I'm running a local n8n instance on Windows using npm, and I'm having some issues with the "Local File Trigger" and "Read/Write Files from Disk" nodes. The "Read File" node executes without errors, but it doesn't produce any output. It seems like it's not reading the file (I'm testing with a JPG). As for the "Local File Trigger," it works fine when I hit "Test Workflow," but once I activate the workflow and leave edit mode, it doesn't detect any changes in the watched folder. Does a locally installed n8n instance (via npm on Windows) have full access to local files and folders? Am I missing any configuration or permissions here? Any help would be appreciated!

In this video, I’ll show you how to connect DeepSeek’s newest reasoning model, DeepSeek R1, directly in n8n—no OpenRouter required! Because this model isn’t built for tool/function calling, we want to use DeepSeek R1 as a planning agent. It’s job is to take the human request, and think through the steps to achieve the result. It will then feed this plan of action into a tools agent that can use any other model like GPT 4o or Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Hello everyone. The popularity of the new DeepSeek R1 model is growing rapidly. Doing a little research on the subject, I found an interesting service. It's called Kluster AI, and it's interesting insofar as it makes the latest R1 model available for use, and on top of that, you get a $100 coupon to use at launch. You can try to integrate into your projects in n8n. Regards.

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