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Using External Workflows as Tools in N8n

ByAlfred Nutile @dailyaistudio on n8n.io

This guide will show you how to use a workflow as a reusable tool in n8n, such as integrating an AI Agent or other specialized processes into your workflows.

Event trigger★★☆☆☆ complexity4 nodesExecute Workflow TriggerHTTP Request
Web Scraping Trigger: Event Nodes: 4 Complexity: ★★☆☆☆ Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2713 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Execute Workflow Trigger → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "7DPLpEkww5Uctcml",
  "name": "get_a_web_page",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "7v5QbLiQYkQ7zGTK",
      "name": "tools",
      "createdAt": "2025-01-08T16:33:21.887Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-01-08T16:33:21.887Z"
    }
  ],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "290cc9b8-e4b1-4124-ab0e-afbb02a9072b",
      "name": "Execute Workflow Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger",
      "position": [
        -460,
        -100
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "f256ed59-ba61-4912-9a75-4e7703547de5",
      "name": "FireCrawl",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        -220,
        -100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"url\": \"{{ $json.query.url }}\",\n  \"formats\": [\n    \"markdown\"\n  ]\n} ",
        "sendBody": true,
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {}
          ]
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "a28bdbe6-fa59-4bf1-b0ab-c34ebb10cf0f",
      "name": "Edit Fields",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        -20,
        -100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "1af62ef9-7385-411a-8aba-e4087f09c3a9",
              "name": "response",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ $json.data.markdown }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3.4
    },
    {
      "id": "fcd26213-038a-453f-80e5-a3936e4c2d06",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -480,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 620,
        "height": 200,
        "content": "## Send URL got Crawl\nThis can be reused by Ai Agents and any Workspace to crawl a site. All that Workspace has to do is send a request:\n\n```json\n {\n    \"url\": \"Some URL to Get\"\n  }\n```"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "396f46a7-3120-42f9-b3d5-2021e6e995b8",
  "connections": {
    "FireCrawl": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Edit Fields",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Execute Workflow Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "FireCrawl",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

This guide will show you how to use a workflow as a reusable tool in n8n, such as integrating an AI Agent or other specialized processes into your workflows.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2713/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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