Description

Basalt n8n nodes

n8n community node for the Basalt API – Manage prompts, monitoring, and datasets through n8n workflows.

Features

This n8n node allows you to:

Prompts

• Get – Retrieve a specific prompt by slug
• Get Many – List all prompts in your workspace
• Describe – Get detailed information about a prompt including its variables
• Publish – Publish a prompt version with a specific tag

Monitoring

• Create Experiment – Create a new experiment for testing prompt variations
• Log Output – Monitor individual prompt outputs with detailed metrics

Datasets

• Get – Retrieve a specific dataset by slug
• Get Many – List all datasets in your workspace
• Create Item – Add a new row to a dataset

Installation

Community Nodes (n8n Cloud & Desktop)

1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes
2. Select Install
3. Enter @basalt-ai/n8n-nodes-basalt in the Enter npm package name field
4. Agree to the risks and click Install

Manual Installation (Self-Hosted)

Navigate to your n8n root directory and run:

npm install @basalt-ai/n8n-nodes-basalt

Then restart your n8n instance.

Credentials

To use this node, you'll need:

1. API Key: Your Basalt API key (available in your Basalt dashboard)
2. API URL: The base URL for the Basalt API (defaults to https://api.getbasalt.ai)

Setting up Credentials

1. In n8n, go to Credentials and click Add credential
2. Search for Basalt API
3. Enter your API key and API URL
4. Save the credential

Usage Examples

Example 1: Get a Prompt and Use it in a Workflow

1. Basalt Node (Get Prompt)
   - Resource: Prompt
   - Operation: Get
   - Slug: my-prompt-slug
   - Version: 1.0.0

2. HTTP Request Node
   - Use the prompt text from previous step
   - Make API call with the prompt configuration

Example 2: Log Prompt Outputs for Monitoring

1. Your LLM Node
   - Execute your AI workflow

2. Basalt Node (Log Output)
   - Resource: Monitoring
   - Operation: Log Output
   - Prompt Slug: {{ $json.promptSlug }}
   - Output: {{ $json.llmResponse }}
   - Input Tokens: {{ $json.usage.inputTokens }}
   - Output Tokens: {{ $json.usage.outputTokens }}

Example 3: Create Experiment

1. Basalt Node (Create Experiment)
   - Resource: Monitoring
   - Operation: Create Experiment
   - Feature Slug: my-feature
   - Name: A/B Test - Version 1.0 vs 2.0

Example 4: Add Items to a Dataset

1. Webhook Trigger
   - Receives new data

2. Basalt Node (Create Dataset Item)
   - Resource: Dataset
   - Operation: Create Item
   - Slug: training-data
   - Values: { "input": "...", "output": "..." }
   - Ideal Output: "Expected response"

API Operations

All operations support the full Basalt API specification. For detailed API documentation, visit https://docs.getbasalt.ai

Resources

• Basalt Documentation
• Basalt API Reference
• n8n Community

Development

Building the Node

npm run build

Testing Locally

1. Build the node:

   npm run build
   

2. Link the package:

   npm link
   

3. Link to your n8n installation:

   cd ~/.n8n/nodes
   npm link @basalt-ai/n8n-nodes-basalt
   

4. Restart n8n

License

MIT

Support

For issues and questions:

• GitHub Issues: basalt-ai/basalt
• Email: support@getbasalt.ai