As Automation Partner for Decode SIH 2026, n8n worked with communityX to give student teams a practical first experience of workflow automation: Cloud Pro access while they built, a dedicated product challenge, and rewards at the Bengaluru and Delhi Grand Finales.
Cloud Pro access for every shortlisted or finalist team
Cloud Pro access for every winning team member
Best Use of n8n winners recognised, one at each Grand Finale
n8n wanted to introduce its platform to student developers in a setting where they could use it, not just hear about it. communityX paired access to its student-builder network with event-wide promotion, Cloud Pro licences and a competition track that asked teams to demonstrate n8n in a working project.
Decode SIH 2026 drew more than 15,000 registrations from over 1,600 colleges. Teams submitted more than 1,500 ideas across 151 cities before the programme culminated in Grand Finales in Bengaluru and Delhi.
n8n partnered with communityX to reach student builders through its offline network. The programme included promotion across communityX social channels, plus n8n branding on event certificates and merchandise.
Every shortlisted or finalist team received a one-month n8n Cloud Pro licence, with access to premium Cloud features during the Grand Finale. Teams could use those capabilities to build workflow automations and AI agents into their hackathon projects.
Teams had access to n8n while they were connecting tools, automating tasks and turning an idea into a working solution.
The Best Use of n8n track asked teams to integrate n8n into their project and show how workflow automation improved its functionality, efficiency or user experience.
Teams had a clear task: identify a useful role for automation, build it into their solution and explain the value it added.
One winning team was recognised at each Grand Finale, so Bengaluru and Delhi each had a Best Use of n8n winner.
Every member of the Best Use of n8n winning team at each venue received a one-year n8n Cloud Pro licence. The top three teams at each venue also received exclusive n8n swag kits.
All finalist benefits and track prizes were delivered as promised. The one-year licences gave winning team members access to continue exploring the platform after the event.
The partnership combined community access, event promotion, premium product access and a challenge tied to practical implementation. Each part supported the goal of introducing student developers to n8n through building.
For developer tool and AI companies looking to engage college students, the partnership is an example of how communityX can connect a product with a relevant student audience and give them a reason to use it in their own projects.
“Through Decode SIH 2026, we wanted student developers to experience how workflow automation can connect tools, reduce repetitive work, and help turn ambitious ideas into functional solutions.”
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