the prompts — it’s quick.
3.  Open your terminal (or command prompt on Windows) and type `node -v` to check the version. If it’s not 18, 20, or 22, grab the right one.