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Handles workflow verification and setup after build-workflow succeeds, or when the message contains workflow-verification-follow-up or workflow-setup-required. Load after direct builds, when verificationReadiness requires action, or on orchestrator verify/setup follow-up turns.

ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first. Load create-tasks via load_tool before calling it (search "create tasks" if not visible). Do NOT use for new one-off workflows, single-workflow edits, verification-only requests, or standalone data-table ops — use workflow-builder or data-table-manager instead.

Handles system follow-up turns: planned-task-follow-up (synthesize, replan, build-workflow, checkpoint), background-task-completed, running-tasks context, and create-tasks silence rules. Load whenever any of these tags appear or after calling create-tasks.

Handles one-off operations: the request is a concrete effect that happens once — export or copy data somewhere, a migration, a backfill, a cleanup — with no trigger, schedule, or reuse intent. The workflow is the vehicle, not the deliverable. Users rarely say "one-off"; infer it from the task's shape. Load before building for such a request, or when a build-workflow result contains postBuildFlow.reason "direct-one-off-build-succeeded". Do not load for automations the user will run again — that is the normal build + post-build-flow path.

Answers n8n product, setup, credential, node, hosting, API, and usage questions from current n8n docs. Load n8n-docs via load_tool before calling it (search "n8n docs" if not visible). Use when the user asks how to configure, set up, troubleshoot, or understand n8n behavior, especially credential setup questions opened from the credential modal.

Classifies automation requests using two decisions: anchor (which primitive owns the top-level control flow — workflow-anchored, agent-anchored, needs-clarification, or out-of-scope) and embeds_other (whether the other primitive appears embedded inside — an agent step inside a workflow, or a workflow invoked as an agent tool). Must be used whenever the current turn requires choosing or reconsidering the intent of an automation request, including compound requests, independent automations introduced mid-build, one-off questions or reports that need external systems you cannot query directly, and requests that need clarification before an anchor can be chosen. Do not load for routine edits or extensions when the conversation already targets a workflow or Agent.

Debug failed or wrong-output workflow executions using executions tools. Load when the user reports execution failures, unexpected node output, empty parameter values after a successful run, or a node showing a red or failed expression error.

Load before calling data-tables or parse-file. Use for natural standalone requests like "what data tables do I have?", "show/list my tables", or "what columns are in this table?", and whenever the user asks to list, show, create, inspect, import, seed, query, update, clean up, rename columns in, or delete data tables and rows, especially from CSV/XLSX/JSON attachments. Also load before building or planning workflows that create or write to Data Tables (then load workflow-builder before build-workflow).

Guides n8n credential setup through Computer Use browser tools. Use when a user needs OAuth apps, API keys, client IDs, client secrets, or other credential values from an external service console.

Lookup procedure for Simplified Custom Auth recipe fields — sources the auth template, the key-issuing docsUrl and an auth-rejecting testUrl from the provider's real documentation instead of memory. Load before composing credentialHints for a service without a dedicated credential type (the post-build-flow setup step), or when asked to fix a recipe whose template, key page or test endpoint is wrong.

Builds and maintains configuration-based evaluations on a workflow with the eval-config tool. Use when the user asks to set up, add, view, change, or remove an evaluation, score, grade, or judge a workflow's output, or measure answer quality against a test dataset. This is the only eval form Instance AI handles — it does not touch on-canvas evaluation nodes.

Load before calling build-agent for a new or existing n8n Agent. Governs prerequisite creation, faithful handoff of the user's request, agent targeting across turns, builder questions, testing, and publishing. Use directly for routine follow-ups when the conversation already targets an Agent; rerun intent-recognition only when the requested artifact is no longer clear.

Use the n8n CLI to manage workflows, credentials, executions, and more on an n8n instance. Use when the user asks to interact with n8n, automate workflows, manage credentials, or operate their instance from the command line.

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

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

Guides adding, changing, and reviewing telemetry through the `@n8n/telemetry` event registry. Use when working on telemetry, analytics, tracking, product events, `track()` calls, or RudderStack/PostHog product events, in frontend or backend code — and whenever you need to find which registered telemetry events exist, what an event means, or what properties it carries.

Keeps implementation and specs in sync. Use when working on a feature that has a spec in .agents/specs/, when the user says /spec, or when starting implementation of a documented feature. Also use when the user asks to verify implementation against a spec or update a spec after changes.

Reproduce a bug from a Linear ticket with a failing test. Expects the full ticket context (title, description, comments) to be provided as input.

Adds, migrates, or updates n8n Public API v1 endpoints with @PublicApiController — public DTOs, API-key and RBAC scopes, cursor pagination, OpenAPI + coverage wiring, and tests. Use when working under packages/cli/src/public-api/v1/ or when exposing an existing service through /api/v1.

Applies n8n's RBAC scope decorators to REST endpoints. Use when creating a new @RestController, adding any @Get/@Post/@Put/@Patch/@Delete route to an existing controller, or reviewing endpoint authorization. Every authenticated endpoint must be gated by @ProjectScope or @GlobalScope.

Add OAuth2 credential support to an existing n8n node — creates the credential file, updates the node, adds tests, and keeps the CLI constant in sync. Use when the user says /node-add-oauth.

Deploy a temporary n8n test instance (or generate a local docker run command) via the internal "Nathan" bot, from the repo instead of Slack. Use after opening a PR to offer the user a live test instance, or whenever someone asks to spin up / deploy a test instance for a branch.

Fetch and display the full transcript from a Loom video URL. Use when the user wants to get or read a Loom transcript.

Fetch and analyze Linear issue with all related context. Use when starting work on a Linear ticket, analyzing issues, or gathering context about a Linear issue.