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n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets you connect APIs, build agents, and automate tasks with a visual editor or code. The You.com community node brings real-time web search and content extraction directly into your n8n workflows, so you can ground AI agents in fresh web data or pipe search results into any downstream step.
The @youdotcom-oss/n8n-nodes-youdotcom package provides a single node with two operations: Search and Get Contents. It also works as an AI agent tool, so n8n’s built-in AI agents can call You.com search on demand.
Getting Started
Install the Node
In your n8n instance, go to Settings > Community Nodes and install:
Or install via the CLI:
Set Up Credentials
- In n8n, go to Credentials > New Credential and select You.com API
- Paste your API key from you.com/platform
- Click Test to verify the key works
Operations
Search
Get Contents
Search the web with the You.com Web Search API. Returns structured results with titles, URLs, descriptions, and snippets.
Required: query (the search query)
Optional parameters:
The query field supports search operators: site:, filetype:, +, -, AND, OR, NOT.
Use as an AI Agent Tool
The You.com node has usableAsTool enabled, which means n8n’s built-in AI agents can call it directly. Add the You.com node as a tool in any AI Agent workflow, and the agent will be able to search the web or extract page content on its own.