mcp-n8n

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add io-github-leonardosepulvedat-mcp-n8n -e N8N_BASE_URL=... -e N8N_API_KEY=... -e N8N_TOOLSETS=... -- npx -y mcp-n8n

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-leonardosepulvedat-mcp-n8n": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-n8n"
      ],
      "env": {
        "N8N_BASE_URL": "...",
        "N8N_API_KEY": "...",
        "N8N_TOOLSETS": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Operate and build n8n: 61 tools, 560-node catalog, validation, autofix, snapshots and backups.

Questions

mcp-n8n is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package mcp-n8n.

Run: claude mcp add io-github-leonardosepulvedat-mcp-n8n -e N8N_BASE_URL=... -e N8N_API_KEY=... -e N8N_TOOLSETS=... -- npx -y mcp-n8n

Run: codex mcp add io-github-leonardosepulvedat-mcp-n8n --env N8N_BASE_URL=... --env N8N_API_KEY=... --env N8N_TOOLSETS=... -- npx -y mcp-n8n

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