n8n-mcp-tools-expert

n8n-mcp-tools-expert is a skill for Claude Code from markmocasa-boop/n8n-mcp-czlon. It costs 59 tokens per session (4,283 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of n8n-mcp-tools-expert, MIT.

A guide to using n8n-mcp tools, which let an AI assistant search, inspect, validate, create, and edit n8n workflows. It also explains access to workflow templates and documentation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find nodes, inspect their operations, check node or workflow configurations, create or edit workflows, and deploy templates.
Why use it?
It helps you select the right tool and provide its parameters correctly instead of guessing how to manage an n8n workflow.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the n8n-mcp-skills plugin — 7 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to find nodes, inspect their operations, check node or workflow configurations, create or edit workflows, and deploy templates.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/markmocasa-boop/n8n-mcp-czlon/n8n-mcp-tools-expert
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.

Any agent
npx skills add markmocasa-boop/n8n-mcp-czlon --skill n8n-mcp-tools-expert
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/markmocasa-boop/n8n-mcp-czlon

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install n8n-mcp-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 7 skills.

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Per session 59 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,283 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 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00059 $0.04283
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.02142
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00857
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00428

Measured 11d ago against content hash abb7737f1ef3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

n8n-mcp-tools-expert 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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to n8n-mcp-tools-expert — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/skills/n8n-mcp-tools-expert/SKILL.md · 643 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 643 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

n8n MCP Tools Expert

Master guide for using n8n-mcp MCP server tools to build workflows.


Tool Categories

n8n-mcp provides tools organized into categories:

  1. Node DiscoverySEARCH_GUIDE.md
  2. Configuration ValidationVALIDATION_GUIDE.md
  3. Workflow ManagementWORKFLOW_GUIDE.md
  4. Template Library - Search and deploy 2,700+ real workflows
  5. Documentation & Guides - Tool docs, AI agent guide, Code node guides

Quick Reference

Most Used Tools (by success rate)

Tool Use When Speed
search_nodes Finding nodes by keyword <20ms
get_node Understanding node operations (detail="standard") <10ms
validate_node Checking configurations (mode="full") <100ms
n8n_create_workflow Creating workflows 100-500ms
n8n_update_partial_workflow Editing workflows (MOST USED!) 50-200ms
validate_workflow Checking complete workflow 100-500ms
n8n_deploy_template Deploy template to n8n instance 200-500ms

Tool Selection Guide

Finding the Right Node

Workflow:

1. search_nodes({query: "keyword"})
2. get_node({nodeType: "nodes-base.name"})
3. [Optional] get_node({nodeType: "nodes-base.name", mode: "docs"})

Example:

// Step 1: Search
search_nodes({query: "slack"})
// Returns: nodes-base.slack

// Step 2: Get details
get_node({nodeType: "nodes-base.slack"})
// Returns: operations, properties, examples (standard detail)

// Step 3: Get readable documentation
get_node({nodeType: "nodes-base.slack", mode: "docs"})
// Returns: markdown documentation

Common pattern: search → get_node (18s average)

Validating Configuration

Workflow:

1. validate_node({nodeType, config: {}, mode: "minimal"}) - Check required fields
2. validate_node({nodeType, config, profile: "runtime"}) - Full validation
3. [Repeat] Fix errors, validate again

Read the full file on GitHub · 643 lines

Files

What ships with it

4 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 · 643 lines · 59 tokens per session scan A abb7737f1ef3

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n8n-mcp-tools-expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository markmocasa-boop/n8n-mcp-czlon (0 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 59 tokens to every session and 4,283 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to n8n-mcp-tools-expert, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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