n8n

n8n is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from mnlt/teleport. It costs 83 tokens per session (1,906 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A connection for managing n8n, a tool that automates workflows between apps and services. It uses n8n's REST API to work with workflows, runs, credentials, tags, variables, users, and projects in self-hosted n8n or n8n Cloud.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to list, read, create, update, activate, or deactivate workflows; inspect execution history and inputs or outputs; retry or stop runs; and manage related n8n settings. Starting workflows is done through a webhook rather than the API endpoint.
Why use it?
It lets you inspect and manage n8n programmatically instead of handling these tasks one by one in the web interface. It also helps investigate failed runs and retry or stop executions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it to list, read, create, update, activate, or deactivate workflows; inspect execution history and inputs or outputs; retry or stop runs; and manage related n8n settings. Starting workflows is done through a webhook rather than the API endpoint.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/mnlt/teleport/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.

Any agent
npx skills add mnlt/teleport --skill n8n
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mnlt/teleport

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Per session 83 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,906 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 2 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 $0.00083 $0.01906
Opus 5 $0.00042 $0.00953
Sonnet 5 $0.00017 $0.00381
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00191

Measured 7d ago against content hash 17c2cfa6aee5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

n8n scanned grade B with 2 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 7d 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

**Do NOT suggest editing `~/.claude/settings.local.json` manually.** `teleport-setup add-key n8n` handles it with backup, validation, and masked input. Stop execution until the user has run the command and restarted.

Makes network callslowCapability

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

curl -sL -H "X-N8N-API-KEY: $N8N_API_KEY" \
skills/n8n/SKILL.md · 113 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 113 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

n8n

Direct REST access to an n8n instance — no MCP required. Covers Public API v1: workflow CRUD + activation, execution inspection/retry/stop, credentials, tags, variables, users, projects.

Usage

  • Use for: Listing/filtering workflows, reading execution history, batch activate/deactivate, reading execution I/O programmatically.
  • Skip for: Authoring new workflows from scratch (UI is better), interactive debugging, one-off manual test runs.
  • Triggering a workflow is a webhook call, not /api/v1 — see Gotchas.

Credentials check

[ -n "$N8N_API_KEY" ] && [ -n "$N8N_BASE_URL" ] && echo "N8N: PRESENT" || echo "N8N: MISSING"

Never echo either variable directly.

If MISSING, respond to the user with EXACTLY this message (do NOT paraphrase, do NOT suggest manual JSON edits):

I need your n8n credentials. Run this in another terminal — it walks you through the two values (base URL + API key) and saves them safely:

teleport-setup add-key n8n

Then restart Claude Code (/exit, then claude) and ask me again.

Do NOT suggest editing ~/.claude/settings.local.json manually. teleport-setup add-key n8n handles it with backup, validation, and masked input. Stop execution until the user has run the command and restarted.

API

  • Base URL: $N8N_BASE_URL/api/v1 — self-hosted (https://n8n.mycompany.com, http://localhost:5678) or n8n Cloud (https://<workspace>.app.n8n.cloud ). Must include protocol, no trailing slash.
  • Auth: X-N8N-API-KEY: $N8N_API_KEYcustom header, NOT Authorization: Bearer. OpenAPI declares ApiKeyAuth with in: header, name: X-N8N-API-KEY. Wrong header 401s silently.
  • API key: n8n UI → Settings → n8n API → Create an API key. Per-user, inherits user's permissions.
  • Content-Type: application/json on POST/PUT/PATCH.
  • Pagination: cursor-based (?limit=N&cursor=<nextCursor>); response nextCursor null when done. limit default 100, max 250.
  • Rate limits: not documented as hard numbers for the public API . Self-hosted bounded by DB/CPU; Cloud throttles per plan.

Read the full file on GitHub · 113 lines

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. 7d ago First seen · 113 lines · 83 tokens per session scan B 17c2cfa6aee5

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n8n is a skill published in the GitHub repository mnlt/teleport (8 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 83 tokens to every session and 1,906 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (reads agent configuration directories, 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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