n8n Workflow Mastery

n8n Workflow Mastery is a standalone skill that teaches any OpenClaw agent how to architect, build, and maintain production automations in n8n — not toy workflows that break on the first edge case, but real automations with error handling, retry logic, conditional branching, and monitoring. Most agents can connect two nodes. This skill teaches them to build systems that run unattended at 3 AM and recover when something fails. Drop this skill into any OpenClaw persona's skills folder and your agent immediately knows how to design workflow architecture before building, use n8n's node library effectively, handle errors and retries at every step, build conditional logic that covers edge cases, monitor workflows in production, and debug failures systematically. ⚙️ Everything Included This skill covers the full n8n workflow lifecycle — no separate purchases needed: Workflow Architecture — designing automations that are maintainable, testable, and don't break when APIs change or data is unexpected Node Patterns — the right node for the job, configuration patterns, and common gotchas for the most-used n8n nodes Error Handling — retry logic, fallback paths, dead letter queues, and alerting so failures don't go silent Conditional Logic — branching, filtering, merging, and looping patterns that handle real-world data complexity Production Operations — monitoring, versioning, credential management, and debugging failed executions Proven patterns: Architecture-first design that maps the full workflow before touching n8n Error handling on every external call with retry and fallback paths Credential management patterns that keep secrets secure and rotatable Workflow versioning so you can roll back when an update breaks something What makes this different from watching YouTube tutorials: Production-grade patterns — designed for workflows that run unattended, not demos that work once Error handling built in — every example includes failure paths, not just happy paths Anti-patterns included — the 10 most common n8n mistakes that cause silent failures Debugging methodology — systematic approach to finding why a workflow failed at 2 AM Agent-native — structured for LLM consumption, not human video-watching Scaling patterns — how to handle rate limits, large datasets, and parallel execution without crashing Includes SKILL.md with complete workflow documentation, examples/ folder with production workflow patterns, and templates/ folder with starter architectures for common automations. Designed for OpenClaw. Works with any persona that needs automation capabilities.