Community node RPA project

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Hi N8n community,

I’ve continued to work on using N8n as an RPA and have made some progress on my local instance by using the execute command node and libraries like pyautogui.

We’re also in excited times as Ai like Claude and molmo can now point to relevant pixel coordinates and understand screen ui.

Now that I’ve proven it can work I’ve been considering creating a community node that creates a simpler user interface than the execute command node with the scripts typed in.

Ive read over some of the community node documentation and it looks like some of it is outdated (without pnpm) and was wondering what would be the easiest way to duplicate the execute command node and modify the ui?

Would a revised core node even work in the community node section?

Let me know what you think about the project and anyone who can help would be greatly appreciated!

-Chrevor

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

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Hey @Chrevor,

I would copy the starter template we have then create the folder structure for a new node and paste in the execute command node and start from there.

The docs we have do work for most users so it would be interesting to see if you have any luck.