n8n-syntax-expressions

n8n-syntax-expressions is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package. It costs 159 tokens per session (2,377 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A reference for n8n expressions, which are short formulas written inside workflow settings to insert or calculate values. It explains the double-curly-brace syntax and variables for current input, other nodes, workflows, executions, and time.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to read JSON or binary input, access another node's output, query data with JMESPath, and use workflow, execution, environment, variable, or date values.
Why use it?
It helps prevent incorrect references to workflow data and mistakes caused by using a variable in the wrong expression context.

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 read JSON or binary input, access another node's output, query data with JMESPath, and use workflow, execution, environment, variable, or date values.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/impertio-studio/n8n-claude-skill-package/n8n-syntax-expressions
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package --skill n8n-syntax-expressions
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 159 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,377 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 $0.00159 $0.02377
Opus 5 $0.00079 $0.01189
Sonnet 5 $0.00032 $0.00475
Haiku 4.5 $0.00016 $0.00238

Measured 11d ago against content hash 275746a154fb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

n8n-syntax-expressions 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 11d 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.

skills/source/n8n-syntax/n8n-syntax-expressions/SKILL.md · 265 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 265 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

n8n-syntax-expressions

Quick Reference

Expression Syntax

All n8n expressions use double-curly-brace syntax inside node parameter fields:

{{ expression }}

Expressions support standard JavaScript operations plus n8n-specific built-in variables.

Current Node Input

Variable Returns Description
$json Object Shorthand for $input.item.json — current item's JSON data
$binary Object Shorthand for $input.item.binary — current item's binary data
$input.item Item The input item currently being processed
$input.all() Array<Item> All input items from the current node
$input.first() Item First input item
$input.last() Item Last input item
$input.params Object Node configuration settings and operation parameters

Other Node Output

Variable Returns Description
$("node-name").all() Array<Item> All items from named node output
$("node-name").first() Item First item from named node
$("node-name").last() Item Last item from named node
$("node-name").item Item Linked item via paired items tracking
$("node-name").itemMatching(index) Item Traces back to matching item (preferred in Code node)
$("node-name").params Object Query settings/parameters of named node
$("node-name").context Object Only available with Loop Over Items node
$("node-name").isExecuted Boolean True if the node has executed

Workflow & Execution Metadata

Variable Returns Description
$workflow.id String Workflow ID
$workflow.name String Workflow name
$workflow.active Boolean Whether workflow is active
$execution.id String Unique execution ID
$execution.mode String "test", "production", or "evaluation"
$execution.resumeUrl String Webhook URL to resume at a Wait node
$execution.resumeFormUrl String URL for Wait node form
$execution.customData CustomData Get/set custom execution data

Read the full file on GitHub · 265 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. 11d ago First seen · 265 lines · 159 tokens per session scan A 275746a154fb

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n8n-syntax-expressions is a skill published in the GitHub repository Impertio-Studio/n8n-Claude-Skill-Package (3 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 159 tokens to every session and 2,377 once invoked, about $0.0008 per session on Opus 5. 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.

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