n8n vs Agent Flow
Agent Flow is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑20.
n8n is an MCP server published by czlonkowski. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Agent Flow is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alessandro Saiani. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   n8n | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:061cdb8fbaa7 Forks (GitHub): 3 671 Pulls (Docker Hub): 155 730 Stars (Docker Hub): 23 Stars (GitHub): 23 102 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alesaiani/agentflow | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-20 Version: 1.0.0-beta.13 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | n8n | Agent Flowno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 23 102 | 5 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 155 730 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 671 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/n8n) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 42 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 26 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp | github.com/alesaiani/agentflow |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of Agent Flow
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Bardeen wiq plugin — workflow automation with multi-agent orchestration and OAuth-secured remote MCP.
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Turn recurring work you spot in Claude into Make automations and AI Agents that keep running in the cloud. Build, run, and manage them from Claude Chat, Cowork, or Claude Code…
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Enhanced /loop with structured Plan → Execute → Review → Sample phases for stable long-running tasks
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Workflow-builder skill: design and write deterministic multi-agent workflow scripts (.js files in .claude/workflows/) for Claude Code's Workflow tool (CLAUDE_CODE_WORKFLOWS=1…
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Use this agent for optimizing human-agent collaboration workflows and analyzing workflow efficiency. This agent specializes in identifying bottlenecks, streamlining processes, and…
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Human-in-the-loop task manager for AI agents
What each says it does
n8n
Bridges n8n's workflow automation platform with AI models, providing access to 543 n8n nodes, workflow templates, and AI-capable automation tools.
Agent Flow
Deterministic, composable agent workflows inside a single Claude Code session: describe a workflow in natural language and Agent Flow builds and runs it, durably across turns. Primitives: enumerate, foreach, group, reduce, loop, pipe.
How to run each
n8n As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "N8N_API_KEY=<YOUR_N8N_API_KEY>" --transport stdio n8n -- docker run -i --rm -e N8N_API_KEY mcp/n8nRequires: N8N_API_KEY (secret)
Agent Flow
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Agent Flow publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Agent Flow publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: n8n · What it can do: Agent Flow · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.