Use Case
Stop doing repetitive ai agent & automation tasks manually. n8n API lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Operate n8n via its public REST API from OpenClaw. Use for workflow management, executions, and automation tasks such as listing, creating, publishing, triggering, or troubleshooting. Works with both self-hosted n8n and n8n Cloud. This guide shows practical examples of using n8n API to automate common ai agent & automation workflows and save hours every week.
Install n8n API: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install n8n-api
Identify the repetitive ai agent & automation tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
n8n API will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing n8n API
Automate my ai agent & automation tasks using n8n API
What repetitive tasks can n8n API handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs n8n API every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install n8n-apiOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install n8n-apiβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/n8n-api/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.