What n8n is

0:00 Today, we're in the era of AI. And there is a tool called NAT that you can use to automate a bunch of your different workflows. Whether it be marketing workflows, whether it be tech workflows, whatever you want, NAT allows you to do. Now, everyone wanted sort of a tutorial in A10. So, I thought, let me do a tutorial, show you a simple workflow, show you how to get started, and then we'll also show you a slightly complicated workflow to kind of automate what we do with our AI shots.

0:22 Just a brief version of it. I'll explain that to you. Ready? Cool. So, let me first tell you what NA10 is. Naden is like a visual workflow automation platform. It lets you connect apps, services, and APIs. So for those of you that don't know what an API is, it stands for application programmer interface. So a very simplified way to talk about this is if you have another tool, let's say you want to do something on Google calendar, you want to add a new calendar invite, you can actually use Google calendar's API and sort of go and tell it, hey, do this for me.

1:09 But with any 10, instead of writing code, you drag and drop nodes. Each of these nodes represents different actions into a visual canvas and you can connect them with lines to create automated workflows. The cool part is anyone with access can see your entire automation process at a glance. So it's very easy to understand. It's very easy to debug and if you want to modify it as somebody who you know doesn't write code, you want to go in and modify it, you can actually do that.

1:31 So it allows teams to be in sync with each other a little bit easier compared to traditional coding. Anyway, before we dive into NA10, I want to explain what JSON is. Now, NA10 workflows are all JSON based. Think of it like a data format that allows you to represent data in a very easy to consume and easy to read format. Okay? Now, NA10 templates are actually all JSON. And the cool part is you can copy somebody else's NAN template and you can paste it as JSON and immediately get their workflow.

1:57 In fact, community templates, which is templates for repeated workflows that you might use in your business, are available in many different places. You can find them on the NA10 website. You can also find them on GitHub. So if you find something clever, you can easily transmit it to other people. You can also use their workflows in your business. So I'm going to first start with explaining three core concepts of N810. The first one of course is the workflow.

2:20 It's like a sequence of actions. So you have this visual canvas-based interface. Now workflows can be of two types. The first one is linear. If this happens, do this. The other one can be nonlinear, which is ask an AI agent or an AI in this case, hey, what should I do with this user has