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Command Reference

Auto-generated from the CLI. See n8nctl for the root command.

  • agent — Helpers for running n8nctl under an AI agent
  • alias — Define command shortcuts expanded before parsing
  • api — Make a raw authenticated API request (escape hatch)
  • audit — Generate a security audit of the instance
  • auth — Authenticate against an n8n instance
  • backup — Export workflows, tags, and variables to a directory (JSON or YAML)
  • config — Inspect and edit configuration and profiles
  • credentials — Manage credentials
  • data-tables — Manage data tables and their rows
  • doctor — Diagnose configuration, credentials, and connectivity
  • executions — Inspect and control workflow executions
  • init — Interactive first-run setup for an instance/profile
  • login — Authenticate the active profile (alias for auth login)
  • logout — Remove the active profile's API key (alias for auth logout)
  • mcp — MCP server management
  • nodes — Explore the catalog of n8n node types (offline)
  • packages — Export and import workflows as .n8np packages (beta)
  • projects — Manage projects and their members
  • proxy — Run a local n8n API proxy that lint-gates workflow writes
  • restore — Recreate workflows from a backup directory
  • skills — Install this CLI's AI-agent skill into Claude, Cursor, and other agents
  • source-control — Interact with the Source Control (Git) integration
  • stats — One-shot instance health summary
  • tags — Manage workflow tags
  • templates — Browse and deploy workflows from the n8n template gallery
  • update — Update n8nctl to the latest GitHub release
  • users — Manage users (instance owner only)
  • variables — Manage instance variables
  • version — Print version, commit, and build date
  • workflows — Manage workflows