Use when building any webhook-triggered workflow, scheduled/production-bound workflow, wiring a per-node error output, or any workflow where silent failure would drop user-visible work. Triggers on "webhook", "respond to webhook", "API", "production", "error", "failure", "5xx", "try/catch", "error workflow"…
Use when writing or reviewing n8n expressions ({{...}} syntax), $json / $node references, Luxon date code, or expression errors. Triggers on {{}}, $json, $node, $input, DateTime, Luxon, "expression error", "evaluating", "format date", "transform field", or any node-parameter assignment.
Use when you want to expose an n8n workflow as a tool the coding agent can call. Two cases. (1) Wrap n8n API capabilities the MCP doesn't natively expose: folder deletion, project create/rename, tag rename/delete, instance metadata, credential creation. (2) Expose a general-purpose workflow as an agent tool: a…
Use when working with multi-item data, batches, paginated APIs, rate-limited APIs, fan-out across multiple branches, anything that needs to "do this for each", or any time the user mentions looping, iterating, batching, paging, parallelism, or "loop over items". Triggers on "loop", "iterate", "for each", "batch"…
Use when building anything multi-step, anything that looks repeatable, anything the user mentions reusing, or any workflow with more than 10 nodes. Triggers on "reuse", "I do this in another workflow", "extract", "modular", "shared logic", "subworkflow", multi-step builds, or any task that mentions logic the user has…
Use when starting, designing, organizing, finishing, or shipping an n8n workflow. Covers visual layout (sticky notes), descriptions that capture the why, node names, validation, testing, folders/projects, and publishing. Triggers on createworkflowfromcode, updateworkflow, validateworkflow, publishworkflow…
Use when working with n8n workflows in any capacity. The always-on protocol for the n8n-skills plugin, loaded by the SessionStart hook every session. Routes to the right skill, summarizes every n8n MCP tool (closing the deferred-description gap), and lists the cross-cutting rules.