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We're testing something cool on the n8n Community Forum: AI-powered translation. Here's how it works: you write in any language you like, and your post gets automatically translated into our five supported languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. Readers see the forum in their preferred language, which you can set yourself or which gets picked up automatically from your browser. So English is no longer a requirement to join the conversation, neither for writing nor for reading. For a community that's used worldwide, this feels like a meaningful step. We're removing a barrier that has kept people from asking questions, sharing knowledge, or simply joining in for years. Come try it out: write in your own language and see what happens - link is in the comments👇

It's #FrAIday! This week's theme: the workflow you're a little embarrassed to show anyone. 👀 You know the one. Seventeen nodes doing the job of three. A workaround inside a workaround. Comments that say "don't touch this." No idea why it works, but it does. Clean architecture is the goal. It's just not always the reality. Today we want the chaos that ships. Drop your ugliest workflow in the comments. Top three win n8n merch. 👏 Congrats to last week's winners: Burhan Ulu, Dexter Manlao, and Faizan Umer. Your human-in-the-loop workflows were genuinely impressive. Merch incoming. #FrAIday

Most RAG systems work well in demos. Far fewer hold up in production. This article breaks down the architectural decisions that have the biggest impact on retrieval quality, latency, scalability, and long-term maintainability – from chunking and hybrid retrieval to agentic RAG and evaluation strategies. 👉 A quick note on the key decisions behind production-grade RAG systems here:

Big second half of May for the n8n community 🌍 We’ve got workshops and meetups happening across the world, including very first community events in Izmir, Hamilton (New Zealand), Dublin, Helsinki, Belgrade, Zagreb, and Prague. Thanks to all our Ambassadors making these events happen! You can find our community events calendar in the comments. We hope you can make it to an event near you. 🙂

The team behind the news: n8n When you see the news on the Berlin founded AI company, these are the people working very hard in the background. A diverse group of incredibly talented, driven, humble and creative minds. I summarize the last week for you, in case you lost track: 1. Microsoft Agent 365 was launched and n8n is launch partner, creating an industry first AI orchestration & governance collaboration. 2. n8n launched the Agent 365 Node, making it easier than ever to connect into the Microsoft ecosystem 3. Mercedes-Benz AG publishes their company wide n8n roll-out and their strategy on AI orchestration. 4. n8n and SAP launch a deep technical integration that enables all SAP users to connect their SAP ecosystem via n8n. 5. SAP invests into n8n, making it the highest valued German AI Start-Up. The enterprise shift of n8n has been a quiet but mighty one. Governance, Security and Observability take time. If you want to connect to a companies ERP you need to proof you're stable and trustworthy enough to engage on this level. Over the last months we have build many relationships with some of the biggest enterprises of the world. And, something that makes me incredibly happy, some of the most extensive rollouts are happening here in Germany. Here is the shift that is happening: 🚀 n8n stays your agnostic layer of glue: an automation platform to connect all the different parts of your IT stack. Legacy systems, Enterprise Systems, AI. 🚀 n8n lets you build AI Agents in minutes, without the need of being an AI engineer and makes AI actionable within your processes. 🚀 n8n let's your enterprise stay agile: You can bring any LLM, whether OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Ollama, Mistral, your own and many more. If a new model launches which is cheaper or better, you plug and play the new model right into your automations. 🚀 n8n allows you to roll out AI Agents across the whole enterprise in a safe way. Our Governance, Security and Scalability features allow you to have visibility, set guardrails and ensure AI is being used in a safe and efficient way. n8n offers a free to use community version for you to get started with BUT what the automation influencers usually don't tell you, n8n also offers an enterprise license, to transform the automation platform into your AI observability layer. (p.s. who can find me in the picture?)

What if the agents you build in n8n could be @mentioned in Microsoft Teams or emailed in Outlook like an AI teammate, with Microsoft handling identity, access, and compliance? Now you can, with the Microsoft Agent 365 Trigger node. Give your agents access to tools, MCP servers, and n8n sub-workflows, then bring them into your flow of work as members of the team inside Microsoft 365 apps. Join Dylan Watkins (n8n), Manuel C. (Microsoft), and David Arens (n8n) for an end-to-end walkthrough: building the agent in n8n, configuring the Microsoft environment, and using it from inside Microsoft 365. For Microsoft 365 admins, n8n builders, and enterprise teams building and governing AI Agents. 📅 May 19, 5:30–6 PM CEST / 11:30 AM–12 PM ET 💬 Link to register in the comments.

Want to learn n8n and AI automation? Join our official Belgrade meetup on May 28 at 18:00. Hosted by me and a few colleagues, this 3 hour workshop is beginner friendly and hands-on. More info: https://lnkd.in/dSqzTFDv