Mcp-n8n MCP Server

Two env vars. Runs on your machine (stdio) or as a remote HTTP server. No hosted account.

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What is the Mcp-n8n MCP Server?

mcp-n8n is an MCP project maintained in the leonardosepulvedat/mcp-n8n repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Two env vars. Runs on your machine (stdio) or as a remote HTTP server. No hosted account”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using mcp-n8n. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares N8N_BASE_URL, N8N_API_KEY, N8N_TOOLSETS. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Mcp-n8n MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "n8n": {
      "command": "mcp-n8n",
      "env": {
        "N8N_BASE_URL": "https://your-n8n-instance.com",
        "N8N_API_KEY": "YOUR_N8N_API_KEY",
        "N8N_TOOLSETS": "all"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
N8N_BASE_URLDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
N8N_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
N8N_TOOLSETSDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional