N8n MCP Tools Expert
davila7/claude-code-templates
Expert guide for using n8n-mcp MCP tools effectively. An agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates.
ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first.
Install Planning
$ npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install n8n-io/n8n planning --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning .claude/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning into .claude/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planningType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install n8n-io/n8n planning --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning .agents/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning into .agents/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install n8n-io/n8n planning --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning .cursor/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning into .cursor/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git --path packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install n8n-io/n8n planning --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning .gemini/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning into .gemini/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install n8n-io/n8n planningInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning .github/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning into .github/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install n8n-io/n8n planning --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning .opencode/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/%40n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning into .opencode/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
planning- GitHub stars
- 207k
- Token cost
- ~2.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,279 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first.
- Works in 8 steps: Decide whether the request is… → Discover what materially affects the… → Prefer reasonable assumptions over… → …
- New one-off workflows
- SKILL.md covers When NOT to use this skill, When to use this skill, Knowledge Base and Method, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Planning is an agent skill from n8n-io/n8n, published by the product's own GitHub organization. ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first. If create-tasks is not visible, load it via loadtool (search "create tasks"). Do NOT use for new one-off workflows, single-workflow edits, verification-only requests, or standalone data-table ops — use workflow-builder or data-table-manager instead.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Workflow automation and Database migrations. It works with n8n and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
When your agent uses it
- New one-off workflows
- Single-workflow edits
- Verification-only requests
- Standalone data-table ops — use workflow-builder
Example prompts
- “create tasks”
- “/planning”
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Decide whether the request is plan-worthy by coordination need, not by
- Discover what materially affects the plan with normal tools
- Prefer reasonable assumptions over questions. Ask the user only when the
- Build a dependency-aware graph. Producers must come before consumers.
- Put single workflow-local table requirements inside that workflow task spec.
- Add checkpoint tasks only for exceptional semantic checks that normal
- Load create-tasks via load_tool if needed, then call create-tasks with
- After calling create-tasks, do not write visible text. The approval card is
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 13679fc. 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.
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
Planning loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 110 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,279 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,279 words (~2,543 tokens).
“Use this skill to design a dependency-aware task graph in the orchestrator and submit it with create-tasks. Do not spawn another agent and do not use incremental plan item tools.”
- name
- planning
- dependencies.tools
- create-tasks
- recommended_tools
- create-tasks, workflows, nodes, credentials, data-tables, parse-file, research, ask-user
Files
Just SKILL.md in packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning of n8n-io/n8n.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 13679fc
Compare with similar skills
Planning next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning this skilln8n-io/n8n | 207k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| N8n MCP Tools Expertdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 8 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| N8n Workflowsvibeeval/vibecosystem | 531 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Using N8n MCP Skillsczlonkowski/n8n-skills | 6.4k | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| N8n Multi Instancesickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Using N8n MCP Skillssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Planning
What does Planning do?
ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first. Planning is an agent skill from n8n-io/n8n, published by the product's own GitHub organization. ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first.
When should I use Planning?
Planning fits situations like: new one-off workflows; single-workflow edits; verification-only requests; standalone data-table ops — use workflow-builder.
How do I install Planning in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning in n8n-io/n8n) into .claude/skills/planning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Planning in Codex?
Run `npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/planning in n8n-io/n8n) into .agents/skills/planning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Planning in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill planning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/planning, .gemini/skills/planning, .github/skills/planning and .opencode/skills/planning in your project.
What does Planning need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Planning is instructions for the agent only.
Does Planning access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Planning safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Planning use?
Planning has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Planning use?
About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Planning?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Planning: N8n MCP Tools Expert (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), N8n Workflows (vibeeval/vibecosystem, 531 stars), Using N8n MCP Skills (czlonkowski/n8n-skills, 6.4k stars) and N8n Multi Instance (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Planning?
n8n-io (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in n8n-io/n8n, which has 206,764 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: n8n-io/n8n on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.