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Free hands-on challenges

Learn n8n by building real workflows

Each challenge gives you a real scenario, clear requirements, and five tips for when you get stuck. Work through them on your own, any time, or with others at a community event.

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100%free, every challenge
13hands-on challenges
44n8n nodes covered
73technical terms explained simply
3available languages
∞automation possibilities

The format

How it works

Choose any challenge that fits you or your team. You do not need to complete them in order or finish all ten.

  1. 01

    Sign up for n8n Cloud

  2. 02

    Choose challenge

  3. 03

    Build a workflow

  4. 04

    Submit for review

  5. 05

    Collect a balloon

    Complete the bonus task to earn an extra balloon.

Choose a challenge

Choose your next challenge.

Pick a balloon, build the workflow, and check it against the requirements.

  1. BeginnerValencia Greeting
  2. BeginnerAir Quality in Valencia
  3. BeginnerDon’t Miss a New Contact
  4. IntermediateGet City Problems to the Right People
  5. IntermediateYour Morning Brief
  6. IntermediateGenerate an Article with AI — Without Opening n8n
  7. IntermediateFind Your Valencia Apartment
  8. AdvancedWhat’s for Dinner?
  9. AdvancedKeep Restaurant Orders Moving
  10. AdvancedAsk Your Google Drive
Need more challenges?

More ideas to try, including a little extraterrestrial fun. Open a challenge and build something new.

  1. BeginnerAlien Translator
  2. BeginnerYour First AI Agent
  3. BeginnerAI Agent: Photo to Summary

10 challenges

Challenges for every experience level

Every challenge teaches one practical n8n idea. The balloon color identifies the mission—not your score.

01

Beginner

Triggers, APIs, decisions, and clean data mapping.

3 challenges
02

Intermediate

List processing, forms, storage, and structured AI output.

4 challenges
03

Advanced

Tool-using agents, human approval, and resilient automation.

3 challenges

Moments from previous events

Group photo of hackathon participants with their balloons in front of the stage
An attendee tossing a bunch of balloons into the air near the stage
An n8n event attendee explaining an idea
A hall full of participants raising balloons during the Valencia hackathon
A smiling participant between two purple balloons while teammates work on a laptop
Audience listening during a previous n8n community event
Teams working on laptops with collected balloons piled on the floor
An n8n community speaker presenting to an audience
A laptop showing the “Get City Problems to the Right People” challenge
Participants celebrating with balloons across the València Innovation Capital hall
Attendees discussing a workflow around a laptop
A balloon being handed over at a team table
Teams working in front of the “Choose your next challenge” screen
Two attendees holding n8n stickers and giving thumbs up
Participants discussing the “Ask Your Google Drive” challenge on a laptop
Participants at crowded tables holding up their balloons
Four n8n community organizers posing together after an event
Audience seated during an n8n community presentation

For n8n event organizers

Bring Balloon Challenges to your community.

Add your event through GitHub. The contribution guide walks you through every step, and a maintainer reviews the change before it is published.

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