Advanced AI examples and concepts

This section provides explanations of important AI concepts, and workflow templates that highlight those concepts, with explanations and configuration guides. The examples cover common use cases and highlight different features of advanced AI in n8n.

• Agents and chains

  Learn about agents and chains in AI, including exploring key differences using the example workflow.

  :octicons-arrow-right-24: What’s a chain in AI?
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: What’s an agent in AI?
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Demonstration of key differences between agents and chains

• Call n8n Workflow Tool

  Learn about tools in AI, then explore examples that use n8n workflows as custom tools to give your AI workflow access to more data.

  :octicons-arrow-right-24: What’s a tool in AI?
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Chat with Google Sheets
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Call an API to fetch data
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Set up a human fallback
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Let AI specify tool parameters with $fromAI()

• Vector databases

  Learn about vector databases in AI, along with related concepts including embeddings and retrievers.

  :octicons-arrow-right-24: What’s a vector database?
  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Populate a Pinecone vector database from a website

• Memory

  Learn about memory in AI.

  :octicons-arrow-right-24: What’s memory in AI?

• AI workflow templates

  You can browse AI templates, included community contributions, on the n8n website.

  :octicons-arrow-right-24: Browse all AI templates