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n8n basics: your first automation

Understand how n8n works and build your first useful workflow: a form saves each request to a table and sends you an email. With safe credentials, error alerts and a weekly summary on a schedule.

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Needs a computer with a current browser and access to n8n: either an n8n Cloud account (trial available) or your own installation with Docker. For the email step: an SMTP mailbox (address, server, password). No programming needed.

For whom

Self-employed people, creators and small teams who keep copying the same data by hand and want to try automation without programming.

Where you end up

A published n8n workflow that takes form entries, stores them in a data table and notifies you by email, plus an error workflow and a scheduled weekly summary.

Contents

  1. 01 · Getting started
  2. 02 · Data and access
    • Data, items and expressions12 min
    • Credentials, kept safe10 min
  3. 03 · Your first workflow
    • Webhooks and forms10 min
    • Build it: form → table → email15 min
  4. 04 · Run it reliably
    • Error handling and logs12 min
    • Schedules and your next steps12 min
  5. 05 · Final exam
    • 10 questions, pass mark 80 %, certificate

Material

  • Cheat sheet: expressions, URLs, settings (DE + EN)
  • Workflow: form → data table → email (n8n JSON)
  • Error workflow: email alert (n8n JSON)
  • Workflow: weekly summary on a schedule (n8n JSON)

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