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instance-awareness

This skill teaches the agent to resolve ambiguous requests by reading the instance's activity log and workflow history instead of asking the user to clarify.

by n8nOfficial publisherNot reviewed

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Agents
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode
License
License unclear
Pin
a2c8142pinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost
about 1,300 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars
206,720on n8n-io/n8n
Scripts
None found

What it does

“Load when the request depends on what is already on this instance rather than on what the user just typed: a short or ambiguous opener ("fix it", "carry on", "what should I look at"), a reference to earlier work in a new conversation, or any question about what has recently run or broken.”
The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill teaches the agent to resolve ambiguous requests by reading the instance's activity log and workflow history instead of asking the user to clarify. It provides a structured approach to answering questions about what exists, what changed, and what failed, using free or cheap data sources before making tool calls.

When to use it

  • User says 'fix it' or 'carry on' without specifics about which workflow
  • Interpreting vague references to recent work in a new conversation
  • Answering what has broken, changed, or run on the instance recently
  • Understanding which workflow a user means when they reference 'it' ambiguously

When not to

  • User explicitly names the specific workflow or resource to work with
  • User is asking for general guidance not tied to instance state
  • The question requires reading full workflow parameters and logic details

Install

Restricted license: install from the publisher's repository and read its terms.

These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.

skills CLI

npx skills add n8n-io/n8n --skill instance-awareness

Installs from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.

GitHub CLI 2.90 or later

gh skill install n8n-io/n8n instance-awareness@a2c814201354adaa324ba4343a7f68f9b4d2abd2

Installs the commit we checked (a2c8142).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at a2c8142 and put it in .claude/skills/instance-awareness for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/instance-awareness for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

Skill folder on GitHub at a2c8142

Copy for your agent

A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.

Prompt

Install the agent skill "instance-awareness" by n8n.

Source, pinned to commit a2c814201354adaa324ba4343a7f68f9b4d2abd2:
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/a2c814201354adaa324ba4343a7f68f9b4d2abd2/packages/@n8n/instance-ai/skills/instance-awareness

1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch.
2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/instance-awareness/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/instance-awareness/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist.
3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to.
4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them.

Its license is restricted or not stated. Show me the license terms from the repository before you copy anything.

Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/n8n/instance-awareness

SKILL.md at the pin

The license of this skill does not let us show its files here.

View SKILL.md on GitHub at a2c8142

Files

1 file, 5.6 KB in total. Each file has a sha256 in the pin's manifest; the first 12 characters are shown.

Skill folder on GitHub at a2c8142
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