pn-n8n

pn-n8n is a cursor rule for Cursor from perniemann/pnCore. It costs 0 tokens per session (260 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of safety and maintenance rules for n8n workflows. n8n is a tool for connecting services and automating tasks with visual workflows.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when editing n8n workflow definitions, webhooks, external API calls, retries, credentials, or production workflow structure.
Why use it?
It keeps passwords and API keys out of workflow files, reduces duplicate actions during retries, and makes failures easier to handle safely.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc).

Good fit Use it when editing n8n workflow definitions, webhooks, external API calls, retries…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/perniemann/pncore/pn-n8n
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/perniemann/pnCore

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 260 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00260
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00130
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00052
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00026

Measured 6d ago against content hash 641b86cf2658, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

pn-n8n scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

packages/pn-core-mcp/content/rules/pn-n8n.mdc · 17 lines

What it actually says

n8n rules

  • Never store secrets (API keys, passwords, webhook secrets) in workflow JSON. Use n8n credentials or environment variables and reference them in nodes.
  • For webhooks: use HTTPS; validate payloads where possible; avoid exposing internal URLs or tokens in client-facing config.
  • Prefer the most specific node (HTTP Request, Webhook, Schedule) over generic Execute Command or Run Script when a built-in node exists.
  • Use Error Trigger or error outputs to handle failures; avoid logging sensitive data in error messages.
  • Enable Retry On Fail with delay for external calls; use idempotency keys for write operations to avoid duplicate side effects on retry.
  • Store workflows in version control (Git); use versioned names for production (e.g. production-workflow-v1).
  • Prefer clear node names and notes so workflows are understandable without opening every node.
  • Keep workflows readable: group related nodes, use subflows or Execute Sub-workflow for complex logic rather than one giant graph.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 17 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 641b86cf2658

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pn-n8n is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository perniemann/pnCore (0 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 260 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.