n8n

n8n is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from naveedharri/benai-skills. It costs 146 tokens per session (2,469 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

An n8n workflow tool for building, testing, deploying, and managing automations through the n8n REST API. n8n is a system for connecting services into automated workflows, and a REST API lets software control it through web requests.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps create, update, list, delete, activate, deploy, and test n8n workflows, including workflows triggered by webhooks.
Why use it?
It provides a defined process for testing workflow changes incrementally and investigating failed executions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Part of the all-skills plugin — 99 skills shipped together

Good fit It helps create, update, list, delete, activate, deploy, and test n8n workflows, including workflows triggered by webhooks.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/naveedharri/benai-skills/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 naveedharri/benai-skills --skill n8n
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/naveedharri/benai-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install all-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 99 skills.

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Per session 146 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,469 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 7 findings, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Privilege Escalation · line 21
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 23
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 36
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 168
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • high Privilege Escalation · line 173
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
  • medium Data Exfiltration · line 173
    Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
    Fix: Verify the destination URL is trusted and necessary. Remove or replace with documented APIs. Ensure no secrets, tokens, or PII are transmitted.
  • medium Data Exfiltration · line 315
    Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
    Fix: Verify the destination URL is trusted and necessary. Remove or replace with documented APIs. Ensure no secrets, tokens, or PII are transmitted.
How audits are shown
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 $0.00146 $0.02469
Opus 5 $0.00073 $0.01234
Sonnet 5 $0.00029 $0.00494
Haiku 4.5 $0.00015 $0.00247

Measured 6d ago against content hash f912f92fcdcc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, 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 6d 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.

Sends data to an external URLmediumData exfiltration

A POST to an outside endpoint may be telemetry or may be exfiltration; either way the mod talks to somewhere, and you should know where.

export $(cat .env | grep -v '^#' | xargs) && curl -s -X POST "${N8N_API_URL}/api/v1/workflows" -H "X-N8N-API-KEY: ${N8N_API_KEY}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$(cat <<'EOF'

Makes network callslowCapability

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

export $(cat .env | grep -v '^#' | xargs) && curl -s "${N8N_API_URL}/api/v1/ENDPOINT" -H "X-N8N-API-KEY: ${N8N_API_KEY}" | jq .
plugins/all-skills/skills/n8n/SKILL.md · 354 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 354 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

n8n Automation Skill

Build, test, and deploy n8n workflows via REST API with incremental testing.


When This Skill Loads (DO THIS IMMEDIATELY)

Step 1: Read Reference Files

Use the Read tool to read these files NOW:
1. Read references/pitfalls.md (critical command format rules)
2. Read references/build-process.md (step-by-step build workflow)

Step 2: Check .env Configuration

Read the .env file in the working directory to verify:
- N8N_API_URL is set
- N8N_API_KEY is set
- N8N_CREDENTIALS_TEMPLATE_URL is set

If any values are missing, ask the user for ALL of them in a single prompt.

Step 3: Create a Todo List

After understanding the user's request, create a todo list using TaskCreate.

SKILL LOADS -> READ FILES IMMEDIATELY -> CHECK .env -> THEN respond to user

Critical Rules

1. USE THE TOOLS THE USER SPECIFIES

If the user mentions specific tools, nodes, or services - YOU MUST USE THEM.

User says "use Apify" -> You use Apify node
User says "use OpenAI" -> You use OpenAI Chat Model

Never substitute, skip, or defer user-requested tools.

2. NEVER Simplify When Hitting Errors - FIX THE ISSUE

Loop node has error -> Debug why -> Fix the loop configuration

Don't switch to "simpler" approaches. Keep the correct architecture.

3. Only Use Nodes From Credentials Template

Never add nodes requiring authentication unless:

  1. The node exists in the user's credentials template, OR
  2. The user explicitly asks to use that specific tool/service

4. Only Use Node Types/Versions That Are INSTALLED

Always copy type AND typeVersion from the credentials template.

5. One Node at a Time

ADD NODE -> TEST -> ADD NEXT NODE -> TEST -> REPEAT

NEVER add 2+ nodes without testing between them.

6. NEVER Delete or Deactivate Workflows - UPDATE Instead

Node fails -> Debug the error -> Update the same workflow (PUT)

One workflow ID for the entire build process.

Read the full file on GitHub · 354 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. 6d ago First seen · 354 lines · 146 tokens per session scan B f912f92fcdcc

Subscribe to this mod's changes

n8n is a skill published in the GitHub repository naveedharri/benai-skills (61 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 146 tokens to every session and 2,469 once invoked, about $0.0007 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (sends data to an external url, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-05.

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