## Bug Description
handleCreateWorkflow and handleUpdateFullWorkflow were incorrectly
normalizing node types from FULL form (n8n-nodes-base.webhook) to
SHORT form (nodes-base.webhook) before validation and API calls.
This caused 100% failure rate for workflow creation because:
- n8n API requires FULL form (n8n-nodes-base.*)
- Database stores SHORT form (nodes-base.*)
- NodeTypeNormalizer converts TO SHORT form (for database)
- But was being used BEFORE API calls (incorrect)
## Root Cause
NodeTypeNormalizer was designed for database lookups but was
incorrectly applied to API operations. The method name
`normalizeToFullForm()` is misleading - it actually normalizes
TO SHORT form.
## Changes
1. handlers-n8n-manager.ts:
- Removed NodeTypeNormalizer.normalizeWorkflowNodeTypes() from
handleCreateWorkflow (line 288)
- Removed normalization from handleUpdateFullWorkflow (line 544-557)
- Added proactive SHORT form detection with helpful errors
- Added comments explaining n8n API expects FULL form
2. node-type-normalizer.ts:
- Added prominent WARNING about not using before API calls
- Added examples showing CORRECT vs INCORRECT usage
- Clarified this is FOR DATABASE OPERATIONS ONLY
3. handlers-n8n-manager.test.ts:
- Fixed test to expect FULL form (not SHORT) sent to API
- Removed incorrect expectedNormalizedInput assertion
4. NEW: workflow-creation-node-type-format.test.ts:
- 7 integration tests with real validation (unmocked)
- Tests FULL form acceptance, SHORT form rejection
- Tests real-world workflows (webhook, schedule trigger)
- Regression test to prevent bug reintroduction
## Verification
Before fix:
❌ Manual Trigger → Set: FAILED
❌ Webhook → HTTP Request: FAILED
Failure rate: 100%
After fix:
✅ Manual Trigger → Set: SUCCESS (ID: kTAaDZwdpzj8gqzM)
✅ Webhook → HTTP Request: SUCCESS (ID: aPtQUb54uuHIqX52)
✅ All 39 tests passing (32 unit + 7 integration)
Success rate: 100%
## Impact
- Fixes: Complete blocking bug preventing all workflow creation
- Risk: Zero (removing buggy behavior)
- Breaking: None (external API unchanged)
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- Remove all references to deprecated get_node_for_task tool
- Add includeExamples parameter documentation for search_nodes and get_node_essentials
- Update Claude Project instructions with new template-based examples approach
- Update example usage to show includeExamples parameter
- Add template configuration metrics (2,646 pre-extracted configs)
- Update n8n version to v1.113.3
- Update Features section to highlight real-world examples and template library
- Update Overview section with template metrics
- Updated n8n from 1.112.3 to 1.113.3
- Updated n8n-core from 1.111.0 to 1.112.1
- Updated n8n-workflow from 1.109.0 to 1.110.0
- Updated @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain from 1.111.1 to 1.112.2
- Rebuilt node database with 536 nodes
- Bumped version to 2.14.3
- Updated n8n version badge in README
- All validation tests passing
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- Updated test badge to show 2,883 passing tests
- Corrected unit test count to 2,526 across 99 files
- Corrected integration test count to 357 across 20 files
- Reflects actual CI test results
Adds zero-configuration anonymous usage statistics to track:
- Number of active users with deterministic user IDs
- Which MCP tools AI agents use most
- What workflows are built (sanitized to protect privacy)
- Common errors and issues
Key features:
- Zero-configuration design with hardcoded write-only credentials
- Privacy-first approach with comprehensive data sanitization
- Opt-out support via config file and environment variables
- Docker-friendly with environment variable support
- Multi-process safe with immediate flush strategy
- Row Level Security (RLS) policies for write-only access
Technical implementation:
- Supabase backend with anon key for INSERT-only operations
- Workflow sanitization removes all sensitive data
- Environment variables checked for opt-out (TELEMETRY_DISABLED, etc.)
- Telemetry enabled by default but respects user preferences
- Cleaned up all debug logging for production readiness
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- Remove 5-operation limit from n8n_update_partial_workflow
- Update CHANGELOG.md with version 2.13.1 entry
- Bump version in package.json to 2.13.1
- Remove static version badge from README.md (npm badge remains)
The workflow diff engine now supports unlimited operations per request,
enabling complex workflow refactoring in single API calls.
## 🎉 Release Highlights
### ✨ New Features
- **Webhook Path Autofixer**: Automatically generates UUIDs for webhook nodes missing path configuration
- **Enhanced Node Type Suggestions**: Intelligent node type correction with similarity matching
- **n8n_autofix_workflow Tool**: New MCP tool for automatic workflow error correction
### 🔒 Security & Performance
- Eliminated ReDoS vulnerability in NodeSimilarityService
- Optimized Levenshtein distance algorithm from O(m*n) to O(n) space
- Added cache invalidation with version tracking to prevent memory leaks
### 📚 Documentation
- Comprehensive CHANGELOG entry with detailed feature descriptions
- Updated README with new autofixer tool documentation
- Added tool usage examples in validation workflow
All 16 test cases passing with 100% success rate.
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- Updated n8n from 1.111.0 to 1.112.3
- Updated n8n-core from 1.110.0 to 1.111.0
- Updated n8n-workflow from 1.108.0 to 1.109.0
- Updated @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain from 1.110.0 to 1.111.1
- Rebuilt node database with 536 nodes (438 from n8n-nodes-base, 98 from langchain)
- Bumped version to 2.12.2
- Updated README.md badges to reflect new n8n version
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- Add validateErrorOutputConfiguration method to detect when multiple nodes are incorrectly placed in main[0]
- Fix checkWorkflowPatterns to check main[1] for error outputs instead of outputs.error
- Cross-validate onError property matches actual connection structure
- Provide clear error messages with JSON examples showing correct configuration
- Use heuristic detection for error handler nodes (names containing error, fail, catch, etc.)
- Add comprehensive test coverage with 16+ test cases
- Bump version to 2.12.1
Fixes issues where AI agents would incorrectly configure error outputs by placing multiple nodes in the same array instead of separating them into success (main[0]) and error (main[1]) paths.
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- Bump version from 2.11.3 to 2.12.0
- Add comprehensive documentation for flexible instance configuration
- Update CHANGELOG with new features, security enhancements, and performance improvements
- Document architecture, usage examples, and security considerations
- Include migration guide for existing deployments
This release introduces flexible instance configuration, enabling n8n-mcp to serve
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- Bump version from 2.11.2 to 2.11.3
- Update README.md version badge
- Add CHANGELOG.md entry documenting the fix for n8n_update_partial_workflow tool
- Fix resolves GitHub issues #159 and #168
- Bumped version from 2.11.1 to 2.11.2
- Updated README version badge to 2.11.2
- Updated README n8n version badge to ^1.111.0
- Added comprehensive CHANGELOG entry for v2.11.2
- Documented n8n dependency updates and test results
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- Require AI to share template author name, username, and n8n.io link
- Add Template Attribution section to Acknowledgments
- Credit top template contributors without specific counts
- Explain automatic attribution behavior in AI agent instructions
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- Implement OpenAI batch API integration for metadata generation
- Add search_templates_by_metadata tool with advanced filtering
- Enhance list_templates to include descriptions and optional metadata
- Generate metadata for 2,534 templates (97.5% coverage)
- Update README with Template Tools section and enhanced Claude setup
- Add comprehensive documentation for metadata system
Enables intelligent template discovery through:
- Complexity levels (simple/medium/complex)
- Setup time estimates (5-480 minutes)
- Target audience filtering (developers/marketers/analysts)
- Required services detection
- Category and use case classification
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- Updated n8n from 1.106.3 to 1.107.4
- Updated n8n-core from 1.105.3 to 1.106.2
- Updated n8n-workflow from 1.103.3 to 1.104.1
- Updated @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain from 1.105.3 to 1.106.2
- Rebuilt node database with 535 nodes
- Bumped version to 2.10.5
- All tests passing
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- Updated n8n-core from 1.104.1 to 1.105.3
- Updated n8n-workflow from 1.102.1 to 1.103.3
- Updated @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain from 1.104.1 to 1.105.3
- Rebuilt node database with 535 nodes
- All 1,728 tests passing
- Bumped version to 2.10.4
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- Updated README.md version badge from 2.10.2 to 2.10.3
- Added n8n-mcp-tester agent for testing MCP functionality
- Agent successfully validated all validation fixes for issues #58, #68, #70, #73
- Update N8N_DEPLOYMENT.md to recommend test-n8n-integration.sh
- Remove outdated test-n8n-mode.sh and related files
- The integration test script properly tests full n8n integration with correct protocol version (2024-11-05)
- Removed scripts: test-n8n-mode.sh, test-n8n-mode.ts, debug-n8n-mode.js
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- Updated version in package.json and package.runtime.json
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- Moved changelog entry from Unreleased to v2.10.1
- Added version comparison link for v2.10.1
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- Added automated release system with GitHub Actions
- Implemented CI/CD pipeline for zero-touch releases
- Added security fixes for deprecated actions and vulnerabilities
- Created developer tools for release preparation
- Full documentation in docs/AUTOMATED_RELEASES.md
- Bumped version from 2.9.0 to 2.9.1
- Updated version badge in README.md
- Added comprehensive changelog entry documenting fixedCollection validation fixes
- Increased test coverage from 79.95% to 80.16% to meet CI requirements
- Added 50 new tests for fixed-collection-validator and console-manager
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This major update adds comprehensive n8n integration, enabling n8n-mcp to run
as an MCP server within n8n workflows using the MCP Client Tool node.
## Key Features
### n8n Integration (NEW)
- Full MCP Client Tool compatibility with protocol version negotiation
- Dedicated n8n mode with optimized Docker deployment
- Workflow examples and n8n-friendly tool descriptions
- Quick deployment script for easy setup
### Protocol & Compatibility
- Intelligent protocol version selection (2024-11-05 for n8n, 2025-03-26 for others)
- Fixed schema validation issues with n8n's nested output format
- Enhanced parameter validation with clear error messages
- Comprehensive test suite for protocol negotiation
### Security Enhancements
- Dynamic UID/GID generation (10000-59999) for Docker containers
- Improved error sanitization for production environments
- Fixed information leakage in error responses
- Enhanced permission handling for mounted volumes
### Performance Optimizations
- Docker build time reduced from 13+ minutes to 1-2 minutes
- Image size reduced from ~1.5GB to ~280MB
- Fixed ARM64 build failures
- Optimized to use runtime-only dependencies
### Developer Experience
- Comprehensive parameter validation for all MCP tools
- Made README version badge dynamic from package.json
- Enhanced test coverage with session management tests
- Improved CI/CD with informational patch coverage
### Documentation
- Added comprehensive N8N_DEPLOYMENT.md guide
- Updated CHANGELOG.md for version 2.9.0
- Enhanced CLAUDE.md with n8n-specific instructions
- Added deployment scripts and examples
## Technical Details
Files Added:
- Dockerfile.n8n, docker-compose.n8n.yml for n8n deployment
- Protocol version negotiation utilities
- n8n integration test suite
- Session management tests
- Deployment and test scripts
- Version badge update scripts
Files Modified:
- Enhanced MCP server with n8n mode support
- Improved HTTP server with better error handling
- Updated Docker configurations for security
- Enhanced logging for n8n compatibility
- CHANGELOG.md with comprehensive update description
This update makes n8n-mcp a first-class citizen in the n8n ecosystem,
enabling powerful AI-assisted workflow automation.
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- Updated version in package.json and package.runtime.json
- Updated version badge in README.md
- Added comprehensive changelog entry for v2.8.3
- Fixed TypeScript lint errors in test files by making env vars optional
- Fixed edge-cases test to include required NODE_ENV
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This commit adds comprehensive support for JSON configuration files in Docker containers,
addressing the issue where the Docker image fails to start in server mode and ignores
configuration files.
## Changes
### Docker Configuration Support
- Added parse-config.js to safely parse JSON configs and export as shell variables
- Implemented secure shell quoting to prevent command injection
- Added dangerous environment variable blocking for security
- Support for all JSON data types with proper edge case handling
### Docker Server Mode Fix
- Added support for "n8n-mcp serve" command in entrypoint
- Properly transforms serve command to HTTP mode
- Fixed missing n8n-mcp binary issue in Docker image
### Security Enhancements
- POSIX-compliant shell quoting without eval
- Blocked dangerous variables (PATH, LD_PRELOAD, etc.)
- Sanitized configuration keys to prevent invalid shell variables
- Protection against shell metacharacters in values
### Testing
- Added 53 comprehensive tests for Docker configuration
- Unit tests for parsing, security, and edge cases
- Integration tests for Docker entrypoint behavior
- Security-focused tests for injection prevention
### Documentation
- Updated Docker README with config file mounting examples
- Enhanced troubleshooting guide with config file issues
- Added version bump to 2.8.2
### Additional Files
- Included deployment-engineer and technical-researcher agent files
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- Updated n8n to ^1.104.1
- Updated n8n-core to ^1.103.1
- Updated n8n-workflow to ^1.101.0
- Updated @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain to ^1.103.1
- Rebuilt node database with 532 nodes
- Sanitized 499 workflow templates
- All 1,182 tests passing (933 unit, 249 integration)
- All validation tests passing
- Built and prepared for npm publish
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- Update README.md test count from 1,182 to 1,356 tests
- Add comprehensive CHANGELOG entry for v2.8.0
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- Add tests badge showing 1,182 passing tests
- Add comprehensive CHANGELOG entry for v2.7.23 documenting:
- Complete testing infrastructure implementation
- 933 unit tests and 249 integration tests
- All CI test failures fixed
- Test architecture enhancements
- Documentation updates
- Development artifact cleanup
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- Add real code examples and directory structure
- Include lessons learned and common issues/solutions
- Update README.md testing section with comprehensive test overview
- Include test distribution by component
- Add CI test results from run #41
- Update CLAUDE.md with latest development guidance
- Create benchmark test suites for critical operations:
- Node loading performance
- Database query performance
- Search operations performance
- Validation performance
- MCP tool execution performance
- Add GitHub Actions workflow for benchmark tracking:
- Runs on push to main and PRs
- Uses github-action-benchmark for historical tracking
- Comments on PRs with performance results
- Alerts on >10% performance regressions
- Stores results in GitHub Pages
- Create benchmark infrastructure:
- Custom Vitest benchmark configuration
- JSON reporter for CI results
- Result formatter for github-action-benchmark
- Performance threshold documentation
- Add supporting utilities:
- SQLiteStorageService for benchmark database setup
- MCPEngine wrapper for testing MCP tools
- Test factories for generating benchmark data
- Enhanced NodeRepository with benchmark methods
- Document benchmark system:
- Comprehensive benchmark guide in docs/BENCHMARKS.md
- Performance thresholds in .github/BENCHMARK_THRESHOLDS.md
- README for benchmarks directory
- Integration with existing test suite
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- Addresses known vulnerabilities in older Alpine images
- Provides better long-term support with Node.js 22 LTS (until April 2027)
- Updated documentation to reflect new base image version
- Tested and verified compatibility with all dependencies
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- Updated n8n-workflow from 1.99.1 to 1.100.0
- Updated @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain from 1.101.2 to 1.102.1
- Rebuilt node database with 532 nodes
- Bumped version to 2.7.21
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- Added proper SIGTERM/SIGINT signal handlers to stdio-wrapper.ts
- Removed problematic trap commands from docker-entrypoint.sh
- Added STOPSIGNAL directive to Dockerfile for explicit signal handling
- Implemented graceful shutdown in MCP server with database cleanup
- Added stdin close detection for proper cleanup when Claude Desktop closes the pipe
- Containers now properly exit with the --rm flag, preventing accumulation
- Added --init flag to all Docker configuration examples
- Updated documentation with container lifecycle management best practices
- Bumped version to 2.7.20
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- Added support for n8n-nodes-langchain.* → nodes-langchain.* normalization
- Implemented case-insensitive node name matching (e.g., chattrigger → chatTrigger)
- Added smart camelCase detection for common patterns (trigger, request, sheets, etc.)
- Fixed get_node_documentation tool to use same normalization logic as other tools
- Updated all 7 node lookup locations to use normalized types for alternatives
- Enhanced getNodeTypeAlternatives() to normalize all generated alternatives
All MCP tools now consistently handle various format variations:
- nodes-langchain.chatTrigger (correct format)
- n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger (package format)
- n8n-nodes-langchain.chattrigger (package + wrong case)
- nodes-langchain.chattrigger (wrong case only)
- @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger (full npm format)
Bump version to 2.7.19
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- Rebuilt node database with 531 nodes
- All validation tests passing
- Updated README.md badges to reflect new versions
- Added reminder to update badges in MEMORY_N8N_UPDATE.md
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- Add Railway-specific Docker image build to CI/CD workflow
- Builds n8n-mcp-railway image alongside standard image
- Railway image optimized for AMD64 architecture
- Automatically published to ghcr.io on main branch pushes
- Create comprehensive Railway deployment documentation
- Step-by-step deployment guide with security best practices
- Claude Desktop connection instructions via mcp-remote
- Troubleshooting guide for common issues
- Architecture details and single-instance design explanation
- Update README with Railway documentation link
- Removed inline Railway content to keep README focused
- Added link to dedicated Railway deployment guide
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