- Updated README.md with clear setup instructions and recent updates
- Simplified Claude Desktop setup guide with troubleshooting
- Enhanced HTTP deployment guide for production use
- Streamlined troubleshooting guide with quick fixes
- Added mcp-http-client.js for Node.js 16 compatibility
- Fixed stdio mode console output corruption
Key improvements:
- Clear distinction between local and remote deployment
- Node.js 18+ requirement for mcp-remote clearly documented
- USE_FIXED_HTTP=true prominently featured for v2.3.2
- Production deployment best practices
- Multi-user service considerations
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Root Cause Analysis:
- Express.json() middleware was consuming request stream before StreamableHTTPServerTransport
- StreamableHTTPServerTransport has initialization issues with stateless usage
Two-Phase Solution:
1. Removed all body parsing middleware to preserve raw streams
2. Created http-server-fixed.ts with direct JSON-RPC implementation
Key Changes:
- Remove express.json() from all HTTP server implementations
- Add http-server-fixed.ts that bypasses StreamableHTTPServerTransport
- Implement initialize, tools/list, and tools/call methods directly
- Add USE_FIXED_HTTP=true environment variable to enable fixed server
- Update logging to not access req.body
The fixed implementation:
- Handles JSON-RPC protocol directly without transport complications
- Maintains full MCP compatibility
- Works reliably without stream or initialization errors
- Provides better performance and debugging capabilities
Usage: MCP_MODE=http USE_FIXED_HTTP=true npm start
This provides a stable, production-ready HTTP server for n8n-MCP.
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- Add ConsoleManager to prevent console output interference with StreamableHTTPServerTransport
- Implement SingleSessionHTTPServer with persistent session reuse
- Create N8NMCPEngine for clean service integration
- Add automatic session expiry after 30 minutes of inactivity
- Update logger to be HTTP-aware during active requests
- Maintain backward compatibility with existing deployments
This fixes the "stream is not readable" error by implementing the Hybrid
Single-Session architecture as documented in MCP_ERROR_FIX_PLAN.md
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- Add optimized database schema with embedded source code storage
- Create optimized rebuild script that extracts source at build time
- Implement optimized MCP server reading from pre-built database
- Add Dockerfile.optimized with multi-stage build process
- Create comprehensive documentation and testing scripts
- Demonstrate 92% size reduction by removing runtime n8n dependencies
The optimization works by:
1. Building complete database at Docker build time
2. Extracting all node source code into the database
3. Creating minimal runtime image without n8n packages
4. Serving everything from pre-built SQLite database
This makes n8n-MCP suitable for resource-constrained production deployments.
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- Removed all workflow execution capabilities per user requirements
- Implemented enhanced documentation extraction with operations and API mappings
- Fixed credential code extraction for all nodes
- Fixed package info extraction (name and version)
- Enhanced operations parser to handle n8n markdown format
- Fixed documentation search to prioritize app nodes over trigger nodes
- Comprehensive test coverage for Slack node extraction
- All node information now includes:
- Complete operations list (42 for Slack)
- API method mappings with documentation URLs
- Source code and credential definitions
- Package metadata
- Related resources and templates
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- Add HTTP/JSON-RPC server for remote MCP access
- Configure domain and authentication via environment variables
- Create comprehensive remote deployment documentation
- Support both local (stdio) and remote (HTTP) deployment modes
- Add PM2 and Nginx configuration examples
- Update README with remote server instructions
The server can now be deployed on a VM (e.g., Hetzner) and accessed
from Claude Desktop over HTTPS using the configured domain.
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Major refactoring to align with actual requirements:
- Purpose: Serve n8n node code/documentation to AI agents only
- No workflow execution or management features
- Complete node information including source code, docs, and examples
New features:
- Node documentation service with SQLite FTS5 search
- Documentation fetcher from n8n-docs repository
- Example workflow generator for each node type
- Simplified MCP tools focused on node information
- Complete database rebuild with all node data
MCP Tools:
- list_nodes: List available nodes
- get_node_info: Get complete node information
- search_nodes: Full-text search across nodes
- get_node_example: Get usage examples
- get_node_source_code: Get source code only
- get_node_documentation: Get documentation only
- rebuild_database: Rebuild entire database
- get_database_statistics: Database stats
Database schema includes:
- Node source code and metadata
- Official documentation from n8n-docs
- Generated usage examples
- Full-text search capabilities
- Category and type filtering
Updated README with:
- Clear purpose statement
- Claude Desktop installation instructions
- Complete tool documentation
- Troubleshooting guide
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Major features implemented:
- SQLite storage service with FTS5 for fast node search
- Database rebuild mechanism for bulk node extraction
- MCP tools: search_nodes, extract_all_nodes, get_node_statistics
- Production Docker deployment with persistent storage
- Management scripts for database operations
- Comprehensive test suite for all functionality
Database capabilities:
- Stores node source code and metadata
- Full-text search by node name or content
- No versioning (stores latest only as per requirements)
- Supports complete database rebuilds
- ~4.5MB database with 500+ nodes indexed
Production features:
- Automated deployment script
- Docker Compose production configuration
- Database initialization on first run
- Volume persistence for data
- Management utilities for operations
Documentation:
- Updated README with complete instructions
- Production deployment guide
- Clear troubleshooting section
- API reference for all new tools
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This commit implements the ability to extract n8n node source code through MCP:
Features:
- New MCP tools: get_node_source_code and list_available_nodes
- NodeSourceExtractor utility for file system access to n8n nodes
- Support for extracting any n8n node including AI Agent from @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain
- Resource endpoint for accessing node source: nodes://source/{nodeType}
Testing:
- Docker test environment with mounted n8n node_modules
- Multiple test scripts for different scenarios
- Comprehensive test documentation
- Standalone MCP client test demonstrating full extraction flow
The implementation successfully demonstrates:
1. MCP server can access n8n's installed nodes
2. Source code can be extracted and returned to MCP clients
3. Full metadata including package info and file locations
4. Support for credential code extraction when available
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This commit adds a complete integration between n8n workflow automation and the Model Context Protocol (MCP):
Features:
- MCP server that exposes n8n workflows as tools, resources, and prompts
- Custom n8n node for connecting to MCP servers from workflows
- Bidirectional bridge for data format conversion
- Token-based authentication and credential management
- Comprehensive error handling and logging
- Full test coverage for core components
Infrastructure:
- TypeScript/Node.js project setup with proper build configuration
- Docker support with multi-stage builds
- Development and production docker-compose configurations
- Installation script for n8n custom node deployment
Documentation:
- Detailed README with usage examples and API reference
- Environment configuration templates
- Troubleshooting guide
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