n8n-skills-catalog
A central guide to n8n automation capabilities, patterns, and available skills.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/n8n-skills-catalog && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/280" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/n8n-skills-catalog && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/n8n-skills-catalog
Activation
This is the description your AI agent reads to decide when to run this skill — the better it matches your request, the more reliably it fires.
Use to find the right n8n skill for a task, browse available skills, discover workflow patterns, or get an overview of all n8n automation capabilitiesKey capabilities
- →Browse available n8n automation skills
- →Identify workflow patterns for scraping and AI integration
- →Access best practices for n8n code nodes and HTTP requests
- →Locate documentation for specific integration tasks
- →Debug common automation errors and environment issues
How it works
The catalog acts as a directory that maps specific automation needs to documented skills, best practices, and workflow templates.
Inputs & outputs
When to use n8n-skills-catalog
- →Find an n8n integration skill
- →Get help with n8n workflow patterns
- →Discover scraping or AI integration skills
- →Debug n8n automation errors
About this skill
n8n Skills Catalog
When to use: Need to find the right skill for a task, explore available capabilities, or get started with n8n automation.
🎯 Quick Skill Finder
I need to...
Fix n8n errors or issues
→ Use: n8n-best-practices
- Code node errors
- HTTP request failures
- Environment variable issues
- Data flow problems
Scrape websites
→ Use: anti-scraping
- Bypass Cloudflare
- JavaScript rendering
- Multi-page scraping
Integrate AI models
→ Use: ai-integration
- OpenAI, Qwen, Claude
- Structured output parsing
- Content analysis
Work with Notion
→ Use: notion-operations
- Create/update pages
- Query databases
- Sync data
Handle OAuth tokens
→ Use: oauth-automation
- Auto-refresh tokens
- YouTube/Google APIs
- Prevent expiration
Process videos
→ Use: video-processing
- Extract subtitles
- Analyze content
- Generate timestamps
📚 All Available Skills
🔧 Core & Best Practices
n8n-best-practices ⭐ START HERE
- ES5 syntax requirements
- HTTP request patterns
- Environment variables
- Data flow patterns
- Common pitfalls
- Debugging strategies
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/n8n-best-practices/
🌐 Web Scraping
anti-scraping
- Cloudflare bypass
- Playwright automation
- Stealth configurations
- Screenshot debugging
pagination
- Multi-page scraping
- URL generation
- Batch processing
html-parsing
- Cheerio extraction
- CSS selectors
- Data extraction patterns
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/anti-scraping/, pagination/, html-parsing/
🤖 AI Integration
ai-integration
- Multi-provider support (OpenAI, Qwen, Claude)
- Structured output parsing
- Prompt engineering
- Schema validation
- Error handling
idea-generation
- Content clustering
- Batch processing
- Multilingual output
- Creative automation
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/ai-integration/, idea-generation/
📊 Data & Storage
notion-operations
- Complete CRUD operations
- All field types
- Database synchronization
- Query patterns
- Structured data design
notion-link-analysis
- URL → AI → Notion automation
- Content extraction
- Auto-tagging
- Knowledge management
notion-database-sync
- Sync between databases
- Deduplication
- Field mapping
- Status tracking
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/notion-operations/, notion-link-analysis/, notion-database-sync/
🔐 Authentication
n8n-oauth-automation
- OAuth token refresh
- Real-time updates
- Scheduled refresh
- Google/YouTube APIs
- Hybrid patterns
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/n8n-oauth-automation/
🎥 Media Processing
video-processing
- YouTube subtitle extraction
- VTT parsing
- Timestamp handling
- Screenshot generation
- Video metadata
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/video-processing/
🛠️ Utilities
error-handling
- Retry logic
- Exponential backoff
- Error classification
data-processing
- Deduplication
- Aggregation
- Data cleaning
data-export
- CSV generation
- Special character handling
- Encoding
debugging
- Data inspection
- Validation
- Quality checks
feishu-integration
- Feishu/Lark messaging
- Notifications
- Card messages
Location: /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/error-handling/, data-processing/, data-export/, debugging/, feishu-integration/
🔗 Common Workflow Patterns
Pattern 1: Web Scraping Pipeline
anti-scraping → html-parsing → data-processing → data-export
Use for: E-commerce scraping, content collection, price monitoring
Pattern 2: AI Content Analysis
input → ai-integration → notion-operations
Use for: Content analysis, auto-tagging, knowledge management
Pattern 3: Video Intelligence
oauth-automation → video-processing → ai-integration → notion-operations
Use for: Video indexing, show notes, content summarization
Pattern 4: Link Collection
webhook → notion-link-analysis → notion database
Use for: Research, content curation, inspiration collection
Pattern 5: Database Sync
schedule → notion-database-sync → target database
Use for: Cross-database synchronization, data migration
🚀 Getting Started Guide
Step 1: Identify Your Need
- What are you trying to automate?
- What data sources/APIs are involved?
- What output do you need?
Step 2: Find Relevant Skills
Use the Quick Skill Finder above or browse by category.
Step 3: Read the Documentation
Each skill has detailed SKILL.md with:
- When to use it
- Quick start examples
- Complete patterns
- Troubleshooting
Step 4: Check Best Practices FIRST
Always read n8n-best-practices before implementing:
- Avoid ES6 syntax errors
- Use correct HTTP patterns
- Handle environment variables properly
Step 5: Combine Skills
Most complex workflows use multiple skills together.
📖 Documentation Structure
For Each Skill
Quick Reference:
.claude/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md- Claude Code skill- Optimized for quick lookup during development
Complete Documentation:
/mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/{skill-name}/README.md- Full guide- Code files (
.js) - Copy-paste ready implementations - Examples and templates
Key Files to Read
Essential (Read First):
n8n-best-practices/README.md- Critical n8n patternsn8n-skills/README.md- Complete skill catalogSKILLS_RETRIEVAL_GUIDE.md- How to use skills effectively
Project Level:
/mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/CLAUDE.md- Repository guide/mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/QUICK_START.md- Quick start guide
🔍 How to Search for Solutions
Method 1: By Problem
"I'm getting error X" → n8n-best-practices
"Need to scrape site Y" → anti-scraping
"OAuth token expired" → oauth-automation
Method 2: By Technology
YouTube → video-processing + oauth-automation
Notion → notion-operations
AI/LLM → ai-integration
Cloudflare → anti-scraping
Method 3: By Pattern
Single page → anti-scraping + html-parsing
Multi-page → Add pagination
With AI → Add ai-integration
Save to Notion → Add notion-operations
Method 4: By Keyword
# Search in skills directory
grep -r "keyword" /mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/*/README.md
💡 Tips for Success
Golden Rules
- Check Best Practices FIRST - Saves hours of debugging
- Use ES5 syntax only - No arrow functions, template literals
- Use
require('https')- Not$httporaxios - Export environment variables - Don't just
source - Preserve data flow - Always spread previous data
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- ❌ Using ES6 syntax in Code nodes
- ❌ Using
$httpfor HTTP requests - ❌ Not exporting environment variables
- ❌ Losing upstream data in transformations
- ❌ Hardcoding credentials
When Stuck
- Check
n8n-best-practices/README.md - Search relevant skill documentation
- Check error message against known issues
- Test code outside n8n first
- Simplify workflow to isolate problem
📊 Skills by Difficulty
⭐ Easy (Start Here)
- data-processing
- data-export
- debugging
- error-handling
⭐⭐ Moderate
- html-parsing
- pagination
- feishu-integration
⭐⭐⭐ Intermediate
- anti-scraping
- notion-operations
- ai-integration
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Advanced
- video-processing
- oauth-automation
- notion-database-sync
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Expert
- n8n-best-practices (must know)
- Complete workflow architecture
🔗 Related Resources
Full Skills Library:
/mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-skills/
Python Workflow Agent:
/mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/n8n-workflow-agent/
Repository Guide:
/mnt/d/work/n8n_agent/CLAUDE.md
📞 How to Use This Catalog
During Development:
- Problem occurs → Search this catalog
- Find relevant skill
- Read skill's SKILL.md
- Check full README.md if needed
- Copy code and adapt
Planning New Workflow:
- List requirements
- Map to skills using Quick Finder
- Read each skill's documentation
- Design workflow combining skills
- Implement with best practices
Learning:
- Start with
n8n-best-practices - Try simple skills (data-export, debugging)
- Progress to intermediate (anti-scraping, ai-integration)
- Combine skills for complex workflows
- Contribute back improvements
Last Updated: 2025-11-03 Total Skills: 14+ Total Code Files: 43+ Lines of Documentation: 8500+
When not to use it
- →When the task does not involve n8n automation workflows
Limitations
- →Relies on the accuracy of the provided skill documentation
- →Requires adherence to specific ES5 syntax and environment constraints
How it compares
It provides a centralized, curated knowledge base for n8n rather than searching generic forums for fragmented automation advice.
Compared to similar skills
n8n-skills-catalog side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n-skills-catalog (this skill) | 10 | 9mo | Review | Beginner |
| pptx | 393 | 6mo | Review | Advanced |
| nano-pdf | 63 | 2mo | Review | Beginner |
| video-downloader | 101 | 7mo | Review | Beginner |
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Example prompts that trigger this skill in your AI assistant.
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