n8n SKILL.md skillA
n8n from ericrisco/rsc-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ericrisco/rsc-harness/n8n@git:20260729.ad893daPins git:20260729.ad893da in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ericrisco/rsc-harness
- Path
skills/n8n/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260729.ad893da, committed Jul 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 8, 2026
- Size
- 10,329 bytes
- Repository stars
- 236
- License
- MIT
Use when operating a live n8n instance programmatically — its REST API (`{host}/api/v1`, `X-N8N-API-KEY`) or the n8n-mcp server — to create, validate, test, activate, update, delete workflows and read executions on self-host or n8n.cloud. NOT designing the flow or its importable JSON (that is `automation-flows`), NOT another platform (`make`, `zapier`).
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# n8n — operate a live instance over its REST API and MCP
You already have a workflow *design* — the trigger→steps→error shape and the importable JSON, which is
`automation-flows`' job and this skill does not re-teach it. This skill is the **operate** half: push
that JSON into a running n8n, validate it, test it, flip it live, watch its executions, and tear it
down safely — all without touching the UI. n8n has the richest programmatic story of the no-code
platforms: a first-party REST API **plus** a mature MCP server, both hitting the same instance.
## Connect first — REST API vs MCP
Two ways to drive the same instance. Pick by who is at the wheel.
| | **Public REST API** | **n8n-mcp** (czlonkowski, de-facto standard) |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | n8n's own HTTP API at `{host}/api/v1` | MCP server wrapping that API **+** offline node/expression knowledge |
| Best for | scripts, CI/CD, deterministic deploys, no extra dependency | an agent (Claude) building/fixing workflows in the loop — it can look up node schemas, then validate/autofix before it writes |
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ericrisco/rsc-harness/n8n@sha256:4efac4d30422834aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260729.ad893da, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_z6iqmf7m5dsxcruf)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 8, 2026 and Jul 29, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260729.ad893da latest | 2026-07-29 | ad893da | 10,329 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260708.0213365 | 2026-07-08 | 0213365 | 12,242 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260708.82abcfd | 2026-07-08 | 82abcfd | 12,239 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10329 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
ericrisco/rsc-harness · 236 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_z6iqmf7m5dsxcruf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ericrisco/rsc-harness/n8n GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4efac4d30422834ac514b5d4f956a0e8e03ccb169b84f36ca8c2e13a15f7fb4f
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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