Guide for community n8n-mcp tools: which tool to call, node type formats and validation.

How it works

Foe: Clockwork Imp, a chore you keep doing by hand.

Foes

  • Clockwork Imp

Party · Context

  • ArtificerYour agent100/100
  1. Clockwork Imp

    The Clockwork Imp blocks the way.

    What really happensIt stands for a chore you keep doing by hand.

    Artificer: Context 100/100.

  2. Grind

    The imp winds up and hits again, and again.

    What really happensA chore done by hand repeats until someone automates it.

    Artificer takes 3. Artificer takes 3. Artificer takes 3. Artificer: Context 91/100.

  3. n8n MCP Tools Expert

    The hero reads the tools scroll before calling the community orb.

    What really happensThe agent loads n8n-mcp-tools-expert when n8n-mcp tools are available. The skill says to consult it before any n8n-mcp call.

    Clockwork Imp takes 25.

  4. n8n MCP Tools Expert

    It matches the job to a search tool or a workflow tool.

    What really happensSearch and validate tools want short names such as nodes-base.slack. Workflow tools want n8n-nodes-base.slack. search_nodes returns both.

    Clockwork Imp takes 21.

  5. Grind

    The Clockwork Imp uses Grind.

    Artificer takes 3. Artificer takes 3. Artificer takes 3. Artificer: Context 82/100.

  6. n8n MCP Tools Expert

    A ward checks the node config before the edit lands.

    What really happensThe usual loop is validate_node with profile runtime, then n8n_update_partial_workflow, then validate again. Live edits need the community server's API key.

    Clockwork Imp takes 12. Artificer: Ward.

  7. n8n MCP Tools Expert

    The imp drops a workflow built through the community server.

    What really happensThe skill does not connect to n8n by itself. It guides the community n8n-mcp server. Agent tools and live resource lookups also need N8N_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN.

    Clockwork Imp takes 42. Clockwork Imp falls.

  8. Victory

    The Clockwork Imp falls.

Learn this spell

Claude Code

/plugin install czlonkowski/n8n-skills

Notes

The install adds the whole n8n-mcp-skills plugin, including hooks that nudge the agent around n8n-mcp calls. Needs the community n8n-mcp server for any real call. Search and validate tools take nodes-base.* names; workflow tools take n8n-nodes-base.*. Live management needs the server's n8n API key, and agent tools need N8N_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN. Other agents can copy the skill folder; Codex setup is not documented.

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