n8n is a workflow automation platform that gives technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code. With 400+ integrations, native AI capabilities, and a fair-code license, n8n lets you build powerful automations while maintaining full control over your data and deployments. With n8n-nodes-nim, you can now interact with NVIDIA NIM models in n8n.

Example agent workflow using NIM Chat Model node

Prerequisite

You will need to get an API Key from https://build.nvidia.com.

Installing NVIDIA NIM node

From GUI

In n8n, go to Settings -> Community nodes -> Install community node

The package name is n8n-nodes-nim.

Read how to install community nodes.

From source

You will need to install n8n following this guide from https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/installation/npm/. We will be using npm method. Make sure npm and n8n is installed following the above guide. Clone this repository into a local directory. In your cloned directory, run this command to install the dependencies:

npm i
npm run build
npm link

Then create a ~/.n8n/custom directory. In ~/.n8n/custom, run:

npm link <node_name>

<node_name> is the name of the package in package.json.

Finally, start n8n by running the command below:

n8n start

Open n8n in your browser. Search for 'NIM' in the nodes panel and you should see the NIM node.

See n8n documentation on how to run node locally.