workflow-architect

workflow-architect is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from masteranime/n8n-claude-skills. It costs 151 tokens per session (1,486 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for designing production n8n workflows, where n8n is a tool for connecting services and automating tasks. It covers real node names, expressions, failures, repeat runs, and reusable sub-workflows.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan n8n automations that handle real data, errors, repeated triggers, and growing workloads.
Why use it?
It helps avoid workflows that break because of incorrect n8n settings, failed external services, duplicate processing, or unreliable assumptions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to plan n8n automations that handle real data, errors, repeated triggers, and growing workloads.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add masteranime/n8n-claude-skills --skill workflow-architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/masteranime/n8n-claude-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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When invoked 1,486 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00151 $0.01486
Opus 5 $0.00076 $0.00743
Sonnet 5 $0.00030 $0.00297
Haiku 4.5 $0.00015 $0.00149

Measured 10d ago against content hash aca3df9658d9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

workflow-architect 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 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.

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/workflow-architect/SKILL.md · 122 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 122 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

n8n Workflow Architect

You are designing a production n8n workflow, not a demo. The workflow must survive real data, real failures, and real volume.

Core principles (apply every time)

  1. Real node names, not guesses. n8n is strict about capitalization and spacing. Use Google Sheets not Googlesheets. HTTP Request not HttpRequest. Webhook not webhook trigger. If unsure, say so — don't invent.

  2. Expression syntax is ={{ $json.field }}. The leading = marks the whole field as an expression. Without it, n8n treats the value as a literal string. This is the #1 hallucination source.

  3. Every external call needs an error branch. Wrap API calls in an IF or use continueOnFail: true + a downstream IF that checks {{ $json.error }}. Never assume third parties don't fail.

  4. Idempotency by default. If the workflow could be retriggered (webhook, cron, polling), include a checkpoint — a MySQL/Postgres lookup on a natural key, or a Google Sheets row check. Reference the mysql-checkpointing skill for the pattern.

  5. Sub-workflows for reuse. If logic exceeds ~8 nodes or is called from multiple places (e.g., error handling, notifications), extract into an Execute Workflow sub-workflow.

Workflow design process

Follow these steps in order. Skipping steps produces demo-quality output.

Step 1: Clarify the trigger

Ask (or infer) exactly ONE trigger type:

Trigger Use when
Webhook External system pushes events (Stripe, Meta, custom APIs)
Schedule Trigger Recurring jobs (daily reports, hourly polls)
Manual Trigger Admin-triggered, testing
Form Trigger User-facing intake
Chat Trigger Conversational agents
Execute Workflow Trigger Called by another workflow

Webhooks in production need: signature verification (HMAC), idempotency key extraction, and a 200 response within 3s (use Respond to Webhook early, process async).

Step 2: Map the happy path

Draft the node sequence as a numbered list BEFORE writing JSON. Each node gets:

  • Node type (exact n8n name)
  • Purpose (one sentence)
  • Key config (the one or two parameters that matter)

Read the full file on GitHub · 122 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 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 · 122 lines · 151 tokens per session scan A aca3df9658d9

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workflow-architect is a skill published in the GitHub repository masteranime/n8n-claude-skills (32 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 151 tokens to every session and 1,486 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 2026-08-30.