No-Code AI Agents & Automation with n8n
Automate forms, emails, sheets and WhatsApp-style replies with visual workflows and AI nodes
Ghosla Academy · AI Team
n8n is a visual workflow tool that lets you connect apps and add AI steps by dragging nodes instead of writing code. This course starts with simple automations like saving form responses to a sheet and sending a confirmation email, then moves to AI-powered workflows that read, sort and respond to messages. By the end you will build a small AI agent, learn how to make workflows reliable, and understand how to offer automation as a service to coaching centres, clinics and local shops.
What you will be able to do
- Understand triggers, nodes, credentials and executions in n8n
- Connect Google Sheets, Gmail, Telegram and webhooks without code
- Add AI nodes to classify, summarise and draft text
- Build a simple AI agent with memory and tools
- Handle errors, retries and schedules for reliable workflows
- Price and pitch automation services to small Indian businesses
What you build
- Lead capture: Google Form to Sheet to auto email
- AI email sorter that labels and drafts replies
- Daily news digest agent delivered to Telegram
What you need to start
- Comfort with Google Sheets and Gmail
- A free n8n cloud trial or a laptop to run n8n locally
Curriculum · 7 sections, 25 lectures
Automation basics4 lectures
- What automation and AI agents really meanFree preview8 min
- Tour of the n8n editorFree preview10 min
- Cloud vs self-hosted n8n10 min
- Quiz: triggers and nodes5 min
Your first workflows4 lectures
- Manual and schedule triggers12 min
- Connecting Google Sheets with credentials14 min
- Sending emails from a workflow12 min
- Project: form to sheet to email18 min
Working with data4 lectures
- JSON items in n8n explained simply12 min
- IF, Switch and Merge nodes10 min
- Set and Code-free transformations12 min
- Quiz: data flow6 min
Adding AI to workflows4 lectures
- AI nodes: classify, summarise, extract12 min
- Building an email sorter14 min
- Writing prompts inside workflows10 min
- Project: AI email sorter20 min
Building an AI agent3 lectures
- Agent node, memory and tools12 min
- Telegram bot as the agent interface14 min
- Project: daily news digest agent20 min
Reliability and webhooks3 lectures
- Webhooks and connecting websites10 min
- Error workflows and retries10 min
- Credentials and data privacy basics8 min
Turning automation into income3 lectures
- Finding automation needs in local businesses10 min
- Pricing and scoping a project9 min
- Proposal template for clients8 min
Who this is for
- Students who want an automation skill they can freelance with
- Small business owners and shop managers drowning in repetitive work
- Non-coders curious about AI agents