# Using N8n MCP Skills

Use when building, editing, validating, testing, or debugging an n8n workflow through...

- Repository: https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp (23187 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-27
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add czlonkowski/n8n-mcp --skill using-n8n-mcp-skills -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add czlonkowski/n8n-mcp --skill using-n8n-mcp-skills -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add czlonkowski/n8n-mcp --skill using-n8n-mcp-skills -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add czlonkowski/n8n-mcp --skill using-n8n-mcp-skills -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

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.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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 `typeVersion`s, 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.

The rest: https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/blob/HEAD/data/skills/using-n8n-mcp-skills/SKILL.md