diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/stores/readyToRunWorkflowsV2.store.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/stores/readyToRunWorkflowsV2.store.ts
index c186d53c774..c86267402ec 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/stores/readyToRunWorkflowsV2.store.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/stores/readyToRunWorkflowsV2.store.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import { useCredentialsStore } from '@/stores/credentials.store';
 import { usePostHog } from '@/stores/posthog.store';
 import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings.store';
 import { useUsersStore } from '@/stores/users.store';
+import { useWorkflowsStore } from '@/stores/workflows.store';
 import { useI18n } from '@n8n/i18n';
 import { STORES } from '@n8n/stores';
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@vueuse/core';
-import { OPEN_AI_API_CREDENTIAL_TYPE } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { OPEN_AI_API_CREDENTIAL_TYPE, deepCopy } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { WorkflowDataCreate } from '@n8n/rest-api-client';
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue';
 import { useRouter, type RouteLocationNormalized } from 'vue-router';
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export const useReadyToRunWorkflowsV2Store = defineStore(
 		const settingsStore = useSettingsStore();
 		const posthogStore = usePostHog();
 		const cloudPlanStore = useCloudPlanStore();
+		const workflowsStore = useWorkflowsStore();
 
 		const isFeatureEnabled = computed(() => {
 			const variant = posthogStore.getVariant(READY_TO_RUN_V2_EXPERIMENT.name);
@@ -109,23 +112,50 @@ export const useReadyToRunWorkflowsV2Store = defineStore(
 			}
 		};
 
-		const openAiWorkflow = async (source: 'card' | 'button', parentFolderId?: string) => {
+		const createAndOpenAiWorkflow = async (source: 'card' | 'button', parentFolderId?: string) => {
 			const variant = getCurrentVariant();
 			telemetry.track('User opened ready to run AI workflow', {
 				source,
 				variant,
 			});
 
-			const workflow =
+			const workflowTemplate =
 				variant === READY_TO_RUN_V2_EXPERIMENT.variant2
 					? READY_TO_RUN_WORKFLOW_V2
 					: READY_TO_RUN_WORKFLOW_V1;
 
-			await router.push({
-				name: VIEWS.TEMPLATE_IMPORT,
-				params: { id: workflow.meta?.templateId },
-				query: { fromJson: 'true', parentFolderId },
-			});
+			try {
+				let workflowToCreate: WorkflowDataCreate = {
+					...workflowTemplate,
+					parentFolderId,
+				};
+
+				const credentialId = claimedCredentialIdRef.value;
+				if (credentialId && workflowToCreate.nodes) {
+					const clonedWorkflow = deepCopy(workflowToCreate);
+					const openAiNode = clonedWorkflow.nodes?.find((node) => node.name === 'OpenAI Model');
+					if (openAiNode) {
+						openAiNode.credentials ??= {};
+						openAiNode.credentials[OPEN_AI_API_CREDENTIAL_TYPE] = {
+							id: credentialId,
+							name: '',
+						};
+					}
+					workflowToCreate = clonedWorkflow;
+				}
+
+				const createdWorkflow = await workflowsStore.createNewWorkflow(workflowToCreate);
+
+				await router.push({
+					name: VIEWS.WORKFLOW,
+					params: { name: createdWorkflow.id },
+				});
+
+				return createdWorkflow;
+			} catch (error) {
+				toast.showError(error, i18n.baseText('generic.error'));
+				throw error;
+			}
 		};
 
 		const claimCreditsAndOpenWorkflow = async (
@@ -134,7 +164,7 @@ export const useReadyToRunWorkflowsV2Store = defineStore(
 			projectId?: string,
 		) => {
 			await claimFreeAiCredits(projectId);
-			await openAiWorkflow(source, parentFolderId);
+			await createAndOpenAiWorkflow(source, parentFolderId);
 		};
 
 		const getCardVisibility = (
@@ -176,7 +206,7 @@ export const useReadyToRunWorkflowsV2Store = defineStore(
 			claimingCredits,
 			userCanClaimOpenAiCredits,
 			claimFreeAiCredits,
-			openAiWorkflow,
+			createAndOpenAiWorkflow,
 			claimCreditsAndOpenWorkflow,
 			getCardVisibility,
 			getButtonVisibility,
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/utils/workflowSamples.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/utils/workflowSamples.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f2bfd84ae4e..00000000000
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/utils/workflowSamples.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import { ApplicationError, deepCopy, OPEN_AI_API_CREDENTIAL_TYPE } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import type { WorkflowDataWithTemplateId } from '@/Interface';
-import { isWorkflowDataWithTemplateId } from '@/utils/templates/typeGuards';
-import { READY_TO_RUN_WORKFLOW_V1 } from '../workflows/ai-workflow';
-import { READY_TO_RUN_WORKFLOW_V2 } from '../workflows/ai-workflow-v2';
-
-const getWorkflowJson = (json: unknown): WorkflowDataWithTemplateId => {
-	if (!isWorkflowDataWithTemplateId(json)) {
-		throw new ApplicationError('Invalid workflow template JSON structure');
-	}
-
-	return json;
-};
-
-/**
- * Injects OpenAI credentials into workflow template if available in localStorage
- */
-const injectOpenAiCredentialIntoWorkflow = (
-	workflow: WorkflowDataWithTemplateId,
-): WorkflowDataWithTemplateId => {
-	const credentialId = localStorage.getItem('N8N_READY_TO_RUN_V2_OPENAI_CREDENTIAL_ID');
-
-	if (!credentialId) {
-		return workflow;
-	}
-
-	const clonedWorkflow = deepCopy(workflow);
-
-	if (clonedWorkflow.nodes) {
-		const openAiNode = clonedWorkflow.nodes.find((node) => node.name === 'OpenAI Model');
-		if (openAiNode) {
-			openAiNode.credentials ??= {};
-			openAiNode.credentials[OPEN_AI_API_CREDENTIAL_TYPE] = {
-				id: credentialId,
-				name: '',
-			};
-		}
-	}
-
-	return clonedWorkflow;
-};
-
-export const getReadyToRunAIWorkflows = (): WorkflowDataWithTemplateId[] => {
-	return [
-		injectOpenAiCredentialIntoWorkflow(getWorkflowJson(READY_TO_RUN_WORKFLOW_V1)),
-		injectOpenAiCredentialIntoWorkflow(getWorkflowJson(READY_TO_RUN_WORKFLOW_V2)),
-	];
-};
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/templates/workflowSamples.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/templates/workflowSamples.ts
index bb0e2329f10..686886a6bd1 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/templates/workflowSamples.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/templates/workflowSamples.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { ApplicationError, type INodeTypeNameVersion } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import type { WorkflowDataWithTemplateId } from '@/Interface';
 import { isWorkflowDataWithTemplateId } from '@/utils/templates/typeGuards';
-import { getReadyToRunAIWorkflows } from '@/experiments/readyToRunWorkflowsV2/utils/workflowSamples';
-
 /* eslint-disable import-x/extensions */
 import easyAiStarterJson from '@/utils/templates/samples/easy_ai_starter.json';
 import ragStarterJson from '@/utils/templates/samples/rag_starter.json';
@@ -193,7 +191,6 @@ export const getSampleWorkflowByTemplateId = (
 	const workflows = [
 		getEasyAiWorkflowJson(),
 		getRagStarterWorkflowJson(),
-		...getReadyToRunAIWorkflows(),
 		...getPrebuiltAgents().map((agent) => agent.template),
 		...getTutorialTemplates().map((tutorial) => tutorial.template),
 	];