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Use External Workflows as Tools in n8n

Automation teams that build n8n agents and want to reuse the same tasks across several workflows.

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What it does

A guide to reusing an n8n workflow as a tool that an AI agent can call. The reusable workflow starts with an Execute Workflow Trigger, performs its task and ends with a Set or Edit Fields node, so every call returns the same output format. The example includes an input schema the agent can use to pass a URL.

Use cases

  1. 01Reuse a page-scraping step across several agents
  2. 02Give an AI agent a search tool built in n8n
  3. 03Keep the output of every tool in one consistent format

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What is Use External Workflows as Tools in n8n used for?

Automation teams that build n8n agents and want to reuse the same tasks across several workflows. A guide to reusing an n8n workflow as a tool that an AI agent can call. The reusable workflow starts with an Execute Workflow Trigger, performs its task and ends with a Set or Edit Fields node, so every call returns the same output format. The example includes an input schema the agent can use to pass a URL.

How do I import Use External Workflows as Tools in n8n 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.

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