If you repeatedly check a site for new posts and copy titles and links into a spreadsheet, n8n-mcp is worth a look. It connects Claude to the automation platform n8n so it can build a workflow, read failed execution records and help repair the problem.

Watch the creator’s result — starting at 5:04

In the video, creator Romuald Czlonkowski builds a workflow that collects new Hacker News posts into Google Sheets. When the first test fails, he asks Claude to inspect the execution record and fix it. After another run, he shows 17 items added to the sheet. To see the building process, start at 2:03.

This creator demonstration was published in July 2025. I checked the current installation instructions and availability conditions on November 13, 2026.

What work can you give it?

n8n connects services into a sequence of tasks. A workflow might collect new posts into a sheet, or organize a form submission and send a notification. With n8n-mcp connected, you can describe the job to Claude and ask it to configure or revise the workflow instead of finding each node yourself. Creator’s feature documentation

Three similarly named pieces have different roles:

  • n8n: Runs the automation itself.
  • n8n-mcp: Lets Claude discover n8n functionality and work with workflows and execution records. It is a separate project by Romuald Czlonkowski.
  • n8n-skills: Instructions Claude can consult for connections, error handling and workflow construction. They can be used alongside n8n-mcp.

n8n’s built-in MCP features and czlonkowski/n8n-mcp are separate offerings. The video shows n8n-mcp in action. The optional n8n-skills collection is introduced below as a companion you can install today. n8n-mcp · n8n-skills

Prepare the connection

If you already use n8n, prepare these three things:

  1. Have Claude Code and Node.js ready.
  2. Find the address and API key for an n8n workspace with Public API access.
  3. Follow “Full configuration” in the creator’s Claude Code setup guide. Connecting the instance address and key enables workflow creation and editing. The basic documentation-only setup has different capabilities.

Then enter /mcp inside Claude Code to check the connection. Tasks involving a spreadsheet or email also need that service connected in n8n. The creator selects his Google connection during the demonstration.

To add the optional skills, enter this command in your Claude Code conversation, following the creator’s installation instructions:

/plugin install czlonkowski/n8n-skills

Start with one small task

A task that leaves its results in a sheet is easy to check, as the creator’s example shows.

Use n8n-mcp and n8n-skills to build an automation.
Fetch new Hacker News posts every hour.
Skip posts already recorded, and add title, link and post ID to Google Sheets.
Run it manually once and show me the rows it added.
Enable the schedule after we have checked the result.

If a run fails, ask it to identify the failure rather than vaguely asking for a complete rebuild.

Read the execution record for the run that just failed.
Explain which node failed and why, then change only what is needed.
Test it again and check whether duplicate rows were added to the sheet.

The video does not finish successfully on its first attempt. Reading the execution record, fixing the relevant configuration and checking another run is a useful part of what this connector offers.

Check the conditions before starting free

As checked on November 13, 2026, the published n8n-mcp and n8n-skills code uses the MIT license. The creator’s hosted n8n-mcp service also has a free allowance of 100 tool calls per day. Running n8n and using Claude have separate costs.

In particular, the n8n Cloud free trial does not include Public API access. Creating and editing workflows through this connection requires a Cloud plan with API access or a self-hosted instance. Self-hosting also means installing and maintaining the server. n8n API availability · n8n pricing

I found the topic in Dumble’s November 11 roundup of automation tools on X. It displayed 4,043 views and 95 bookmarks when checked on November 13. I selected n8n-mcp for its connection to repetitive work and paired the creator’s example with current setup requirements.

For a different task, see Remotion skills and the official product-video examples.