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How I Built an AI Agent That Actually Works: n8n + Needle MCP
Plug Needle's Remote MCP into n8n and let GPT-5 search every document, email, and ticket—no infrastructure.
TL;DR: Plug the Needle Remote MCP endpoint into n8n's AI Agent node and let GPT-5 search, summarize, and update every PDF, slide deck, Jira ticket, or email in seconds—no servers, no vector-DB babysitting, just an HTTPS URL and a Bearer token.
Why this matters
- LLMs without context are parrots—Needle pipes your content through RAG
- n8n already runs your automations—add a chat front-end
- Remote MCP = zero infra—Needle runs the server for you
Setup steps
- Add Needle credential in n8n (Header Auth)
- Wire up the AI Agent graph
- Smoke-test: "List my Needle collections"
- Build real-world recipes (Zendesk replies, sales one-pagers, research digests)
Ready to build? Read the full step-by-step guide and start automating with Needle + n8n.
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