n8n MCP Backup Server (TameemAlkadiki/n8n-mcp-backup) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 54 out of 100, grade D. It declares 6 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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n8n MCP Backup Server

Enables AI assistants to back up, list, and restore n8n workflows and PostgreSQL databases via natural language, using S3-compatible storage for backups.

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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
🔐
You'll be asked for 3 credentials: N8N_API_KEY, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, PG_PASSWORD
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// tools this server exposes6 tools

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take_backup

Export all n8n workflows AND credentials and upload them as a single timestamped JSON object to the S3 bucket.

list_backups

Return a list of available backup objects in the S3 bucket, newest first with sizes.

restore_backup

Download a backup object from S3 and import it into n8n.

take_postgres_backup

Run pg_dump against the configured PostgreSQL database (custom format) and stream the output directly to S3 via multipart upload — no local temp file is written.

list_postgres_backups

List available Postgres backup objects in the S3 bucket, newest first.

restore_postgres_backup

Download a Postgres backup from S3 and restore it into the configured database using pg_restore --clean --if-exists.

// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configN8N_URLoptional n8n base URL (default: http://n8n:5678)
🔐 secretN8N_API_KEY✅ n8n API key (Settings → n8n API → Create)
configS3_ENDPOINToptional S3 endpoint (default: http://garage:3900)
configS3_REGIONoptional S3 region (default: us-east-1)
configS3_ACCESS_KEY_IDCopy the generated key ID and secret into your .env as and S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, then restart:
🔐 secretS3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYCopy the generated key ID and secret into your .env as S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID and , then restart:
configS3_BUCKEToptional Bucket for n8n backups (default: n8n-backup)
configS3_BUCKET_POSTGRESoptional Bucket for Postgres backups (default: postgres-backup)
configPG_HOSToptional Postgres host (default: postgres)
configPG_PORToptional Postgres port (default: 5432)
configPG_DB
configPG_USER
🔐 secretPG_PASSWORD
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

6/6 tools missing one or more hints — take_backup (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); list_backups (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); restore_backup (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +3 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Destructive tools are labelled

3 tools perform destructive updates without destructiveHint — take_backup deletes at line 171 (os.remove(tmp_path)); restore_backup deletes at line 229 (os.remove(tmp_path)); restore_postgres_backup deletes at line 486 (os.remove(tmp_path))

Add destructiveHint:true to any tool whose handler calls .delete(), .upsert(), .update(), unlink, rm, DELETE, DROP, REPLACE INTO, or any operation that overwrites existing data.

Tool inputs are validated

Only 2/6 tool handlers declare input schemas (33%)

Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.

License file

No license file

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Tests exist

No test files found

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