N8n

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Workflow automation

Example prompts

• “/n8n”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1update is a destructive write: PUT replaces the whole workflow. Confirm the workflow ID and exactly what changes before running, unless…
2. 2There is no execute-by-ID endpoint in the n8n public API; running a workflow goes through its webhook trigger URL, which is separate from…
3. 3The public REST API is unavailable on n8n Cloud free trials (Starter plan or higher; self-hosted instances always work).
4. 4Reading (workflows, executions) needs no confirmation.
5. 5Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates. Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

N8n loads about 784 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 289 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~29

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~784

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 289 words, ~784 tokens.

name

n8n

description

Read and write n8n: list workflows, inspect and update them, list executions. Trigger phrases: n8n, workflows.

metadata.includeInPrompt

true

tagline

List and manage workflows, read executions.

catalog_auth

API key (instance; host declared at connect time)

catalog_hosts

your n8n instance host

bin/n8n.py auth --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud                    # verify the API key
bin/n8n.py workflows --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud              # list workflows
bin/n8n.py workflow --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud --id wf_abc   # inspect one workflow
bin/n8n.py create --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud --name "Nightly sync" --nodes-json '[{"name":"Start",...}]'  # create a workflow
bin/n8n.py update --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud --id wf_abc --workflow-json '{"name":"Nightly sync v2","nodes":[...]}'  # update a workflow (confirm first)
bin/n8n.py executions --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud             # list executions
bin/n8n.py executions --host https://myname.app.n8n.cloud --workflow-id wf_abc  # executions for one workflow

© Anil-matcha, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/n8n of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

• SKILL.md
• bin/n8n.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8