n8n-multi-instance
Skill106 starsChanged 38 days agoNo licenceView on GitHub
Use when an n8n-mcp account targets more than one n8n instance — i.e. the `n8n_instances` tool is available, the user mentions multiple n8n instances or environments (prod vs staging, several teams or clients), several agents or chats work on one account in parallel, a workflow / datatable / credential / execution call returns an unexpected NOT_FOUND or reads data you don't recognize, or a call is refused with `INSTANCE_AMBIGUOUS` or `INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND`. Covers naming the target instance on each call with the `instance` argument, setting the default with `switch`, verifying the target before high-stakes work — credential writes above all — and recovering from misroutes and fail-closes. Always consult this skill before operating on a specific instance, before any credential create/update/delete on a multi-instance account, or when a call hits the wrong/empty data or an instance error.
4 other projects use a version of this, 3 of them edited.
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- delorenj/skillsedited, first seen Nov 7, 2026
- Mfrostbutter/n8n-workflow-harnessedited, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- nomdedev/agent-manager-templateedited, first seen Sep 30, 2026
- czlonkowski/n8n-skillsword for word, first seen Aug 29, 2026
Other versions4 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 1
- czlonkowski/n8n-skills★ 6.5k100% same
Edited · 3
- delorenj/skills★ 1741% same
- nomdedev/agent-manager-template★ 241% same
- Mfrostbutter/n8n-workflow-harness★ 041% same
Wrote their own version · 0
None found.
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository14 other files it gives its agents.
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8 rules. 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 5 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 3 edited versions we read keep these.
3
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
5
Very specific
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