AI is now doing the asking and the doing. Customers use AI to write formal requests to you, and new agents can act inside your apps or take your calls. The answer is the same both ways: keep things simple and clear, and keep a person approving anything that matters. n8n Nod: research preview, Apache 2.0, bring your own model, asks before it acts; watch model costs.
What was reported
n8n blog (Ophir Prusak), 10 November 2026. Nod is a research preview from n8n Labs, a standalone app separate from n8n, for Mac and Windows (Windows 11 is a preview) or a self-hosted server. Open source under Apache 2.0. It has its own sandbox and browser, works in connected apps such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Slack and on websites, and uses the AI provider you choose.
Before it sends, pays, posts or deletes anything you didn't ask for, a separate check confirms; n8n says a web page or email can't give it orders. Nod is free; you pay your model provider. n8n says some early testers found tasks cost more than expected. Unite.AI notes the approval check is itself a model and can make mistakes.
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