n8nac CLI — Authoritative Reference

The full n8nac --help tree is captured in reference.md (auto-generated, 68 command/subcommand blocks across 24 top-level groups). Read it whenever you need to:

• Know if a command exists (rule: not in the file → does not exist, do not invent it).
• Look up exact flag names and short/long forms.
• Understand the argument order for a subcommand.

Quick navigation

Search the reference file with grep:

# Find a parent command
grep "^## \`n8nac credential" "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/n8nac-reference/reference.md"

# Find a specific subcommand
grep -n "^### \`n8nac credential list\`" "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/n8nac-reference/reference.md"

# Pull the full help block for one subcommand (next 30 lines after the header)
awk '/^### `n8nac workflow credential-required`/{flag=1;n=0} flag{print;n++; if(n>30)exit}' \
  "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/n8nac-reference/reference.md"

Subcommand index (alphabetical by parent)

credentials (plural) and credential (singular) are different parent groups. Plural is for recipe / readiness / inventory management; singular is for direct create/list/get/delete/schema operations on the active instance. Mixing them is a common source of "command not found" errors.

When to read the full file vs. a single block

• Single subcommand lookup (90% of cases): use grep / awk snippet above to pull just the block you need. ~30 lines.
• Full file read (rare): only when you need an overview of a parent group's surface (e.g. "what does the env group do as a whole?").

How to regenerate

bash "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/dump-n8nac-help.sh" > "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/n8nac-reference/reference.md"

Re-run whenever the setup-check.sh REFERENCE_N8NAC_VERSION constant is bumped. The script captures the version from npx n8nac --version and stamps it at the top + bottom of the file.

Companion: high-level patterns

For the curated "which command for which user intent" mapping (cheat-sheet form), see n8nac-cheatsheet and the Cheat-Sheet section in CLAUDE.md. This skill is the raw-help fallback when the cheatsheet does not have a row for the user's request.