n8n/packages/@n8n/eslint-plugin-community-nodes

@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.

import { n8nCommunityNodesPlugin } from '@n8n/eslint-plugin-community-nodes';

export default [
		// …
		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	✅ ☑️			💡
cred-class-oauth2-naming	OAuth2 credentials must include OAuth2 in the class name, name, and displayName	✅ ☑️		🔧
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-prefer-themed-variants	Encourage node and credential icons to provide light/dark variants instead of a single icon file		✅ ☑️
icon-validation	Validate node and credential icon files exist, use the file: protocol, and that light/dark icons are different	✅ ☑️			💡
missing-paired-item	Require pairedItem on INodeExecutionData objects in execute() methods to preserve item linking.	✅ ☑️
n8n-object-validation	Validate the structure of the "n8n" object in community node package.json (required keys, types, and dist/ paths)	✅ ☑️
no-builder-hint-leakage	Disallow wire-format expression syntax (={{...}}) and NodeConnectionType string literals in builderHint texts and AI-builder prompts. Use expr() and SDK-canonical references instead.	✅ ☑️
no-credential-reuse	Prevent credential re-use security issues by ensuring nodes only reference credentials from the same package	✅ ☑️			💡
no-dangerous-functions	Disallow eval, the Function constructor, and child_process process-spawning functions (exec, spawn, etc.) in community nodes.	✅ ☑️
no-deprecated-workflow-functions	Disallow usage of deprecated functions and types from n8n-workflow package	✅ ☑️			💡
no-emoji-in-options	Disallow emoji characters in node option name and displayName values	✅ ☑️
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.	✅
no-runtime-dependencies	Disallow non-empty "dependencies" in community node package.json	✅ ☑️
no-template-placeholders	Disallow unresolved template placeholders in package.json	✅ ☑️
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-registration-complete	Ensure every .node.ts file in the nodes/ directory is registered in the "n8n.nodes" array of package.json		✅ ☑️
node-usable-as-tool	Ensure node classes have usableAsTool property	✅ ☑️		🔧
package-name-convention	Enforce correct package naming convention for n8n community nodes	✅ ☑️			💡
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	✅ ☑️
require-version	Require a valid "version" field in community node package.json	✅ ☑️
resource-operation-pattern	Enforce proper resource/operation pattern for better UX in n8n nodes		✅ ☑️
trigger-node-conventions	Trigger nodes (class name ends with Trigger) must label themselves consistently as triggers	✅ ☑️
valid-author	Require a non-empty author name and email in package.json	✅ ☑️
valid-credential-references	Ensure credentials referenced in node descriptions exist as credential classes in the package	✅ ☑️			💡
valid-description	Require a non-empty "description" field in community node package.json	✅ ☑️
valid-peer-dependencies	Require community node package.json peerDependencies to contain only "n8n-workflow": "*" (and optionally "@n8n/ai-node-sdk")	✅ ☑️		🔧
webhook-lifecycle-complete	Require webhook trigger nodes to implement the complete webhookMethods lifecycle (checkExists, create, delete)	✅ ☑️