Anyone know how to put my custom node on the AI Panel? I also want to make a group of actions like Anthropic, OpenAI, etc. shown here. I’ve tried adding “Root Nodes” in the “AI” subcategory field.
To make your custom node appear in the AI Panel, you need to add `usableAsTool: true` to your node’s configuration and set the environment variable `N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true` as mentioned in the [github.com](Custom Node as an AI tool · Issue #12593 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub) issue.
For creating grouped actions like Anthropic/OpenAI, you’ll need to structure your custom node as a cluster node with a root node and sub-nodes. Check the [community.n8n.io](Custom AI Tool) discussion where users explain that the TypeScript definitions might not include `usableAsTool` yet, so you may need to use `//@ts-ignore` to compile.
The AI Panel specifically looks for nodes with the proper AI tool configuration - simply adding “Root Nodes” to the AI subcategory won’t be enough without the `usableAsTool` property and proper cluster node structure.
