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title: "Let the agent that knows your business build your workflow"
description: "The assistant in your automation tool knows nothing about your work. Connect the agent on your computer to n8n and let it build, with up-to-date documentation at hand."
language: en
source: https://coachsteff.live/en/bouw-met-de-agent-die-je-zaak-kent
---

# Let the agent that knows your business build your workflow

You are in n8n and you want a workflow. There is an assistant in the tool, so you just ask him. He builds something, and it looks impressive. But it does not do exactly what you meant. He does not know where your files are, which tools you use or what your week looks like. So you start explaining everything, question after question.

In a workshop on automation with n8n I said that I almost never build my workflows in n8n itself. I let the agent running on my computer do that. That sounded a bit strange to a few people at first. Why would you not use a tool for what it was made for?

At the bottom of this article you will find the prompt to have an existing template converted into your workflow. Feel free to copy it.

## The assistant in the tool knows nothing about you

The assistant in n8n is actually very good. For a simple workflow he works fine. And if you have to debug a workflow, you make progress a lot faster with him than a few months ago. Back then you still had to figure everything out by hand.

Only he does not know your business. If I ask him for a workflow that manages my LinkedIn posts, he does not know where those posts are. He does not know my context, my way of working, my sources. My agent on the computer does know all that, because he works with it every day. Ironically, the assistant closest to the workflow knows the least about what that workflow is for.

You also see that he sometimes makes simple things far too complex. That is why I had the participants build a workflow by hand first, block by block. The more you play with the tool yourself, the faster you see when a proposal is not going to work.

## Frequently asked questions

**Why do you not build a workflow with the assistant in n8n itself?**

- That assistant works well for simple workflows and to find errors. But he does not know your business. The agent on your computer knows where your files are and how you work, and therefore builds something that fits faster.

**How do I let my own agent talk to n8n?**

- Turn on the MCP connection of your instance in the settings of n8n and link it to your agent. Or create an API key and give it to your agent. After that he can read, adjust and build your workflows.

**Why does my agent need extra documentation?**

- A language model knows tools as they were when it was trained. With n8n-mcp and Context7 your agent looks in up-to-date documentation. This way he does not use nodes or functions that no longer exist.

**Where do I learn this in practice?**

- In the AI automation with n8n and MCP training you connect your own agent to n8n and build workflows. You can find the dates at [Workshops & Events](https://coachsteff.live/agenda).