Manage workflows, executions, data tables, projects, tags and variables on your own n8n instance through its public API.
Explore 71 workflow actions for n8n, including account permissions and operation limits.
30 read actions41 write actions
WORKFLOW ACTIONS
What you can configure.
Choose an action in the workflow builder, connect an account, and map its inputs. These actions are available in the catalog; your account access and a successful test determine whether they work for your setup.
Add a column to a data table
Write
Add a new column to an existing data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Archive a workflow
Write
Soft-deletes a workflow by archiving it.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Cancel a test run
Write
Cancel a running evaluation test run of a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Clear all rows from a data table
Write
Permanently delete all rows from a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create a folder
Write
Create a folder within a project.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create a new data table
Write
Create a new data table in your personal project or a team project you have access to.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create a project
Write
Create a team project on your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create a tag
Write
Create a tag in your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create a variable
Write
Create a variable in your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create a workflow
Write
Create a workflow in your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a column
Write
Remove a column from a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a data table
Write
Delete a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a folder
Write
Delete a folder within a project.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a project
Write
Delete a project from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a tag
Write
Deletes a tag.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a variable
Write
Delete a variable from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete a workflow
Write
Delete a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete an execution
Write
Deletes an execution from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete credential by ID
Write
Deletes a credential from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete rows from a data table
Write
Delete rows matching filter conditions from a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Generate an audit
Read
Generate a security audit for your n8n instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Get a data table
Read
Retrieve a specific data table by ID.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Get credential by ID
Read
Retrieves a credential by ID.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Get execution tags
Read
Get annotation tags for an execution.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Get folder details
Read
Get folder details including sub-folder and workflow counts.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Get user by ID/Email
Read
Retrieve a user from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Get workflow tags
Read
Get workflow tags.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Insert rows into a data table
Write
Insert one or more rows into a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
List all data tables
Read
Retrieve a list of all data tables with optional filtering, sorting, and pagination.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
List columns of a data table
Read
Retrieve all columns for a specific data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
List credentials
Read
Retrieve all credentials from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
List project members
Read
Returns a list of all members of a project including their role.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
List rows of a data table
Read
Retrieve rows from a data table with optional filtering, sorting, and pagination.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Preview pending source control changes
Read
Previews the pending changes between the instance and the connected Git branch in either the push or pull direction.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Publish a workflow
Write
Publish a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Retrieve a test run
Read
Retrieve a single evaluation test run of a workflow, including its aggregated metrics and final result.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve a workflow
Read
Retrieve a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve a workflow version
Read
Retrieve a single version of a workflow from its version history.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve all executions
Read
Retrieve all executions from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve all tags
Read
Retrieve all tags from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve all users
Read
Retrieve all users from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve all workflows
Read
Retrieve all workflows from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve an execution
Read
Retrieve an execution from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve folders
Read
Retrieve folders within a project.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve insights summary
Read
Retrieve the insights summary for the selected date range.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve projects
Read
Retrieve projects from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve test run cases
Read
Retrieve the per-case results of an evaluation test run.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve test runs
Read
Retrieve the evaluation test runs of a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve variables
Read
Retrieve variables from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieve workflow version history
Read
Returns a paginated list of workflow versions (version IDs and metadata) for a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retrieves a tag
Read
Retrieves a tag.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Retry an execution
Write
Retry an execution from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Show credential data schema
Read
Show credential data schema
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
Stop an execution
Write
Stop an execution by id.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Stop multiple executions
Write
Stop multiple executions from your instance based on filter criteria.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Transfer a credential to another project
Write
Transfer a credential to another project.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Transfer a workflow to another project
Write
Transfer a workflow to another project.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Trigger a test run
Write
Start a new evaluation test run for a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Unarchive a workflow
Write
Restores an archived workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Unpublish a workflow
Write
Unpublish a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a column
Write
Rename and/or reorder a column in a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a data table
Write
Update a data table's name.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a folder
Write
Update folder name or parent folder.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a project
Write
Update a project on your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a tag
Write
Update a tag.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a variable
Write
Update a variable from your instance.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update a workflow
Write
Update a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update rows in a data table
Write
Update rows matching filter conditions in a data table.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update tags of a workflow
Write
Update tags of a workflow.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update tags of an execution
Write
Update annotation tags of an execution.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Upsert a row in a data table
Write
Update an existing row, or insert a new one if no row matches the filter conditions.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
An n8n API key from your instance (Settings, n8n API) with the scopes the call needs
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
SETUP
Start with a controlled test.
01Connect the intended account
Use the account and permissions required for your process. Review the connection check before configuring a workflow action.
02Review inputs and access
Select a listed operation and map its required inputs. Use test records and add a human approval before writes that need review.
03Confirm the result
Inspect step outputs and confirm the result in n8n. A saved workflow is not a completed provider action.
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