find-credential

name	find-credential
description	Search credentials on the active n8n instance by name pattern, scoped to a project. Use whenever the user asks "find credential X", "which credential is …", "list Dropbox/OpenAI/etc. credentials", or before referencing a credential ID in a workflow. Default scope = workspace-pinned project. Returns id, type, project, owner role, and a paste-ready TypeScript snippet.
argument-hint	<name-pattern> [--type <credType>] [--project <name|id|all>] [--exact]
user-invocable	true
allowed-tools	Bash(node:*), Bash(npx:*)

Find Credential (Project-Aware)

One command. No fishing through --help.

node "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/find-credential/scripts/search.js" "$ARGUMENTS"

What it does

1. Reads workspace status → resolves active project (projectId, projectName).
2. Calls npx n8nac credential list --json (read-only, no secrets).
3. Filters by:
   • name pattern (substring, case-insensitive; --exact for strict match)
   • type (e.g. dropboxOAuth2Api) — optional
   • project scope: default = workspace-pinned project; --project all shows everything; --project <name|id> overrides
4. Prints a table grouped by project + paste-ready TypeScript credential blocks.

Output shape

Active project (workspace pin): Confidential RAG (NhVwnjvOp5c5687N)

Matches for "stella" in project Confidential RAG:

ID                  Type                Name                Owner role
------------------  ------------------  ------------------  ----------------
TrPu8rXCuoxpTfnX    dropboxOAuth2Api    Dropbox Stella2     credential:owner
pVsHmMxpQZaUui5w    dropboxOAuth2Api    Dropbox stella 2    credential:owner

TypeScript snippet:
  credentials: { dropboxOAuth2Api: { id: "TrPu8rXCuoxpTfnX", name: "Dropbox Stella2" } }
  credentials: { dropboxOAuth2Api: { id: "pVsHmMxpQZaUui5w", name: "Dropbox stella 2" } }

Other projects with "stella" matches (hidden — use --project all to see):
  Personal (BFOi3Ip4tIRPFnMg): 1 match

Common invocations

User says	Command
"find Stella credential"	/n8n-autopilot:find-credential stella
"list all Dropbox creds in this project"	/n8n-autopilot:find-credential "" --type dropboxOAuth2Api
"show all OpenAI creds across the whole instance"	/n8n-autopilot:find-credential openai --project all
"exact cred name 'Dropbox Stella2'"	/n8n-autopilot:find-credential "Dropbox Stella2" --exact

Project scope rules

• Default = active workspace project. Hides matches in other projects (shown as summary footnote).
• --project all shows everything, grouped by project.
• --project <name> filters to that project (matched against shared[].name).
• --project <id> filters by project ID.

This is the canonical way to look up a credential before referencing it in a .workflow.ts. Do NOT fall back to n8nac credential list --json | grep — it skips project-scoping and leaks cross-project IDs into workflows.

Why this skill exists

n8nac credential list --json returns every credential the API key can see across all projects. Without project-scoping, agents pick the first matching name and inject an ID that belongs to another project — the workflow then fails at runtime with "credential not accessible". This skill enforces project-scope by default.

Exit codes

• 0 — matches found and printed
• 1 — workspace not bound / n8nac CLI failure
• 2 — no matches in active project (footnote shows counts in other projects if any)