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node cookbook
21 candidate pages in this template family.
N8N Airtable Node Cookbook
Use the Airtable node to create, read, update, or search Airtable records when a workflow needs a lightweight operational database.
n8n workflowsN8N Code Node Cookbook
Use the Code node when built-in nodes cannot express the required transformation, branching, formatting, or lightweight custom logic.
n8n workflowsN8N Discord Node Cookbook
Use the Discord node to send automation updates, alerts, and community messages into Discord channels from n8n workflows.
n8n workflowsN8N GitHub Node Cookbook
Use the GitHub node to automate repository, issue, pull request, release, and team workflows from inside n8n.
n8n workflowsN8N Gmail Node Cookbook
Use the Gmail node for email workflows such as sending messages, processing inbox events, labeling messages, or building lightweight notification automations.
n8n workflowsN8N Google Sheets Node Cookbook
Use the Google Sheets node when a workflow needs to read, append, update, or search spreadsheet rows as part of an automation.
n8n workflowsN8N HTTP Request Node Cookbook
Use the HTTP Request node as the general-purpose connector for APIs that do not have a built-in n8n node or need custom headers, methods, bodies, or authentication.
n8n workflowsn8n IF Node: Branching Patterns, Common Mistakes, and Expression Errors
Use the n8n IF node for true/false workflow branching while avoiding expression errors, unexecuted branch references, and type mismatch problems.
n8n workflowsn8n Merge Node: Combine Branches Without Losing Fields or Mismatching Items
Use the n8n Merge node to rejoin branches and combine data while avoiding item count mismatches, field collisions, and fragile position-based merges.
n8n workflowsN8N MySQL Node Cookbook
Use the MySQL node when a workflow needs to read, write, update, or query records in a MySQL-compatible database.
n8n workflowsN8N Notion Node Cookbook
Use the Notion node to create and update pages or database items for content operations, task intake, knowledge capture, and lightweight team workflows.
n8n workflowsN8N OpenAI Node Cookbook
Use the OpenAI node for AI workflow steps such as summarization, classification, extraction, drafting, and lightweight agentic automation.
n8n workflowsN8N Postgres Node Cookbook
Use the Postgres node when a workflow needs to query, insert, update, or transform data in a PostgreSQL database.
n8n workflowsN8N Respond to Webhook Node Cookbook
Use Respond to Webhook when a Webhook-triggered workflow needs to control the HTTP response body, status code, headers, or response timing.
n8n workflowsN8N Schedule Trigger Node Cookbook
Use the Schedule Trigger node to start workflows on a time-based schedule, such as hourly checks, daily reports, weekly syncs, or recurring maintenance tasks.
n8n workflowsn8n Set Node: Clean Payloads Before APIs, Sheets, and Databases
Use the n8n Set or Edit Fields node to normalize payloads, rename fields, keep only needed data, and avoid downstream mapping errors.
n8n workflowsN8N Slack Node Cookbook
Use the Slack node to send workflow notifications, route approvals, post alerts, and connect automation events to team channels.
n8n workflowsN8N Split In Batches Node Cookbook
Use Split In Batches, now documented as Loop Over Items, when a workflow needs to process many items in controlled batches instead of all at once.
n8n workflowsN8N Stripe Node Cookbook
Use the Stripe node for payment-adjacent workflow steps such as retrieving customers, handling payment events, or syncing Stripe data into operations systems.
n8n workflowsN8N Webhook Node Cookbook
Use the Webhook node to start workflows from incoming HTTP requests, form submissions, app callbacks, or custom event producers.
n8n workflowsN8N API Node Cookbook
The n8n node lets workflows call the n8n API to work with workflows, credentials, executions, and audits from inside n8n itself.