N8n:setup Mcps Skill for Claude

by n8n-io

>- Configure MCP servers for n8n development. Use when the user says /setup-mcps or asks to set up MCP servers for n8n.

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the whole folder, loaded on every use

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instructions only

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how many repositories repackaged it

199283

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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n --skill n8n:setup-mcps

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

MCP Setup for n8n Development

Configure commonly used MCP servers for n8n engineers.

Instructions

First, check which MCPs are already configured by running:

claude mcp list

Parse the output and match by URL/command, not server name (users may have

used different names). The URLs to check for:

Linear: mcp.linear.app
Notion: mcp.notion.com
Context7: ctx7 or context7-mcp
Figma: mcp.figma.com

Skip any MCP whose URL/command is already present (regardless of scope or name).

Present the MCP selection menu using AskUserQuestion with multiSelect: true.

Only show MCPs that are not already configured. If all are already configured,

inform the user and skip the menu.

| Option | Label | Description |

|--------|-------|-------------|

| Linear | Linear | Linear ticket management (HTTP, OAuth — opens browser to authenticate) |

| Notion | Notion | Notion workspace integration (HTTP, OAuth — opens browser to authenticate) |

| Context7 | Context7 | Library documentation lookup (OAuth setup via CLI) |

| Figma | Figma | Figma design integration (HTTP, OAuth — opens browser to authenticate) |

Process each selected MCP one at a time in a loop. For each MCP:

a. Ask the user via AskUserQuestion: "Where should {MCP name} be installed?"

user (default, recommended) — available in all projects
local — only in this project

b. Run the install command for that MCP with the chosen scope

c. Then move to the next MCP and ask again

Do NOT batch the scope question — ask separately for each MCP.

Do NOT offer project scope — it modifies .claude/settings.json which is tracked in git.

Commands per MCP:

Linear

claude mcp add -s {scope} linear-server --transport http https://mcp.linear.app/mcp

After adding, tell the user to run /mcp in their next session to authenticate.

Notion

claude mcp add -s {scope} notion --transport http https://mcp.notion.com/mcp

After adding, tell the user to run /mcp in their next session to authenticate.

Context7

Tell the user to run this command themselves (it handles auth via OAuth automatically):

npx ctx7 setup --claude

Figma

claude mcp add -s {scope} figma --transport http https://mcp.figma.com/mcp

After adding, tell the user to run /mcp in their next session to authenticate.

After running the commands, confirm which MCPs were configured and note any

manual steps remaining (authentication via /mcp, Context7 setup).

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take n8n-io/n8n:setup-mcps from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference npx. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.