🤖 Build an Interactive AI Agent with Chat Interface and Multiple Tools
n8n template #5819Summary
Use templateHow it works This template is a complete, hands-on tutorial that lets you build and interact with your very first AI Agent. Think of an AI Agent as a standard AI chatbot with superpowers. The agent doesn't just talk; it can use tools to perform actions and find information in real-time. This workflow is designed to show you exactly how that works. The Chat Interface (Chat Trigger): This is your window to the agent. It's a fully styled, public-facing chat window where you can have a conversation. The Brain (AI Agent Node): This is the core of the operation. It takes your message, understands your intent, and intelligently decides which "superpower" (or tool) it needs to use to answer your req
How to set it up
- Open template #5819 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
- Create 2 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: OpenAI Chat Model, Google Gemini Chat Model. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
- Check the model in the AI Agent node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
- Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
- Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.
Hand off to your agent
Prompt
Help me set up the n8n workflow "🤖 Build an Interactive AI Agent with Chat Interface and Multiple Tools" (https://n8n.io/workflows/5819). It uses: AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Simple Memory, Code Tool, Wikipedia, Google Gemini Chat Model. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.
Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.
Apps and nodes
Questions
Yes. Lucas Peyrin published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 5,090 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.
OpenAI Chat Model, Google Gemini Chat Model. The other 4 nodes are built into n8n.
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