N8n Workflow Automation

What it does

When your agent uses it

• You need an auditable automation that wont silently fail
• Tasks that involve Workflow automation

Example prompts

• “Use the n8n-workflow-automation skill to design and outputs n8n workflow JSON with robust triggers, idempotency, error handling, logging, retries…”
• “/n8n-workflow-automation”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Clarify trigger
2. 2Define data contract
3. 3Design idempotency
4. 4Add observability
5. 5Implement error handling
6. 6Add human-in-the-loop (HITL) review queue
7. 7“No silent failure” gates
8. 8Output
9. 9STOP AND ASK THE USER if

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b50970c. 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

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).

  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 Workflow Automation loads about 987 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 462 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~59

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

~987

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 CraftOS-dev/CraftBot at commit b50970c, republished under its MIT licence (© CraftOS-dev). 462 words, ~987 tokens.

name

n8n-workflow-automation

description

Designs and outputs n8n workflow JSON with robust triggers, idempotency, error handling, logging, retries, and human-in-the-loop review queues. Use when you need an auditable automation that won’t silently fail.

{
  "name": "<workflow name>",
  "nodes": [ { "name": "Trigger", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron", "parameters": {}, "position": [0,0] } ],
  "connections": {},
  "settings": {},
  "active": false
}

© CraftOS-dev, 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 3 other files (assets) in skills/n8n-workflow-automation of CraftOS-dev/CraftBot.

• SKILL.md
• .clawhub/origin.json
• _meta.json
• assets/runbook-template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b50970c

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in CraftOS-dev/CraftBot, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skillsskills/n8n-workflow-automation
• LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skillsskills/n8n-workflow-automation