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n8n-mcp vs serena

n8n-mcp and serena are both mcp servers. n8n-mcp is A MCP for Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Windsurf / Cursor to build n8n workflows for you, while serena is a powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent. Here's an independent, side-by-side look at how they compare — and which fits.

n8n-mcp

MCP server· Open source

A MCP for Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Windsurf / Cursor to build n8n workflows for you

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serena

SDK / library· Open source

A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent

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Specn8n-mcpserena
TypeMCP serverSDK / library
ModelOpen sourceOpen source
PricingOpen sourceOpen source
GitHub stars22,10226,032
LanguageTypeScriptPython
LicenseMITMIT
Last activityJul 2026Jul 2026

Choose n8n-mcp if

your team works primarily in TypeScript.

Choose serena if

your team works primarily in Python.

About n8n-mcp

A MCP for Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Windsurf / Cursor to build n8n workflows for you

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About serena

A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent

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