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n8n-node-configuration

Operation-aware node configuration guidance. Use when configuring nodes, understanding property dependencies, determining required fields, choosing between get_node detail levels, or learning common configuration patterns by node type.

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The canonical home for this skill is n8n-node-configuration in administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A highly actionable, well-sequenced guide with strong validation feedback loops, undermined by significant example repetition across sections and broken/missing bundle references that weaken progressive disclosure. Tightening dedup and providing the referenced detail files would materially improve it.

Suggestions

Deduplicate the recurring HTTP POST/sendBody and Slack post/update examples: present each once in Operation-Specific Configuration and reference it from earlier sections instead of re-listing full code blocks.

Create the referenced DEPENDENCIES.md and OPERATION_PATTERNS.md (or remove the Detailed References section) so signaled one-level-deep references resolve to real files.

Replace placeholder calls like `validate_node({...})` and `get_node({...})` in the workflow illustration with the concrete arguments shown later, so every code block is copy-paste executable.

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Conciseness

The ~780-line body is mostly useful but noticeably repetitive: the HTTP POST/sendBody example and Slack post/update example each recur across Core Concepts, Common Node Patterns, and Operation-Specific Configuration, and the ASCII decision tree restates the prose guidance, so it could be tightened substantially by deduplication.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, mostly copy-paste-ready config objects and tool calls (Slack post, HTTP POST with JSON, IF node binary/unary) covering common cases, but several workflow illustrations use `{...}` placeholders ("validate_node({...})", "get_node({...})") that keep it just short of fully executable.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 8-step HTTP Request configuration walk-through is explicitly sequenced with validation checkpoints and a validate → read error → fix → re-validate feedback loop, matching the anchor for clear sequence with explicit validation and error-recovery loops; validation is present so no destructive/batch cap applies.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Section headers give reasonable structure, but the body inlines deep-dive and pattern content that belongs in separate files, and the only signaled references (DEPENDENCIES.md, OPERATION_PATTERNS.md) point to files that do not exist in any bundle directory, so navigation is neither complete nor reliably one-level-deep.

3 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description that clearly pairs a concrete capability statement with an explicit, multi-trigger "Use when" clause. It is specific, well-triggered, and largely distinct, with only minor room for more concrete action verbs and broader synonym coverage.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete actions ("configuring nodes, understanding property dependencies, determining required fields, choosing between get_node detail levels, learning common configuration patterns by node type"), but verbs like "understanding"/"learning" are slightly less concrete than extract/fill/merge, leaving minor gaps versus the comprehensive anchor 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly states the "what" ("Operation-aware node configuration guidance") and a concrete "Use when ..." clause enumerating trigger phrases, matching the anchor that requires both what and when with concrete triggers.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keyword coverage ("configuring nodes", "property dependencies", "required fields", "get_node detail levels", "configuration patterns", "node type") a user would plausibly say, but missing common synonyms/variations that would reach the comprehensive anchor 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The operation-aware/property-dependency framing carves a clear n8n niche with distinct triggers, but it shares the n8n node domain with related skills (validation, MCP tools) named in the body, leaving minor overlap risk rather than the minimal-conflict anchor 5.

4 / 5

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Validation

87%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

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SKILL.md is long (788 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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