n8n-mcp-tools-expert

Expert guide for using n8n-mcp MCP tools effectively. Use when searching for nodes, validating configurations, accessing templates, managing workflows, organizing workflows into folders, managing credentials, auditing instance security, or using any n8n-mcp tool. Provides tool selection guidance, parameter formats, and common patterns. IMPORTANT — Always consult this skill before calling any n8n-mcp tool — it prevents common mistakes like wrong nodeType formats, incorrect parameter structures, and inefficient tool usage. If the user mentions n8n, workflows, nodes, or automation and you have n8n MCP tools available, use this skill first.

Quality

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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 well-structured, actionable guide with strong workflow sequencing and validation feedback loops. Its main weaknesses are duplicated content across sections (conciseness) and references to guide files that are not included in the skill bundle.

Suggestions

Consolidate the nodeType-format and common-mistakes material into one section; the 'Critical: nodeType Formats', 'Common Mistakes', and 'Summary' blocks restate the same prefix rules.

Either include the referenced SEARCH_GUIDE.md, VALIDATION_GUIDE.md, WORKFLOW_GUIDE.md, and OPERATIONS_GUIDE.md in a references/ bundle or inline the essential content so the skill is self-contained.

Trim timing/success statistics ('18s average', '23s thinking, 58s fixing', '99.0% success') unless they drive a concrete decision, as they add tokens without guiding action.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and focused on n8n-specific behavior Claude wouldn't know, but the nodeType-format and common-mistakes material is restated across multiple sections, and timing/success stats ('18s average', '99.0% success') add tokens that could be trimmed.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, executable code blocks (search_nodes/get_node calls, credential ❌/✅ format examples) and a tool selection table — mostly copy-paste ready with only minor gaps in edge-case coverage.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Multi-step flows are explicitly sequenced with validation checkpoints and feedback loops (search→get_node→validate; validate→fix→validate; create→validate→update→validate→activate), and destructive/batch cases get dryRun-before-bulk guidance.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references to four named guide files and easy navigation, but those referenced .md files are not present in the bundle and one cross-skill path points outside the skill, leaving minor organization gaps.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

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, specific description that clearly states capabilities, triggers, and the gating condition for use. Minor room to broaden trigger synonyms, but it answers what/when distinctly and avoids conflict.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'searching for nodes, validating configurations, accessing templates, managing workflows, organizing workflows into folders, managing credentials, auditing instance security' — giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Expert guide for using n8n-mcp MCP tools effectively... Provides tool selection guidance, parameter formats, and common patterns') and 'when' ('Use when searching for nodes... If the user mentions n8n, workflows, nodes, or automation... use this skill first') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural user terms ('n8n, workflows, nodes, automation') alongside task-specific triggers, but stops short of the broadest synonym/file-extension coverage the top anchor expects; good but not exhaustive.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Scoped tightly to n8n-mcp MCP tools and gated on 'you have n8n MCP tools available', giving it a clear niche with minimal overlap risk against other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 23 missing, 1 suspicious	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: czlonkowski/n8n-skills
Path: skills/n8n-mcp-tools-expert/SKILL.md
Commit: 0296522

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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