n8n-credentials-security
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Use whenever auth, API keys, OAuth, tokens, secrets, or credential setup appears in n8n work. Enforces credential system usage, least privilege, and safe HTTP auth patterns.
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- abbibo/N8N-Workflow-Builder-Agent-skills-N8Ntheir own version, first seen Aug 30, 2026
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- n8n-subworkflowsSkill
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4 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 18
Use n8n Credentials UI/API.
- Distinctive: line 24
Do not ask the user for the cosmetic display name obsessively — focus on type + scopes.
- Distinctive: line 25
Never echo full API keys back in summaries.
- Distinctive: line 26
Prefer managed/connect credentials when the user has no preference and platform supports it.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
n8n Credentials & Security
Author: Taghi Molavi
Non-negotiables
- No secrets in parameters, sticky notes, git, or Code strings.
- Use n8n Credentials UI/API; reference by credential attachment on the node.
- Least privilege scopes; separate prod/staging credentials.
- Rotate on leak; assume chat logs are semi-public.
- For HTTP without native node: HTTP Request + proper credential type (OAuth2, Header Auth, etc.).
Agent behavior
- Do not ask the user for the cosmetic display name obsessively — focus on type + scopes.
- Never echo full API keys back in summaries.
- Prefer managed/connect credentials when the user has no preference and platform supports it.
Checklist
- Credential type matches API
- Test on staging first
- Webhook signatures verified
- No secret in workflow export shared publicly (strip credentials on export)
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