@unwarkz/n8n-nodes-outline-wiki

N8N community node package for Outline Wiki — a beautiful, feature-rich knowledge base. Provides two nodes: a full-featured regular workflow node for all Outline API operations, and an AI Agent tools node that exposes those same operations to LLM-powered agents.

Features

Outline Wiki Node (regular workflow node)

Use in standard n8n workflows — drag, drop, configure, done. Full Resource → Operation picker covering the entire Outline REST API:

| Resource | Operations | |----------|-----------| | Document | Get, Create, Update, Delete, List, Search, Search Titles, Import (file → document), Export (document → binary), Archive, Restore, Move, Answer Question (AI) | | Collection | List, Get, Create, Update, Delete, Get Document Tree, Export | | Comment | List, Create, Update, Delete | | Attachment | Upload (binary → Outline S3), Delete | | User | List, Get | | Share | List, Create, Revoke |

Highlights:

• Import: upload any binary (Markdown, HTML, DOCX, CSV, TSV) from the workflow binary data and import it as a new Outline document
• Export: export a document as Markdown and place it in the output binary data for downstream processing
• Attachment Upload: two-step signed upload (creates attachment record → POSTs file to signed S3/GCS URL) and returns the CDN URL for embedding in document content
• continueOnFail() support — errors are captured per item instead of failing the whole workflow
• Subtitle shows Resource: Operation for at-a-glance visibility in the canvas

Outline Wiki AI Tools Node

Connect to an n8n AI Agent node to give it full read/write access to your Outline knowledge base. Select which of the 31 tools to expose:

Documents (13 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | outline_search_documents | Full-text search across all documents with optional collection/status/date filters | | outline_search_titles | Fast title-only search (much faster than full-text) | | outline_create_document | Create a new document (Markdown body, draft or published) | | outline_get_document | Retrieve full document content by ID or URL slug | | outline_update_document | Update title, body, or publish status | | outline_delete_document | Move to trash (default) or permanently destroy | | outline_list_documents | List documents with optional collection/parent/status filters | | outline_import_document | Import a file (Markdown, DOCX, HTML, CSV…) as a new document — accepts binary_property_name from any prior tool | | outline_export_document | Export a document as Markdown — stores in binary property for cross-tool use | | outline_archive_document | Archive outdated content (restorable) | | outline_restore_document | Restore an archived or deleted document | | outline_move_document | Move to a different collection or parent | | outline_answer_question | Natural-language AI query against your knowledge base (Business/Enterprise/Cloud only) |

Collections (7 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | outline_list_collections | List all accessible collections | | outline_create_collection | Create a new collection with name, description, icon, color, and permissions | | outline_get_collection | Retrieve collection details by UUID | | outline_update_collection | Update name, description, or settings | | outline_delete_collection | ⚠️ Delete a collection and ALL its documents (irreversible) | | outline_get_collection_documents | Get the full document hierarchy/tree for a collection | | outline_export_collection | Trigger a bulk Markdown/JSON/HTML export (returns FileOperation) |

Comments (4 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | outline_list_comments | List comments on a document or within a collection | | outline_create_comment | Add a comment or threaded reply to a document | | outline_update_comment | Edit an existing comment | | outline_delete_comment | Delete a comment (and all its replies) |

Attachments (2 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | outline_upload_attachment | Upload a file (PNG, PDF, DOCX, ZIP…) to Outline cloud storage — accepts binary_property_name, returns attachment URL for embedding in documents | | outline_delete_attachment | Permanently delete an attachment |

Users (2 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | outline_list_users | List workspace users (filterable by name/email) | | outline_get_user | Get details for a specific user |

Shares (3 tools)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | outline_create_share | Create a public share link for a document | | outline_list_shares | List existing share links | | outline_revoke_share | Revoke a share link |

Binary File Interoperability

The AI Tools node uses n8n native binary references for file exchange — no base64 in the AI context.

• Tools that produce files store them in n8n's binary data system and return a binaryPropertyName.
• Tools that consume files accept a binary_property_name parameter and read data via getBinaryDataBuffer.
• Binary data is shared via global._n8nBinaryRegistry so files flow between all tool modules in the same agent run.
• Compatible with N8N_DEFAULT_BINARY_DATA_MODE=filesystem and database.

Example AI agent chains:

# Import a Telegram attachment into Outline
telegram_get_file({ file_id: "..." })
  → { binaryPropertyName: "telegram_file_0" }

outline_import_document({
  binary_property_name: "telegram_file_0",
  collection_id: "...",
  publish: true
})
  → { success: true, data: { id: "doc-...", title: "..." } }

# Export a document and send via Telegram
outline_export_document({ id: "doc-uuid", output_filename: "notes.md" })
  → { binaryPropertyName: "outline_file_0", sizeKb: 12 }

telegram_send_document({
  chat_id: "@mychat",
  binary_property_name: "outline_file_0"
})

# Upload a PDF from Gotenberg as an Outline attachment
gotenberg_url_to_pdf({ url: "https://example.com" })
  → { binaryPropertyName: "gotenberg_file_0" }

outline_upload_attachment({
  binary_property_name: "gotenberg_file_0",
  document_id: "doc-uuid"
})
  → { attachmentUrl: "https://cdn.outline.com/..." }

Prerequisites

1. An Outline account — cloud (app.getoutline.com) or self-hosted.
2. An Outline API key — generate one at Settings → API & Apps.
   Keys always begin with ol_api_.
3. n8n version ≥ 1.0.0.

Installation

Via n8n Community Nodes (recommended)

1. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
2. Click Install
3. Enter: @unwarkz/n8n-nodes-outline-wiki
4. Click Install

Manual Installation

cd ~/.n8n
npm install @unwarkz/n8n-nodes-outline-wiki

Credential Setup

1. In n8n go to Credentials → New Credential → Outline API
2. Fill in:
   • API Key — your ol_api_... key from Outline Settings → API & Apps
   • Base URL — https://app.getoutline.com (or your self-hosted domain, e.g. https://docs.example.com)
3. Click Test connection — it will validate against auth.info
4. Save the credential

Usage

1. Add an Outline Wiki AI Tools node to your workflow
2. Select the Outline API credential
3. Choose which tools to enable (all 31 are enabled by default)
4. Connect the Tool output to an AI Agent node's Tools input
5. The AI Agent can now read, write, search, and manage your Outline knowledge base

API Coverage

This node covers the following Outline API endpoints:

| Category | Endpoints | |----------|-----------| | Documents | documents.search, documents.search_titles, documents.create, documents.info, documents.update, documents.delete, documents.list, documents.import, documents.export, documents.archive, documents.restore, documents.move, documents.answerQuestion | | Collections | collections.list, collections.create, collections.info, collections.update, collections.delete, collections.documents, collections.export | | Comments | comments.list, comments.create, comments.update, comments.delete | | Attachments | attachments.create + signed S3/GCS upload, attachments.delete | | Users | users.list, users.info | | Shares | shares.create, shares.list, shares.revoke |

Reference: Outline API Documentation · OpenAPI Spec

Part of the Assistant Set

This package is also included in the full @unwarkz/n8n-nodes-assistant-set package, which bundles Mem0 memory, Gotenberg PDF, Telegram Bot, and Outline Wiki nodes together.

License

MIT © unwarkz