n8n Workflow Orchestration

Overview

Keep your API credentials out of your AI agent by delegating all external API calls to n8n workflows. Your agent triggers webhooks, n8n handles authentication and executes the workflow, and results return to the agent. Every integration is visual, auditable, and independently testable.

Benefits

• Agent never stores or accesses sensitive credentials
• Visual workflow editor for all integrations
• Independently test and debug each integration
• Easy to add rate limiting, retries, and error handling

Requirements

• n8n instance (self-hosted or n8n cloud)
• Webhook URLs for each workflow
• API credentials stored in n8n vault

Technical Details

OpenClaw calls n8n webhooks with structured payloads. n8n executes workflows using stored credentials, handles authentication, and returns results. Supports complex multi-step workflows, conditional logic, and data transformations. All credential management isolated from the AI agent.