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Let your AI call an API to fetch data

Operations and automation teams that want a chat assistant to answer questions with live data from an API.

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What it does

An n8n template where a chat interface sends questions to an AI agent. The agent uses a second workflow as a tool, which refines the API request from the user's query, calls the API and returns the response. It needs n8n 1.28.0 or above and your own credentials.

Use cases

  1. 01Ask a chat assistant for data from an internal API
  2. 02Turn a plain-language question into an API request
  3. 03Reuse the API sub-workflow in other agents

Connects

HTTP Request · AI Agent · Basic LLM Chain · OpenAI Chat Model · Simple Memory · Auto-fixing Output Parser · Structured Output Parser · Call n8n Workflow Tool

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Let your AI call an API to fetch data.

What is Let your AI call an API to fetch data used for?

Operations and automation teams that want a chat assistant to answer questions with live data from an API. An n8n template where a chat interface sends questions to an AI agent. The agent uses a second workflow as a tool, which refines the API request from the user's query, calls the API and returns the response. It needs n8n 1.28.0 or above and your own credentials.

How do I import Let your AI call an API to fetch data into n8n?

Copy the workflow JSON from this page and paste it onto the n8n canvas with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. Then connect your credentials in each node.

Is Let your AI call an API to fetch data safe to use?

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