Automation

How to connect Claude Desktop to a self-hosted n8n

How to connect Claude Desktop to a self-hosted n8n

Self-hosted n8n doesn't connect to Claude Desktop out of the box — OAuth is broken, and the config file doesn't support HTTP servers. This walkthrough covers the full setup: Cloudflare Tunnel, environment variables, supergateway as a stdio-to-HTTP bridge, and triggering workflows via MCP.

Triggering n8n workflows from Claude Desktop

Triggering n8n workflows from Claude Desktop

Once Claude Desktop can see your n8n workflows, actually executing them with data is surprisingly tricky. This article tests three trigger types — MCP Server Trigger, Webhook, and Chat Trigger — and explains why only Chat Trigger reliably passes data through the management API.

How I publish Ghost blog posts from Claude Desktop using n8n

How I publish Ghost blog posts from Claude Desktop using n8n

Claude Desktop can write and publish blog posts to Ghost via an n8n workflow — generating HTML content, creating a DALL-E cover image, uploading it, and drafting the post. This walkthrough covers the full setup including JSON escaping, image handling, and why HTML beats Lexical.