n8n API: what it can do and how to use it with AI agents
n8n is a workflow automation tool that can run in the cloud or on your company's own server. Its public API lets you manage workflows and executions, and each workflow can expose its own webhook. Technical teams that already have automations and want to trigger them from other systems use it.
What the n8n API offers
Workflows
List, create, activate and deactivate workflows.
Executions
Look up the history and result of executions.
Workflow webhooks
HTTP triggers that start a workflow with the data sent.
Credentials
Manage the credentials used by workflows.
Tags and projects
Organize workflows by label or project.
How to access the n8n API
- With your company’s credentialsThe public API uses an API key created in the n8n settings. Workflow webhooks can have their own authentication, such as a header or basic auth.
- Availability of the public API can vary by n8n plan and version.
- Webhooks without authentication can be triggered by anyone: protect them.
- On a self-hosted install, keep n8n updated and access restricted.
Official documentation: docs.n8n.io/api
What an iTeam agent does with the n8n API
Reuse automations you already have
The agent triggers workflows the company already maintains in n8n, such as generating a proposal or syncing a record, from a request in natural language.
Monitor failed executions
The agent looks up failed executions, summarizes the error and tells the workflow owner.
A human step in the flow
When a workflow needs a decision, it calls iTeam, the agent asks the responsible person for approval and returns the answer.
Automation inventory
The agent lists active workflows, workflows with no owner and workflows idle for a long time, for the team to review.
From the credential to the agent at work, with approval
Generate the API key and map the webhooks
In n8n, create the API key and identify the webhooks of the workflows the agent may trigger.
Store it in the iTeam vault
The key and URLs stay in the vault, and each agent gets the exact list of workflows it can trigger.
Test with sample data
Run each workflow with test data, check the response and keep approval for the ones that touch money or customers.
Ready-made AI teams for this work
Management reporting team
Revenue, margin, pipeline and cash in one report, built from your systems, with a short note on what changed and why.
Inventory planning team
Stock, sales and lead times are checked every day. You get a reorder list per SKU and a warning about what is not selling.
Procurement and quotes team
Requests go out to suppliers, quotes come back into one table, and the approver sees price, terms and past orders before saying yes.
Logistics and deliveries team
Routes, drivers and delivery status in one place, with customers told about delays before they have to ask.
Questions about the n8n API
Is the n8n API free?
It depends on how n8n is used. On a self-hosted version the cost is the infrastructure, and in the cloud it follows the plan you chose. Check the terms of your edition.
Do I need to code to use the n8n API with iTeam?
Not necessarily. iTeam reads the documentation and the webhook URLs, and the deployment team connects the workflows to the agents.
Why use iTeam if I already have n8n?
n8n runs defined flows. An iTeam agent understands requests, decides which flow to use, asks for approval and talks to people. The two complement each other.
