35 Tips To Build Better Automations in n8n

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In this video I give you some tips for how you can build automations in n8n more effectively. This includes tips about AI, automation cost reduction, data flow, AI agents and a lot more. In this video I show how you can reduce the costs of your AI automations and AI agents, without sacrificing quality and intelligence, with a technique called "Pre-filtering". 🟩 Learn n8n technical fundamentals in an easy way: https://mikepekka.com/technical-n8n 🟨 Create your n8n account: https://mikepekka.com/n8n * #n8n #n8ntutorial #ai 00:00 Intro 00:05 1 Cheap AI models 00:55 2 OpenRouter 01:57 3 Telegram is key 02:55 4 Reformat selection 03:22 5 Switch vs. IF 04:52 6 Data pin & edit 07:00 7 cmd + Enter 07:22 8 Page size 1 trick 09:44 9 Expression switch 10:23 10 Expressions are everything 12:07 11 Data search 13:08 12 Human in the loop 16:39 13 RAG 17:45 14 Don't overuse agents 19:03 15 Import cURL 20:38 16 Manage credentials 21:38 17 Never miss updates 22:30 18 Backup workflows 23:29 19 Create data item 24:24 20 Create multiple items 25:51 21 Multi-cursor 26:50 22 AI Pre-Filter 28:11 23 Simplify data 29:10 24 Execution logs 30:33 25 Configuration node 32:59 26 Load execution data 33:30 27 Copy JSON 34:01 28 Name your nodes 35:01 29 Limit test data 36:05 30 Open sub-workflow 36:33 31 AI spending limits 37:20 32 Beyond text prompts 38:11 33 Dot notation 39:15 34 Item linking 40:07 35 Alternative table apps 41:16 Bonus tip * The description of this video contains affiliate links (marked with *), which means that if you sign up for one of the tools that I recommend and decide to switch to the paid plan, I’ll receive a small commission without any additional cost for you. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue making videos like this. Thank you for your support!