Build n8n workflows with official tools
Play the combo
Foe: Clockwork Imp, a chore you keep doing by hand.
Foes
- Clockwork ImpHaze Poison Ward Insight Flicker Pinned Enraged
Party · Context
- ArtificerYour agent100/100Haze Poison Ward Insight Flicker Pinned Enraged
The Clockwork Imp blocks the way.
What really happensIt stands for a chore you keep doing by hand.
Artificer: Context 100/100.
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.
An orb that builds and runs workflows on your n8n instance.
What really happensFinds, builds, edits, tests and runs workflows on your n8n instance.
Clockwork Imp takes 50.
The Clockwork Imp uses Grind.
Artificer takes 3. Artificer takes 3. Artificer takes 3. Artificer: Context 82/100.
A relic of official n8n skills, hooked to your instance orb.
What really happensAdds n8n's official skills and hooks. In Claude it also registers the server, so don't add another.
Clockwork Imp takes 50. Clockwork Imp falls.
The Clockwork Imp falls.
What really happensn8n's official skills and hooks are made to guide its official instance tools. The Claude plugin can register the server on its own, so don't add a second connection.
Cast order

n8n Instance-Level MCP
Finds, builds, edits, tests and runs workflows on your n8n instance.

Official n8n Skills Plugin
Adds n8n's official skills and hooks. In Claude it also registers the server, so don't add another.
Why it works
n8n's official skills and hooks are made to guide its official instance tools. The Claude plugin can register the server on its own, so don't add a second connection.
Records
Not measurable yet: n8n Instance-Level MCP has no log match.
Learn the spells
1. n8n Instance-Level MCP
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http n8n https://<your-n8n-domain>/mcp-server/httpCodex
codex mcp add n8n --url "https://<your-n8n-domain>/mcp-server/http" codex mcp login n8n2. Official n8n Skills Plugin
Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add n8n-io/skills /plugin install n8n-skills@n8n-io /reload-pluginsCodex
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

