n8n MCP server (Community Edition)

This is a helper that connects your AI assistant to your own n8n setup, the tool people use to automate tasks between apps. Once connected, you can ask your AI to check your workflows, look at past runs, or tidy up tags, all in plain conversation. It is handy if you run n8n yourself and want a quicker way to see what is going on without clicking around the n8n website.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like "list my workflows" or "show me the last few runs." The AI passes that request to this helper program. The helper then talks to your n8n instance using a key you gave it. n8n sends back the information, and the helper hands it to your AI, which explains it to you in the chat. By default it only reads; it will not change anything unless you turn that on.

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What you can do with it

• List your workflows and see their names, tags, and status
• Look at recent runs and whether they succeeded or failed
• Read a single workflow's details without exposing secret values
• List tags and see which workflows use them
• Check the health of your n8n instance
• Search your workflows by name, node type, or tag
• Compare two versions of a workflow to see what changed

Try asking your AI

• “List my n8n workflows and show which ones are active”
• “Show me the last ten runs and which ones failed”
• “Which workflows use the tag reports”
• “Search my workflows for anything using the HTTP node”

What it gives back to you

You get back plain answers in the chat: lists of workflows with their names and status, summaries of recent runs, tag lists, and short health checks. When it reads a workflow, it leaves out secret values and hidden data, so you see the structure but not your passwords. If you have turned on write mode, it can also tell you what it changed, like a tag rename or a node update.

Before you start

Who it's for

People who run their own n8n and want to check or tidy it up by chatting with their AI instead of clicking through the n8n website.