Plan a node

Plan a node

This section provides guidance on designing your node, including key technical decisions such as choosing your node building style.

Plan a node

This section provides guidance on designing your node, including key technical decisions such as choosing your node building style.

When building a node, there are design choices you need to make before you start:

Which node type you need to build.
Which node building style to use.
Your UI design and UX principles
Your node's file structure.

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Creating nodes

Learn how to build your own custom nodes.

Choose your node building approach

n8n has two node-building styles, declarative and programmatic.