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n8n-cli

This skill enables agents to manage n8n workflows, credentials, executions, and instance resources via the n8n CLI command-line tool.

by n8nOfficial publisherNot reviewed

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Agents
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, claude.ai and API
License
License unclear
Pin
a2c8142pinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost
about 2,900 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars
206,720on n8n-io/n8n
Scripts
None found

What it does

“Use the n8n CLI to manage workflows, credentials, executions, and more on an n8n instance. Use when the user asks to interact with n8n, automate workflows, manage credentials, or operate their instance from the command line.”
The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill enables agents to manage n8n workflows, credentials, executions, and instance resources via the n8n CLI command-line tool. It connects to n8n instances through REST API using authentication from config files or environment variables, and outputs JSON for composable scripting.

When to use it

  • Automate n8n workflow lifecycle tasks like create, update, activate, or delete
  • Query and manage executions, credentials, projects, and data tables on an n8n instance
  • Promote or apply changes between n8n instances using Git repository connections
  • Extract workflow structure, filter resources by tags or status, and compose CLI commands

When not to

  • No n8n instance available or API credentials not configured
  • Building UI-based workflows with visual workflow builder preferred over CLI
  • Designing complex logic better handled within n8n nodes than CLI composition

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 n8n-cli

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 n8n-cli@a2c814201354adaa324ba4343a7f68f9b4d2abd2

Installs the commit we checked (a2c8142).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at a2c8142 and put it in .claude/skills/n8n-cli for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/n8n-cli 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 "n8n-cli" by n8n.

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

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/n8n-cli/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/n8n-cli/ 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/n8n-cli

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, 12 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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