If an agent runs your errands, you should own it.
n8n Labs just released Nod (research preview), an open-source (Apache 2.0) personal agent that does errands inside its own virtual machine and browser.
runs on Macs and Windows PCs and works across apps and websites even when there are no APIs.
it stores saved website logins and cards in a Vault that never reaches the model. The AI does the work in the browser. It never holds your keys.
Only the user’s words can grant it permission, never an email or page it reads, and it asks before sending, paying, posting or deleting anything unrequested.
with GPT-6.1 Sol, it completed 98% of 678 runs across 226 simulated errands
Its memory scored 93.2% on 500 LongMemEval-S questions, and 96.4% on the 418 that developers never inspected.
