Using N8n MCP Skills
Use when building, editing, validating, testing, or debugging an n8n workflow through...
Install
npx skills add czlonkowski/n8n-mcp --skill using-n8n-mcp-skills -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- czlonkowski/n8n-mcp23.2k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 8d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Use when building, editing, validating, testing, or debugging an n8n workflow through the n8n-mcp MCP server, designing a flow, configuring a node, writing an expression or Code node, wiring credentials, or fixing one that misbehaves. The entry-point skill for the n8n-mcp-skills pack: it routes you to the right specialist skill, gives working knowledge of every n8n-mcp tool from turn one, and states the rules that keep workflows from breaking in production. Always consult it first on any n8n, workflow, node, or automation task, even a quick one-off, and even when the user names no skill, because n8n's surface drifts between versions and the specialist skills prevent silent failures.
Using the n8n-mcp Skills
This is a router, not a reference. It tells you which skill owns the rules for what you're about to do. The skill bodies hold the actual guidance, invoke them with the Skill tool. When in doubt, load more skills rather than fewer.
The community n8n-mcp server and n8n itself move faster than any model's training
cutoff. Tool names, parameters, node typeVersions, and default behaviors drift between
releases. When you spot drift, a tool a skill names doesn't exist, a parameter shape
doesn't match what get_node returns, behavior differs from what a skill describes, trust the live tool, tell the user, and suggest updating the pack and the instance.
Non-negotiables
Three rules with no exceptions. Each one prevents a class of workflow that looks correct but breaks in production.
