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n8n stays the brain and the clock. Glasswarp is eyes and hands on a Windows PC you or your client already own. There is no official Glasswarp n8n node today. You call the same Platform API with HTTP Request nodes. This is the hop when the canvas reaches a desktop app that has no API — not a replacement for n8n, UiPath Orchestrator, or a job runner we host.
Prerequisite: the PC owner installs the host (no Glasswarp account on that machine). You pair the tray code while logged in and turn on API access. Create an API key in Console → API Keys.

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What you get

Sessions meter wall-clock minutes from start to end. Always DELETE the session — the importable workflow does.

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Import the smoke workflow

The first workflow does not click. It lists a usable PC, starts a desktop session, observes text and targets only (image=0 — no JPEG, so the HTTP node does not choke on a 4K frame), then ends the session.
  1. Download n8n-observe-session.json.
  2. In n8n: ⋯ → Import from File (or Import from URL with that JSON link).
  3. Create a Header Auth credential named Glasswarp API:
    • Name: Authorization
    • Value: Bearer gw_live_sk_... (the word Bearer, a space, then your key)
  4. Attach that credential on every HTTP Request node (Import will prompt).
  5. Confirm the host is online and API access is on.
  6. Test workflow. Open Console → Sessions and click Eye while it runs — Live View is how you watch; this page does not add a “see the PC” button in Console.
The last node must succeed. If observe fails, the template still attempts End session (onError: continue on observe). If Start session never ran, there is nothing to end.

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If import complains about the credential id

Delete the dummy GLASSWARP_HEADER_AUTH credential reference and pick your Header Auth credential on each HTTP Request node. The name Glasswarp API is only a label.

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HTTP map (same API)

Base URL: https://signal.glasswarp.com. Header: Authorization: Bearer <key>. Usable PC: online === true and api_access_enabled === true. Full contract: API reference.
Default observe includes a JPEG (jpeg_base64). For n8n HTTP Request, start with image=0 (text + targets). Request an image only when an LLM node must see pixels — then cap with max_width=960&quality=60.

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After the smoke: click a named control

Hardcoding “click Export” is as brittle as a selector farm. For a stable dialog you have watched in Live View, resolve a target by name from observe, then POST /input with a mouse_click at the target center (x + w/2, y + h/2, native coordinates). For messy screens, put an LLM node on the observe text.summary / targets and let n8n decide — Glasswarp still does not own the brain. Always DELETE the session in a final node, including on the error path.

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Cloud vs self-hosted n8n

Both work. The Windows host is the customer’s PC; n8n only needs outbound HTTPS to signal.glasswarp.com. Do not put the Glasswarp host installer on the n8n server unless that server is the Windows PC you mean to drive.