Automation Helper - Claude Code Plugin
AI assistant for Power Automate and n8n workflows - Help design, build, debug, and refactor automation workflows with Claude Code.
⚠️ Alpha Version - Skills in active development. Power Automate and n8n focus. Make/Zapier not yet supported.
What This Plugin Does
This plugin adds 6 AI skills to Claude Code that help you work with automation workflows:
- Design workflows through conversation (brainstorm)
- Generate workflow JSON from requirements (build-flow)
- Debug errors with documentation research (debugger)
- Fix common errors quickly (quick-fix)
- Refactor workflows for performance (refactor)
- Validate before deployment (validator)
What's Actually Complete
✅ Power Automate (Partial)
- Forms connector (100%)
- Excel connector (100%)
- Outlook connector (100%)
- Teams connector (100%)
- Built-in actions (100%)
- SharePoint (20% - needs work)
- OneDrive (20% - needs work)
✅ n8n (Core + Database)
- Core nodes (HTTP, Webhook, Code, Schedule, Set, IF - 6/15 nodes)
- AI nodes (OpenAI - 1/10 nodes)
- App integrations (Google Sheets, Drive, Gmail - 3/300 nodes)
- Database nodes (PostgreSQL, Redis, Pinecone - 3/10 nodes)
❌ Not Yet Supported
- Make/Integromat
- Zapier
- Advanced n8n nodes
- Custom slash commands
- Workflow hooks
Installation
# Add marketplace
/plugin marketplace add MacroMan5/AutomationHelper_plugins
# Install plugin
/plugin install automation-helper
Quick Example
You: "I'm getting a 429 error in my Excel flow"
→ automation-quick-fix or automation-debugger activates
- Searches documentation
- Finds rate limit (100 calls/60s)
- Suggests adding delays
- Outputs fixed JSON
- or provides quick fix suggestions
How It Works
Documentation-Driven: Skills search real documentation in Docs/ folder (100+ files) to avoid hallucinations.
Multi-Phase Approach: Each skill follows a structured process: analyze → research → design → generate → validate.
No Placeholders: Generated JSON is complete and ready to paste into your platform.
What's In Development
🚧 Active Development
- All 6 skills (working but improving)
- Power Automate SharePoint & OneDrive docs (20% → 100%)
- More n8n node coverage
- Better error detection
📋 Planned Features
- Make/Integromat support
- Zapier support
- Custom slash commands
- Workflow validation hooks
- More connector documentation
Current Limitations
Be Aware:
- Make and Zapier are NOT supported yet
- Skills are in alpha - expect rough edges
- Some Power Automate connectors incomplete
- n8n coverage is basic (core nodes only)
- No custom commands or hooks yet
- Documentation gaps exist
⚠️ IMPORTANT - How to Use Effectively:
❌ Don't do this:
- Send a 3000-line workflow JSON and expect perfect results
- Ask to "fix everything" in a complex flow
- Expect it to understand your entire workflow at once
✅ Do this instead:
- Section your workflow - Work on one part at a time
- Focus on specific issues - Debug one error at a time
- Provide context - Explain what the section should do
- Keep it manageable - Max ~200-300 lines of JSON per request
Example:
❌ Bad: "Fix this entire workflow [paste 3000 lines]"
✅ Good: "I have an error in the SharePoint loop section.
Here's the relevant part [paste 150 lines].
It's supposed to filter items by date but getting 429 errors."
Why? AI has context limits. Smaller, focused requests = better results.
Contributing
We Need Help! 🙏
This is an open-source project in active development. Contributions welcome:
Most Needed
- 📚 Documentation: Add Make, Zapier, more Power Automate connectors
- 🐛 Bug Reports: Test skills and report issues
- 💡 Ideas: Suggest improvements via Issues
- 🔧 Code: Fix bugs, improve skills
How to Contribute
- Fork this repo
- Try the plugin and find issues
- Open an Issue with what you found
- Submit PRs to fix bugs or add docs
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
📖 Read This First!
BEST_PRACTICES.md - How to use this plugin effectively
TL;DR: Don't send 3000-line workflows. Section them into manageable chunks (200-300 lines). One problem at a time. Provide context.
Documentation Structure
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