n8n published agents: schedules, sub-agents, and Message-an-Agent in workflows
At a glance
n8n docs describe first-class agents with tools, knowledge bases, hourly/daily schedules, and sub-agent handoffs—plus embedding agents inside fixed workflows via the Message an Agent node. This workflow is listed under n8n, Agent-Orchestration, Schedules, Sub-Agents.
Official n8n AI example: a chat agent answers with GPT-4; if unsure it calls a sub-workflow that asks for the user's email and posts the unanswered question to a Slack support channel.
This n8n template extracts invoice PDFs with GPT-4o, checks invoice numbers and totals, assesses category and risk, and uses a wait-and-resume approval path before recording the final status.
This n8n workflow finds completed online meetings, retrieves their transcripts, and lets an AI agent identify follow-up meetings and assemble Calendar events with known attendees.
A builder reports that a two-court booking system became more reliable after moving availability checks, resource assignment, and booking IDs out of the LLM and into deterministic n8n workflows.