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‎docs/docs.json‎

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"group": "Migration guides",
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"pages": ["migration-mergent", "migration-n8n"]
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‎docs/migration-n8n.mdx‎

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If you've been building with n8n and are ready to move to code-first workflows, this guide is for you. This page maps them to their Trigger.dev equivalents and walks through common patterns side by side.
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Your task code runs on Trigger.dev's managed infrastructure, so there are no servers for you to provision or maintain.
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## Concept map
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| n8n | Trigger.dev |
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| Workflow | [`task`](/tasks/overview) plus its config (`queue`, `retry`, `onFailure`) |
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| Schedule Trigger | [`schedules.task`](/tasks/scheduled) |
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| Webhook node | Route handler + [`task.trigger()`](/triggering) |
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| Node | A step or library call inside `run()` |
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| Execute Sub-workflow node (wait for completion) | [`tasks.triggerAndWait()`](/triggering#yourtask-triggerandwait) |
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| Execute Sub-workflow node (execute in background) | [`tasks.trigger()`](/triggering) |
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| Loop over N items → Execute Sub-workflow → Merge | [`tasks.batchTriggerAndWait()`](/tasks#yourtask-batchtriggerandwait) |
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| Loop Over Items (Split in Batches) | `for` loop or `.map()` |
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| IF / Switch node | `if` / `switch` statements |
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| Wait node (time interval or specific time) | [`wait.for()`](/wait-for) or [`wait.until()`](/wait-until) |
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| Error Trigger node / Error Workflow | [`onFailure`](/tasks/overview#onfailure-function) hook (both collapse into one concept in Trigger.dev) |
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| Continue On Fail | `try/catch` around an individual step |
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| Stop And Error | `throw new Error(...)` |
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| Code node | A function or step within `run()` |
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| Credentials | [Environment variable secret](/deploy-environment-variables) |
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| Execution | Run (visible in the dashboard with full logs) |
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| Retry on Fail (per-node setting) | [`retry.maxAttempts`](/tasks/overview#retry) (retries the whole `run()`, not a single step) |
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| AI Agent node | Any AI SDK called inside `run()` (Vercel AI SDK, Claude SDK, OpenAI SDK, etc.) |
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| Respond to Webhook node | Route handler + [`task.triggerAndWait()`](/triggering#yourtask-triggerandwait) returning the result as HTTP response |
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| n8n | Trigger.dev |
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| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| Workflow | [task](/tasks/overview) plus its config (queue, retry, onFailure) |
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| Schedule Trigger | [schedules.task](/tasks/scheduled) |
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| Webhook node | Route handler + [task.trigger()](/triggering) |
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| Node | A step or library call inside `run()` |
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| Execute Sub-workflow node (wait for completion) | [tasks.triggerAndWait()](/triggering#yourtask-triggerandwait) |
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| Execute Sub-workflow node (execute in background) | [tasks.trigger()](/triggering) |
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| Loop over N items → Execute Sub-workflow → Merge | [tasks.batchTriggerAndWait()](/tasks#yourtask-batchtriggerandwait) |
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| Loop Over Items (Split in Batches) | `for` loop or `.map()` |
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| IF / Switch node | `if` / `switch` statements |
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| Wait node (time interval or specific time) | [wait.for()](/wait-for) or [wait.until()](/wait-until) |
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| Error Trigger node / Error Workflow | [onFailure](/tasks/overview#onfailure-function) hook (both collapse into one concept in Trigger.dev) |
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| Continue On Fail | `try/catch` around an individual step |
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| Stop And Error | `throw new Error(...)` |
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| Code node | A function or step within `run()` |
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| Credentials | [Environment variable secret](/deploy-environment-variables) |
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| Execution | Run (visible in the dashboard with full logs) |
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| Retry on Fail (per-node setting) | [retry.maxAttempts](/tasks/overview#retry) (retries the whole `run()`, not a single step) |
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| AI Agent node | Any AI SDK called inside `run()` (Vercel AI SDK, Claude SDK, OpenAI SDK, etc.) |
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| Respond to Webhook node | Route handler + [task.triggerAndWait()](/triggering#yourtask-triggerandwait) returning the result as HTTP response |
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```ts trigger/process-webhook.ts
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