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@n8n/eslint-plugin-community-nodes

ESLint plugin for linting n8n community node packages to ensure consistency and best practices.

Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026

Overview

@n8n/eslint-plugin-community-nodes

ESLint plugin for linting n8n community node packages to ensure consistency and best practices.

Install

npm install --save-dev eslint @n8n/eslint-plugin-community-nodes

**Requires ESLint >=9 and flat config

Usage

See the ESLint docs for more information about extending config files.

Recommended config

This plugin exports a recommended config that enforces good practices.


		// …
		n8nCommunityNodesPlugin.configs.recommended,
		{
			rules: {
				'@n8n/community-nodes/node-usable-as-tool': 'warn',
			},
		},
];

Rules

💼 Configurations enabled in.\ ⚠️ Configurations set to warn in.\ ✅ Set in the recommended configuration.\ ☑️ Set in the recommendedWithoutN8nCloudSupport configuration.\ 🔧 Automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.\ 💡 Manually fixable by editor suggestions.\ ❌ Deprecated.

Name	Description	💼	⚠️	🔧	💡	❌
ai-node-package-json	Enforce consistency between n8n.aiNodeSdkVersion and ai-node-sdk peer dependency in community node packages	✅ ☑️
cred-class-field-icon-missing	Credential class must have an `icon` property defined	✅ ☑️			💡
credential-documentation-url	Enforce valid credential documentationUrl format (URL or lowercase alphanumeric slug)	✅ ☑️		🔧
credential-password-field	Ensure credential fields with sensitive names have typeOptions.password = true	✅ ☑️		🔧
credential-test-required	Ensure credentials have a credential test	✅ ☑️			💡
icon-validation	Validate node and credential icon files exist, are SVG format, and light/dark icons are different	✅ ☑️			💡
missing-paired-item	Require pairedItem on INodeExecutionData objects in execute() methods to preserve item linking.	✅ ☑️
no-credential-reuse	Prevent credential re-use security issues by ensuring nodes only reference credentials from the same package	✅ ☑️			💡
no-deprecated-workflow-functions	Disallow usage of deprecated functions and types from n8n-workflow package	✅ ☑️			💡
no-forbidden-lifecycle-scripts	Ban lifecycle scripts (prepare, preinstall, postinstall, etc.) in community node packages	✅ ☑️
no-http-request-with-manual-auth	Disallow this.helpers.httpRequest() in functions that call this.getCredentials(). Use this.helpers.httpRequestWithAuthentication() instead.	✅ ☑️
no-overrides-field	Ban the "overrides" field in community node package.json	✅ ☑️
no-restricted-globals	Disallow usage of restricted global variables in community nodes.	✅
no-restricted-imports	Disallow usage of restricted imports in community nodes.	✅
node-class-description-icon-missing	Node class description must have an `icon` property defined. Deprecated: use `require-node-description-fields` instead.				💡	❌
node-connection-type-literal	Disallow string literals in node description `inputs`/`outputs` — use `NodeConnectionTypes` enum instead	✅ ☑️		🔧
node-usable-as-tool	Ensure node classes have usableAsTool property	✅ ☑️		🔧
options-sorted-alphabetically	Enforce alphabetical ordering of options arrays in n8n node properties		✅ ☑️
package-name-convention	Enforce correct package naming convention for n8n community nodes	✅ ☑️			💡
require-community-node-keyword	Require the "n8n-community-node-package" keyword in community node package.json		✅ ☑️	🔧
require-continue-on-fail	Require continueOnFail() handling in execute() methods of node classes	✅ ☑️
require-node-api-error	Require NodeApiError or NodeOperationError for error wrapping in catch blocks. Raw errors lose HTTP context in the n8n UI.	✅ ☑️
require-node-description-fields	Node class description must define all required fields: icon, subtitle	✅ ☑️
resource-operation-pattern	Enforce proper resource/operation pattern for better UX in n8n nodes		✅ ☑️
webhook-lifecycle-complete	Require webhook trigger nodes to implement the complete webhookMethods lifecycle (checkExists, create, delete)	✅ ☑️