n8n-cli
Use the n8n CLI to manage workflows, credentials, executions, and more on an n8n instance.
Connecting the steps of a workflow
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.
What it can touch
No script files in its folder
Its folder holds text, not programs — but the instructions do tell your AI to run commands (see below).
How we know
Listed the one file in the skill’s folder on GitHub; none is a script or program.
Asks for an API key or token
You will need an account with the service it talks to, and your own key. Keep keys in your settings or environment, never in a chat.
How we know
The SKILL.md names N8N_API_KEY.
Mentions an outside service
The instructions point your AI at these sites or APIs. Anything it sends there leaves your computer.
How we know
Web addresses in the SKILL.md, excluding GitHub and documentation sites: my-instance.n8n.cloud.
Uses terminal commands
It shows your AI commands to run. In a coding agent that means your terminal; in a chat app it usually can’t.
How we know
The SKILL.md contains shell code blocks.
Lets your AI use some powerful tools without asking, while the skill is in use
While the skill is working, Claude Code will not ask before using these tools.
How we know
SKILL.md line 1: “allowed-tools: Bash(n8n-cli:*), Bash(echo:*), Bash(cat:*), Read, Write”. Read 2026-10-06, commit 8059b63.
SKILL.md, line 1 ↗No serious risk pattern found
Launch7’s automated check read all 1 text files in this skill and matched none of its serious risk patterns. This is not a guarantee: a check like this can miss new or disguised tricks, and the author can change the files after the check.
How we know
Read 2026-10-06, commit 8059b63 by pipeline/trust/analyze.py — 40+ patterns for hidden text, prompt injection, downloads that run, credential access and more. It reads; it never runs the skill.
Recently maintained
Its repository has had changes recently.
How we know
Last push to n8n-io/n8n: 2026-10-06 (0 days before the scan).
Read automatically from the skill’s own files on GitHub on 6 Oct 2026. Launch7 does not run or manually review skills: this lists what the check saw, and nothing here means “safe”. How we check
Add it to your AI
Supported. Upload it once in Claude’s settings. Works on every plan, including Free.
Its licence does not let Launch7 hand you a copy. On GitHub, open the repository, choose Code → Download ZIP, unzip it, and zip just the n8n-cli folder.
In Claude, open Customize → Skills, press +, then Create skill → Upload a skill, and choose the .zip.
Make sure code execution is switched on (Settings → Capabilities). Skills need it.
Start a new chat and ask for the job in your own words — Claude picks the skill up when it fits.
Licence: proprietary or unstated, so Launch7 links to it rather than redistributing it.
How Claude does this: support.claude.com · checked 28 Sep 2026 · “Supported” means documented by the vendor; Launch7 has not run it end to end
Worth knowing
- The NOASSERTION licence does not clearly permit redistribution, so Launch7 links to it rather than bundling it.