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This week on the blog
Plus: n8n security audit checklist, visual diff tutorial, and webhook debugging cheat sheet.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
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This week on the blog

Four posts this week – two new, two you might have missed.

What is agent washing?

Most “AI agent” products are deterministic workflows with an LLM classifier on top. There’s nothing wrong with that – unless you’re lying about it. Why your n8n workflows might be more honest than most vendor demos.

Read the agent washing breakdown →

n8n security audit checklist

The same seven-point checklist we use when auditing workflows for clients. Covers hardcoded credentials, unauthenticated webhooks, expression injection, and four more. Takes about an hour.

Read the security audit checklist →

n8n visual diff – compare workflow versions

n8n shipped visual diff in March. Pick any two saved versions, compare them side by side. Changed nodes highlighted. Covers both version history diffs (Cloud Pro+) and source control diffs (Enterprise).

Read the visual diff tutorial →

n8n webhook debugging cheat sheet

“My webhook isn’t working.” 70% of the time it’s using the test URL in production or forgetting to activate the workflow. Copy-paste fixes for every scenario.

Read the webhook cheat sheet →
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