https://selfhostedtech.com/automation/Recent content in Automations on Self-Hosted TechHugoen-usThu, 08 Oct 2026 19:43:22 +0000https://selfhostedtech.com/automation/n8n-and-ollama-building-ai-automation-workflows/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:43:22 +0000https://selfhostedtech.com/automation/n8n-and-ollama-building-ai-automation-workflows/<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kwQI65GXwS8?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h1 id="n8n-and-ollama-building-ai-automation-workflows">n8n and Ollama: Building AI Automation Workflows</h1> <p>If you&rsquo;ve been hanging around the self-hosting community for any amount of time, you&rsquo;ve probably heard the buzzwords flying around: &ldquo;AI automation,&rdquo; &ldquo;local LLMs,&rdquo; &ldquo;workflow orchestration.&rdquo; It all sounds very impressive and very expensive. But here&rsquo;s the thing — you can build genuinely powerful AI-powered automations on your own hardware, with your own data, without sending a single token to a third-party API.</p>