Install n8n MCP Community for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"drzamarian-n8n-mcp-community": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"n8n-mcp-community@0.3.1"
],
"env": {
"N8N_API_URL": "YOUR_N8N_API_URL",
"N8N_API_KEY": "YOUR_N8N_API_KEY",
"N8N_MCP_MODE": "read-only",
"N8N_ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP": "0"
}
}
}
}