The Xano Node for n8n: Connecting Xano to Everything

You’ve built your backend on Xano because it gives you control, security, and a solid foundation for everything your product does. And you use n8n because it’s the easiest way to automate the rest of your stack — connecting tools, triggering workflows, and stitching together the dozens of services your team relies on.

In this article, we’ll introduce you to the latest innovation for Xano and n8n users, including an example (and a step-by-step video) to show you the kind of things you can do.

Why do I need the Xano node for n8n?

So glad you asked.

We know you love having all your data sitting in Xano. And for good reason: When it’s there, you know it’s secure, structured, and ready to power whatever you build next. But we also know that your data needs to go other places. And that can require some work: writing API calls, managing authentication headers, and doing a fair bit of manual setup. 

At Xano, we’re always on a mission to help your data travel more easily (and, of course, safely). That’s why we built the Xano node for n8n. If you’re using both n8n and Xano, we wanted to make it easier for your Xano data to move wherever it needs to go — without custom HTTP requests or repeated authentication steps. And now we have.

(Don’t even need to hear another word? Check it out for yourself here!)

What does this mean for my tech stack?

In case you’re not familiar with n8n, here it is in a nutshell: It’s like a network of bridges connecting hundreds of tools (Slack, Airtable, Gmail, Notion, CRMs, you name it). A “node” in the n8n world is an integration. And when you chain different nodes together, you can build extremely powerful automations that move data wherever you need it to go — no code required.

With the Xano Node for n8n, we just gave you another bridge. Now your Xano backend can talk directly to everything else in your stack, and it can do it without API endpoint configuration.

What can I build with the Xano Node for n8n?

In a sentence: The Xano Node for n8n lets you read from and write to your Xano database directly inside n8n workflows.

But what does that actually mean?

Quite a bit, actually. There’s a ton of possibilities for what you can do more easily now (syncing customers, updating orders, logging events, etc.). But let’s dive into one specific example that shows what’s possible when Xano, n8n, and AI work together.

Example: Turning a static lead list into dynamic outreach

Imagine you’re running a company where you’re trying to manage inbound leads. Leads are essential to growing your business — but for them to actually make a difference, you have to (a) qualify them and, once qualified, (b) actually reach out to them. 

That takes a sales team. Unless…you could automate it? Yeah. Let’s try that option. Here’s how it works.

1. Upload a contact. The workflow starts when a new contact is created (like from a HubSpot record or a CSV upload of booth badge scans, for example). Each contact follows a simple schema:
   1. First Name
   2. Last Name
   3. Company
   4. Industry
   5. Position
2. Store it in Xano. The data is passed to Xano and saved to a prospects table.
3. Trigger analysis. Each new record activates an assessment workflow that compares the lead’s Company, Industry, and Position against your ICP (ideal customer profile) table in Xano.
4. Qualify and promote: Prospects that match the ICP are added to a leads table.
5. Generate outreach: A second workflow, powered by an AI agent, writes personalized email introductions and selects the right template from your email_templates table.
6. Act on results. Qualified leads can be exported via a /downloadLeads endpoint as a CSV, or automatically sent downstream (to your CRM, email tool, or Slack).

More of a visual learner? I walk you through the process in this video.

In just a few clicks, you’ll see me connect raw lead data, Xano’s backend intelligence, and n8n’s automation engine — all without touching an API key.

Until now, Xano was your unified backend, powering APIs, databases, and business logic behind the scenes. But now it’s even more. With the Xano Node for n8n, it’s playing an active role in your broader automation ecosystem.

You can feed data into Xano, read from it, or trigger logic — and then connect those actions to hundreds of other nodes inside n8n. Once Xano can move data in and out of n8n, you have the freedom to integrate backend intelligence directly into the tools you already use.

That means you can:

• Sync data with CRMs
• Enrich leads from external APIs
• Automate marketing experiments
• Power entire no-code applications with live, production-grade data

And more.

Your turn!

Ready to get exploring? Start by checking out the template I built to illustrate the example above — I know it will inspire you to find all kinds of other ways to get automating. (Also, I want to hear about it if you do. And so does the rest of the Xano Community!)