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progressive-building

This skill implements incremental workflow development for agents building or extending workflows.

by n8nOfficial publisherNot reviewed

Identity proven by GitHub's verified organisation badge (n8n-io)

Agents
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode
License
License unclear
Pin
a2c8142pinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost
about 1,400 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars
206,720on n8n-io/n8n
Scripts
None found

What it does

“Load before build-workflow and before scoping or planning new workflows and feature additions, including requests spanning multiple workflows. Implement one increment per user message. Finish setup and inspect a successful real execution before offering another increment. Then wait for the next user reply. Partial setup is incomplete. A first setup or test refusal pauses building. Follow the skill's full-build exceptions. Also supports workflow edits and repairs. For workflows that create or write Data Tables, load data-table-manager first. Requests only to run, inspect, or manage existing resources use their normal tools and skills.”
The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill implements incremental workflow development for agents building or extending workflows. It enforces a staged approach where each increment adds one small piece, requires live execution verification before proceeding, and manages credential and service complexity limits to keep builds focused and testable.

When to use it

  • Building new workflows from a user request with multiple parts
  • Extending existing workflows with new triggers or services
  • Repairing broken workflows or workflow components
  • Prototyping workflow features before full implementation

When not to

  • Running, inspecting, or managing already-built workflows
  • User switches to executing existing resources after building
  • When user explicitly requests complete build in one pass

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 progressive-building

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 progressive-building@a2c814201354adaa324ba4343a7f68f9b4d2abd2

Installs the commit we checked (a2c8142).

Copy by hand

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

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

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/progressive-building/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/progressive-building/ 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/progressive-building

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, 6.4 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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