n8n-mcp-tools-expert

95 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try.

By czlonkowski/n8n-skills (GitHub) · productivity · 6,645 stars · scanned at commit e037563

Expert guide for using n8n-mcp MCP tools effectively. Use when searching for nodes, validating configurations, accessing templates, managing workflows, organizing workflows into folders, managing credentials, auditing instance security, or using any n8n-mcp tool. Provides tool selection guidance, parameter formats, and common patterns. IMPORTANT — Always consult this skill before calling any n8n-mcp tool — it prevents common mistakes like wrong nodeType formats, incorrect parameter structures, …

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 9 places.

hooks/hooks.json, line 9"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/session-start.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 20"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/get-node.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 29"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/create-workflow.sh"

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hooks/hooks.json, line 38"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/update-workflow.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 47"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/validate-workflow.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 56"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/test-workflow.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 65"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/instances.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 74"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/pre-tool-use/manage-credentials.sh"
hooks/hooks.json, line 85"command": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/post-tool-use/validate-workflow.sh"

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'n8n-mcp-tools-expert' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'n8n-mcp-tools-expert' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named n8n-mcp-tools-expert already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'e037563e101749e630e6688d121d04529fe6ee7b' -- 'skills/n8n-mcp-tools-expert' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/n8n-mcp-tools-expert' ~/.agents/skills/'n8n-mcp-tools-expert' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'n8n-mcp-tools-expert' ~/.claude/skills/'n8n-mcp-tools-expert' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-08	`e037563`	95
2026-11-06	`e037563`	95