n8n-core-api

n8n-core-api is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package. It costs 130 tokens per session (2,445 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A reference guide for connecting to and managing n8n, a tool for building automated workflows, through its REST API. It covers API addresses, authentication, pagination, and resource operations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create, update, activate, transfer, tag, and delete workflows; inspect or stop executions; manage credentials, users, variables, projects, and other n8n resources.
Why use it?
It helps avoid failed requests caused by the wrong URL, missing API key, unsupported pagination method, or incorrect endpoint.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it to create, update, activate, transfer, tag, and delete workflows; inspect or stop executions; manage credentials, users, variables, projects, and other n8n resources.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/impertio-studio/n8n-claude-skill-package/n8n-core-api
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package --skill n8n-core-api
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 130 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,445 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00130 $0.02445
Opus 5 $0.00065 $0.01222
Sonnet 5 $0.00026 $0.00489
Haiku 4.5 $0.00013 $0.00245

Measured 10d ago against content hash 2f7b97ebeb07, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

n8n-core-api scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 10d 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -X GET \
skills/source/n8n-core/n8n-core-api/SKILL.md · 276 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 276 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

n8n-core-api

Quick Reference

API Fundamentals

Aspect Value
Base URL <N8N_HOST>:<N8N_PORT>/<N8N_PATH>/api/v1/
Authentication X-N8N-API-KEY header
Content-Type application/json
Pagination Cursor-based (nextCursor field)
Max page size 250 results
Default page size 100 results
API Playground <base-url>/api/v1/docs (Scalar UI)
Availability Requires a paid plan (not available during free trial)

Resource Endpoints Overview

Resource CRUD Special Operations
Workflows GET, POST, PUT, DELETE activate, deactivate, transfer, tags, versions
Executions GET, DELETE retry, stop, stop-bulk, tags
Credentials GET, POST, PUT, DELETE transfer, credential-type schema
Users GET role management
Tags GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
Variables GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
Projects GET, POST, PUT, DELETE user management
Audit POST security audit
Source Control POST pull from source control

Critical Warnings

NEVER use offset-based pagination -- n8n uses cursor-based pagination exclusively. ALWAYS use the nextCursor value from the response to fetch the next page.

NEVER hardcode API keys in source code or commit them to version control. ALWAYS use environment variables or secret management systems to store API keys.

NEVER use limit values greater than 250 -- the API silently caps at 250 results per page. ALWAYS implement cursor-based pagination for large result sets.

NEVER attempt to delete a running execution -- the API returns an error. ALWAYS stop the execution first with POST /executions/:id/stop, then delete it.

NEVER assume API access is available on free trial instances -- the public REST API requires a paid plan.


Authentication

API Key Creation

  1. Navigate to Settings > n8n API in the n8n UI
  2. Select Create API Key
  3. Provide a label and set an expiration period
  4. On enterprise plans, select specific scopes for resource access
  5. Copy the generated key immediately (it is shown only once)

Read the full file on GitHub · 276 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 10d ago First seen · 276 lines · 130 tokens per session scan A 2f7b97ebeb07

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n8n-core-api is a skill published in the GitHub repository Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package (3 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 130 tokens to every session and 2,445 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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