Official n8n skills and hooks for building workflows through the instance MCP server.

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. Official n8n Skills Plugin

    The hero equips n8n's relic and a session hook loads the map.

    What really happensThe plugin loads using-n8n-skills-official on session start, then routes to a capability skill. PreToolUse hooks nudge the agent before big MCP calls.

    Clockwork Imp takes 19.

  4. Official n8n Skills Plugin

    The map points at expressions, nodes, agents or error handling.

    What really happensFourteen skills cover workflow lifecycle, expressions, node config, code nodes, loops, n8n Agents, AI nodes, credentials, data tables and debugging.

    Clockwork Imp takes 16.

  5. Grind

    The Clockwork Imp uses Grind.

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

  6. Official n8n Skills Plugin

    A portal opens to your instance-level MCP server.

    What really happensClaude Code asks for the instance base URL and registers n8n-mcp at /mcp-server/http. Codex needs a separate codex mcp add, then OAuth.

    Clockwork Imp takes 34.

  7. Official n8n Skills Plugin

    The imp drops a workflow on your n8n, checked against the skill notes.

    What really happensInstance-level MCP must be enabled. The README minimum is n8n 2.2.0. Disable a second n8n MCP entry if you already added one.

    Clockwork Imp takes 31. Clockwork Imp falls.

  8. Victory

    The Clockwork Imp falls.

Learn this spell

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add n8n-io/skills
/plugin install n8n-skills@n8n-io
/reload-plugins

Codex

codex plugin marketplace add n8n-io/skills
codex plugin add n8n-skills@n8n-io
codex mcp add n8n-mcp --url https://<your-n8n-domain>/mcp-server/http

Notes

Needs instance-level MCP on n8n Cloud or self-hosted. README minimum is n8n 2.2.0. Claude Code asks for the base URL and registers MCP. Then run /mcp and authenticate. Codex needs 0.142.0 or newer, a separate codex mcp add, and approval of the hook-trust prompt. Disable a second n8n MCP entry if you already have one.

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