n8n-binary-and-data-official
n8n-binary-and-data-official is an agent skill published by n8n-io, listed under building agents. It lives in the n8n-io/skills repository, which has 554 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-18.
Handles files, images, attachments, or binary data in n8n, and supports AI agents that require user-uploaded files as tool input or return generated files. Triggers on file-related actions such as upload, download, and handling of non-JSON file data.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads n8n-io/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add n8n-io/skills
Maintenance
Use when handling files, images, attachments, or binary data in n8n, OR when an AI agent needs to take a user-uploaded file as tool input or return a generated file. For Data Tables (schemas, dedup, persistent state), see the separate n8n-data-tables-official skill. Triggers on "file", "image", "PDF", "attachment", "binary", "upload", "download", chat trigger with files, agent tool that needs a file, vision/multimodal, or any handling of non-JSON file data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n-binary-and-data-official (this page) | n8n-io | Use when handling files, images, attachments, or binary data in n8n, OR when an AI agent needs to take a user… | 554 | 2026-10-17 |
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Common questions about n8n-binary-and-data-official
- What does n8n-binary-and-data-official do?
- Handles files, images, attachments, or binary data in n8n, and supports AI agents that require user-uploaded files as tool input or return generated files. Triggers on file-related actions such as upload, download, and handling of non-JSON file data.
- How do I install n8n-binary-and-data-official?
- Run npx skills add n8n-io/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes n8n-binary-and-data-official?
- n8n-io.
- Is n8n-binary-and-data-official maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 554 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-17. The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.
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