Three additions to the recipe card and the agent guide, all aimed at the moment a developer stops running the existing cases and starts building their own. The env inventory, grouped by what breaks without it. Required-or-nothing-runs is the useful grouping: the module is off by default, the judges run on a different key from the builder, and run-debug has to be set on the backend or every context claim degrades to incomplete. Every var listed was checked against the code that reads it, and the two tuning knobs carry their real defaults with the note that no case ever reaches them. The declarable surface, from WORKFLOW_TEST_CASE_KEYS rather than from memory, since the schema is strict and an unknown key fails the load instead of being ignored. Split by what it does — establishing state before the graded turn, versus grading — because that is the decision an author is actually making. What the harness cannot do, which is the half that saves the most time. Nine gaps with their consequence and ticket where one exists: no window control so volume is unaskable, binary grading with no partial credit, no cross-thread context, prior runs cost real executions, and presence rather than attention — we can prove a fact was in the window but not that the model used it, so "had it and ignored it" is inferred by crossing verdicts rather than observed. |
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n8n – The Platform for AI Agents and Workflow Automation
Fair-code platform to build and deploy AI agents and workflows. Combine a visual canvas with custom code, run it self-hosted or in the cloud, and connect to 1500+ integrations. AI automation you can trust with real work, from prototype to production.
Key Capabilities
- AI-Native Automation Platform: Build and operationalize AI workflows and multi-step agents using your own data, models, and tools
- Model Flexibility, No Lock-In: Connect to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or open-source models and switch providers without changing your architecture
- From Prototype to Production: Design multi-step AI workflows with logic, tool use, human approvals, and full observability
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- Enterprise-Ready AI: Self-host or deploy securely with role-based access, audit trails, and support for sensitive data
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npx n8n
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docker volume create n8n_data
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- Source Available: Always visible source code
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Enterprise Licenses available for additional features and support.
Additional information about the license model can be found in the docs.
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Found a bug 🐛 or have a feature idea ✨? Check our Contributing Guide for a setup guide & best practices.
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What does n8n mean?
Short answer: It means "nodemation" and is pronounced as n-eight-n.
Long answer: "I get that question quite often (more often than I expected) so I decided it is probably best to answer it here. While looking for a good name for the project with a free domain I realized very quickly that all the good ones I could think of were already taken. So, in the end, I chose nodemation. 'node-' in the sense that it uses a Node-View and that it uses Node.js and '-mation' for 'automation' which is what the project is supposed to help with. However, I did not like how long the name was and I could not imagine writing something that long every time in the CLI. That is when I then ended up on 'n8n'." - Jan Oberhauser, Founder and CEO, n8n.io

