Meet Nod: a standalone personal agent from n8n Labs that runs on your computer

n8n Labs has released Nod as an open-source research-preview personal AI agent that runs locally as a standalone application, separate from n8n’s shared workflow platform. Designed for individual users, Nod operates in a private virtual machine with its own browser and can work across connected apps such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Slack, as well as websites without integrations, to complete tasks including managing subscriptions, monitoring prices, booking travel, collecting invoices, and compiling reports. Users communicate with it through its app, Telegram, or WhatsApp, while it can run parallel and scheduled tasks, retain long-term conversational context, learn preferences, and document procedures for future reuse. Nod supports user-selected AI providers, including API-based services, ChatGPT plans, or local open-source models, and can connect to n8n workflows. Its security model includes local encrypted credentials inaccessible to the AI model, permission checks before consequential actions, detailed activity and cost logs, configurable spending limits, and open Apache 2.0 source code. Current limitations include stopping when its host computer sleeps, supporting only one owner per installation, and lacking phone-call capability, while hosted deployment is planned.

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