Feature request: enable tool usage

[ray0711]

Could you enable tool usage so vikunja can be directly controlled by AI tools in n8n?
It looks like it might be enough to set: usableAsTool: true inside Vikunka.description in Vikunja.node.ts

Btw: Thanks for the great application

[kolaente]

Happy to merge a PR with this.

[ray0711]

It ain't that simple after all :/
usableAsTool makes Vikunja show up as tool and the GUI including selections is nicely working. Just the API calls are never executed. Looks like some more implementation is required there and i have no idea where to start ...

[kolaente]

Do you have an example node where this works?

[ray0711]

A short test with the home-assistant node works.
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HomeAssistant/HomeAssistant.node.ts

I directly get a response with the "Execute Step" button. While this node always shows an empty array as response without doing an actual call.

[kolaente]

Do you see any errors when enabling useAsTool for the Vikunja Node? Maybe it's a config issue with Vikunja after all

[ray0711]

No errrors in the log, even with debug logging. No error message in the gui (just the empty result). The credential is correctly setup since the projects drop-down list gets populated from my vikunja instance.

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