n8n MCP Server (Community)

A Model Context Protocol server that gives AI clients (Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Lovable) structured access to n8n's node catalogue, workflow templates, and live instance. Built by a community developer, the MCP server documents 1100+ n8n nodes with roughly 99% property accuracy, indexes 2700+ workflow templates, and wraps the n8n /api/v1 for creating, reading, updating, and managing workflows programmatically.

Key facts

  • Coverage: 1100+ nodes with ~99% property accuracy (parameters, options)
  • Indexes 2700+ n8n workflow templates for pattern reuse
  • Enables create/update/activate/manage operations on the connected n8n instance
  • Installed by pointing Claude Code at the GitHub repo and providing an n8n API key and base URL
  • Distinct from n8n's own instance-level MCP (which exposes search/get/execute of workflows, not the node catalogue)

Source references

  • [src-005] Nate Herk cluster — Nate Herk — n8n cluster (18 videos)

– Videos referenced: B6k_vAjndMo, OCO3aq3G0mk, uUEa6K-FLB8

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