Retrieve all workflows with their status, tags, and metadata. Returns workflow ID, name, active status, creation date, and tags. Use this to browse available automations or find a specific workflow by name.
AI agents call n8n_list_workflows to retrieve information from n8n Management MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only queries and retrieves workflow metadata without modifying, executing, or deleting any data. It is a pure read operation that returns informational data about existing workflows. The blast radius is minimal as it merely exposes the list of available workflows and their properties, not sensitive credentials or execution data. No side effects or irreversible actions occur.
From the tool's definition Retrieve all workflows with their status, tags, and metadata. Returns workflow ID, name, active status, creation date, and tags.
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Retrieve all workflows with their status, tags, and metadata. Returns workflow ID, name, active status, creation date, and tags. Use this to browse available automations or find a specific workflow by name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the n8n Management MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the n8n Management MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for n8n_list_workflows: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches n8n Management MCP Server. Nothing to install.
n8n_list_workflows is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the n8n_list_workflows rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for n8n_list_workflows. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
n8n_list_workflows is provided by the n8n Management MCP Server MCP server (node2flow-th/n8n-management-mcp-community). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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