Migrate to n8n

migrate-to-n8n

Move your Make scenarios and Zapier zaps to n8n. Give it the export, get an n8n workflow you can import, plus a report on every step: what converted, what you should check, and how to finish the rest.

It works as an MCP server (ask Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client to "convert this to n8n") and as a plain command-line tool. Free and open source. Your scenarios stay on your computer.

What you get

Every step of your scenario ends up in one of three states, and the report lists them all:

	What it means	Example
✅ converted	Runs after import. You only reconnect credentials.	Webhook, HTTP request, router, iterator, Gmail send
⚠️ review	Converted, with one named thing to check.	A formula with no exact n8n twin, a sheet written by column letter
🛠 manual	No safe automatic equivalent. The step sits in place, disabled, with a sticky note that says what to do.	A private Make app: you get a Code node that already collects its inputs

Nothing gets dropped. Manual steps keep the workflow connected, so it imports and runs while you finish them. This is the demo scenario after conversion, opened in n8n 2.44: the private CRM app has no n8n node, so its step waits disabled, with a note on what to do.

Formulas carry over too: {{formatDate(1.date; "DD.MM.YYYY")}} becomes {{ DateTime.fromISO(String($('Webhook').item.json.body.date)).toFormat('dd.LL.yyyy') }}.

Measured on 2026-10-22 on the public Make blueprints and Zapier exports found on GitHub:

Source	Workflows	Steps	✅ Converted	⚠️ To review	🛠 Manual	Broken outputs	Time (median)
Make	1,432	10,129	42.7%	40.5%	16.7%	0	0.7 ms
Zapier	148	910	7%	63.7%	29.2%	0	0.3 ms

"Broken outputs" counts workflows that n8n would reject. The test suite also imports a sample of these workflows into real n8n 2.44 and 1.123, and runs some of them through their webhooks to compare the answers with Make. Many public Zapier exports come without step settings or code, which keeps the Zapier numbers lower.

Try it in one minute

You need Node.js 22 or newer.

npx migrate-to-n8n convert my-scenario.blueprint.json

The workflow and the report go to Documents/migrate-to-n8n. Import the .n8n.json file in n8n: Workflows → Import from File.

No export at hand? Try the demo scenario: download it and run the same command on it.

Step by step

1. Export from Make or Zapier

• Make: open the scenario, click ⋯ at the bottom of the editor, choose Export Blueprint.
• Zapier: Settings → Security and data → Download my Zap workflows. You get one file with all your zaps. Pick the ones you want with list_zaps (or migrate-to-n8n list-zaps <file>).

2. Connect it to your AI client

Claude Desktop: download migrate-to-n8n.mcpb and open it. Claude Desktop installs it in one click. The settings are optional: an output folder, and your n8n address and API key if you want uploads.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add migrate-to-n8n -- npx -y migrate-to-n8n serve

Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and other clients: add this to the client's MCP config (.cursor/mcp.json, .vscode/mcp.json, …):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "migrate-to-n8n": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "migrate-to-n8n", "serve"],
      "env": { "N8N_URL": "", "N8N_API_KEY": "" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code uses "servers" instead of "mcpServers".

3. Convert

Attach the file in the chat (or give its path) and ask:

Convert this Make scenario to n8n and help me finish what doesn't convert.

The assistant gets the report and walks you through every step marked ⚠️ or 🛠.

4. Import into n8n

Import the .n8n.json file (Workflows → Import from File), pick your credentials in the nodes the report lists, point webhook senders to the new URL, run it once with test data, then activate it.

With N8N_URL and N8N_API_KEY set (n8n → Settings → n8n API), the assistant can upload the workflow for you. It creates a new, inactive workflow named "… (migrated)" and never touches existing ones.

Tools

Tool	What it does
convert_make	Make blueprint → n8n workflow file + report
convert_zapier	Zapier export → one workflow file + report per zap
list_zaps	The zaps in a Zapier export: title, steps, apps, on/off
suggest_replacement	How one module or step is handled, and what to use instead
supported_modules	Search what converts automatically
check_n8n_workflow	Problems left in a workflow file: broken links, disabled steps, placeholders, credentials
upload_to_n8n	Create the workflow in your n8n, inactive (only when N8N_URL and N8N_API_KEY are set)

What converts

Flow control converts in full on both sides: routers and paths (every matching route runs, as in Make and Zapier), filters with AND/OR groups, iterators and aggregators, error handlers, schedules, variables, webhooks and responses, HTTP requests, JSON, Formatter, Code, Delay, Storage. About 50 Make formula functions, Make date formats, operators and 25 Zapier Formatter transforms translate to n8n expressions.

Make: 135 modules and steps convert automatically

Module / step	Becomes in n8n
*:makeApiCall	HTTP Request (the app's API)
airtable:ActionCreateRecord	Airtable: Create
airtable:ActionGetRecord	Airtable: Get
airtable:ActionSearchRecords	Airtable: Search
airtable:ActionUpdateRecords	Airtable: Update
airtable:TriggerWatchRecords	Airtable Trigger
anthropic-claude:createAMessage	Anthropic: Message a Model
anthropic-claude:simpleTextPrompt	Anthropic: Message a Model
apify:fetchDatasetItems	HTTP Request (Apify API)
apify:finishedActorRuns	Webhook (Apify)
apify:runActor	HTTP Request (Apify API)
apify:runActorNew	HTTP Request (Apify API)
builtin:BasicAggregator	Aggregate
builtin:BasicFeeder	Split Out
builtin:BasicFilter	No Operation
builtin:BasicIterator	Split Out
builtin:BasicRepeater	Code (repeat)
builtin:BasicRouter	No Operation (fan-out)
code:ExecuteCode	Code
csv:ParseCSV	Code (parse CSV) + Split Out
datastore:AddRecord	Data Table: Insert Row
datastore:DeleteRecord	Data Table: Delete Rows
datastore:ExistRecord	Data Table: If Row Exists
datastore:GetRecord	Data Table: Get Rows
datastore:SearchRecord	Data Table: Get Rows
datastore:UpdateRecord	Data Table: Update / Upsert
discord:createMessage	Discord: Send Message
dropbox:createShareLink	HTTP Request (Dropbox API)
dropbox:uploadLargeFile	Dropbox: Upload
email:ActionSendEmail	Send Email (SMTP)
email:TriggerNewEmail	Email Trigger (IMAP)
facebook-pages:CreatePost	Facebook Graph API: Page Post
facebook-pages:CreatePostWithPhotos	Facebook Graph API: Page Photo Post
gateway:CustomWebHook	Webhook
gateway:WebhookRespond	Respond to Webhook
gemini-ai:createACompletionGeminiPro	Google Gemini: Message a Model
gmail:ActionSendEmail	Gmail: Send
gmail:sendAnEmail	Gmail: Send
gmail:TriggerNewEmail	Gmail Trigger
google-calendar:createAnEvent	Google Calendar: Create Event
google-calendar:deleteAnEvent	Google Calendar: Delete Event
google-calendar:searchEvents	Google Calendar: Get Many Events
google-docs:createADocument	Google Docs: Create
google-docs:createADocumentFromTemplate	Google Drive: Copy (template)
google-docs:getADocument	Google Docs: Get
google-drive:createAFolder	Google Drive: Create Folder
google-drive:getAFile	Google Drive: Download
google-drive:moveAFileIntoAFolder	Google Drive: Move
google-drive:searchForFilesFolders	Google Drive: Search
google-drive:shareAFileFolder	Google Drive: Share
google-drive:uploadAFile	Google Drive: Upload
google-drive:watchFilesInAFolder	Google Drive Trigger
google-email:ActionCreateDraft	Gmail: Create Draft
google-email:ActionSendEmail	Gmail: Send
google-email:createADraft	Gmail: Create Draft
google-email:sendAnEmail	Gmail: Send
google-email:TriggerNewEmail	Gmail Trigger
google-email:TriggerWatchEmails	Gmail Trigger
google-email:triggerWatchNewEmails	Gmail Trigger
google-sheets:addRow	Google Sheets: Append Row
google-sheets:createSpreadsheet	Google Sheets: Create Spreadsheet
google-sheets:deleteRow	Google Sheets: Delete Rows
google-sheets:filterRows	Google Sheets: Get Rows (+ Filter)
google-sheets:getCell	HTTP Request (Sheets API, read a cell)
google-sheets:getSheetContent	Google Sheets: Get Rows (+ Filter)
google-sheets:searchRows	Google Sheets: Get Rows (+ Filter)
google-sheets:searchRowsAdvanced	Google Sheets: Get Rows (+ Filter)
google-sheets:updateCell	HTTP Request (Sheets API, write a cell)
google-sheets:updateRow	Google Sheets: Update Row
google-sheets:watchRows	Google Sheets Trigger (row added)
http:ActionGetFile	HTTP Request (file)
http:ActionSendData	HTTP Request
http:ActionSendDataAPIKeyAuth	HTTP Request (API key)
http:ActionSendDataBasicAuth	HTTP Request (basic auth)
http:DownloadFile	HTTP Request (file)
http:MakeRequest	HTTP Request
instagram-business:CreateAReelPost	Facebook Graph API: Instagram reel + publish
instagram-business:CreatePostPhoto	Facebook Graph API: Instagram media + publish
json:AggregateToJSON	Aggregate + Edit Fields
json:CreateJSON	Edit Fields
json:ParseJSON	Edit Fields (JSON)
json:TransformToJSON	Edit Fields
linkedin:CreateCompanyImagePost	LinkedIn: Create Post
linkedin:CreateCompanyPost	LinkedIn: Create Post
linkedin:CreatePost	LinkedIn: Create Post
linkedin:ShareImage	LinkedIn: Create Post
manychat:SetSubscriberCustomField	HTTP Request (ManyChat API)
markdown:Compile	Markdown → HTML
notion:createAPage	Notion: Create Database Page
notion:updateADatabaseItem	Notion: Update Database Page
open-router:createAChatCompletion	HTTP Request (OpenRouter API)
openai-gpt-3:askAnything	OpenAI: Message a Model
openai-gpt-3:CreateCompletion	OpenAI: Message a Model
openai-gpt-3:createModelResponse	OpenAI: Message a Model
openai-gpt-3:GenerateImage	OpenAI: Generate an Image
openai-gpt-3:messageAssistantAdvanced	OpenAI: Message a Model (instructions)
openai-gpt-3:transformTextToStructuredData	OpenAI: Message a Model (JSON)
perplexity-ai:createAChatCompletion	HTTP Request (Perplexity API)
placeholder:Placeholder	No Operation
regexp:HTMLToText	Edit Fields
regexp:Parser	Code
regexp:Replace	Edit Fields
resend:sendAnEmail	HTTP Request (Resend API)
rss:ActionReadArticles	RSS Read
rss:TriggerNewArticle	RSS Feed Trigger
scenario-service:ReturnData	Edit Fields (sub-workflow output)
slack:CreateMessage	Slack: Send Message
slack:InviteUsers	Slack: Invite to Channel
supabase:ActionCreateARecord	Supabase: Create Row
supabase:createARow	Supabase: Create Row
supabase:searchRows	Supabase: Get Many Rows
supabase:upsertARecord	Supabase: Create Row
telegram:DownloadFile	Telegram: Get File
telegram:SendReplyMessage	Telegram: Send Message
telegram:WatchUpdates	Telegram Trigger
twilio:SendSMS	Twilio: Send SMS
twitter:createATweet	X (Twitter): Create Tweet
typeform:ListResponses	HTTP Request (Typeform API)
typeform:WatchEventsWithResponses	Typeform Trigger
util:ComposeTransformer	Edit Fields
util:FunctionAggregator2	Aggregate + Edit Fields
util:FunctionIncrement	Code (counter)
util:FunctionSleep	Wait
util:GetVariable2	Edit Fields
util:GetVariables	Edit Fields
util:SetMultipleVariables	Edit Fields
util:SetVariable2	Edit Fields
util:SetVariables	Edit Fields
util:Sleep	Wait
util:Switcher	Edit Fields
util:TextAggregator	Aggregate + Edit Fields
webflow:publishAnItem	HTTP Request (Webflow API)
webflow:updateItem	Webflow: Update Item
whatsapp-business-cloud:sendMessage	WhatsApp: Send Message
xml:ParseXML	XML (to JSON)

Zapier: 98 modules and steps convert automatically

Module / step	Becomes in n8n
AICLIAPI:get_completion	OpenAI: Message a Model
AirtableCLIAPI:create_or_update_record	Airtable: Upsert
AirtableCLIAPI:createRecord	Airtable: Create
AirtableCLIAPI:newRecordInView	Airtable Trigger
AirtableCLIAPI:updateRecord	Airtable: Update
BranchingAPI:branch	No Operation (fan-out)
ChatGPTCLIAPI:chat_completion	OpenAI: Message a Model
ChatGPTCLIAPI:chat_completion_memory	OpenAI: Message a Model
ChatGPTCLIAPI:conversation	OpenAI: Message a Model
CodeCLIAPI:*	Code
DelayAPI:delay_for	Wait
DelayAPI:delay_until	Wait
DelayCLIAPI:delay_for	Wait
DelayCLIAPI:delay_until	Wait
EmailCLIAPI:*	Send Email
ExcelCLIAPI:add_row	Microsoft Excel: Append to Table
ExcelCLIAPI:add_rows	Microsoft Excel: Append to Table
FilterAPI:filter	Filter
FilterCLIAPI:filter	Filter
FilterCLIAPI:zapier_filter	Filter
GmailAPI:message	Gmail: Send (or Gmail Trigger as the first step)
GmailV2API:message	Gmail: Send (or Gmail Trigger as the first step)
GoogleMailCLIAPI:message	Gmail: Send (or Gmail Trigger as the first step)
GoogleMailV2CLIAPI:message	Gmail: Send (or Gmail Trigger as the first step)
GoogleSheetsAPI:add_row	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsAPI:add_rows	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsCLIAPI:add_row	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsCLIAPI:add_rows	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsV2API:add_row	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsV2API:add_rows	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsV2API:new_or_updated_row	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2API:new_row	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2API:new_row_notify_hook	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2API:updated_row_notify_hook	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2CLIAPI:add_row	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsV2CLIAPI:add_rows	Google Sheets: Append Row
GoogleSheetsV2CLIAPI:new_or_updated_row	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2CLIAPI:new_row	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2CLIAPI:new_row_notify_hook	Google Sheets Trigger
GoogleSheetsV2CLIAPI:updated_row_notify_hook	Google Sheets Trigger
HubSpotCLIAPI:_zap_raw_request	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: API request)
HubSpotCLIAPI:company_crmSearch	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: Search companies)
HubSpotCLIAPI:contact_crmSearch	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: Search contacts)
HubSpotCLIAPI:create_associations	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: Create an association between two records)
HubSpotCLIAPI:deal_crmSearch	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: Search deals)
HubSpotCLIAPI:find_associations	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: Find the associations of a record)
HubSpotCLIAPI:update_crm_deal	HTTP Request (HubSpot API: Update a deal)
HubSpotCLIAPI:upsert_contact	HubSpot: Create or Update Contact
InterfacesCLIAPI:new_form_submission	n8n Form Trigger
LinearCLIAPI:create_issue	Linear: Create Issue
LoopingCLIAPI:*	Split Out
NotionCLIAPI:create_database_item	Notion: Create Database Page
OpenAiCLIAPI:send_prompt	OpenAI: Message a Model
S3API:file	AWS S3: Upload
ScheduleAPI:*	Schedule Trigger
SlackAPI:channel_message	Slack: Send Message (or Slack Trigger as the first step)
SlackAPI:direct_message	Slack: Send Message (to a user)
SlackAPI:send_channel_message	Slack: Send Message (or Slack Trigger as the first step)
SlackCLIAPI:channel_message	Slack: Send Message (or Slack Trigger as the first step)
SlackCLIAPI:direct_message	Slack: Send Message (to a user)
SlackCLIAPI:send_channel_message	Slack: Send Message (or Slack Trigger as the first step)
StorageCLIAPI:get_all_values	Code (static data)
StorageCLIAPI:get_value	Code (static data)
StorageCLIAPI:increment_value	Code (static data)
StorageCLIAPI:remove_value	Code (static data)
StorageCLIAPI:set_value	Code (static data)
TableCLIAPI:create_record	Data Table: Insert Row
TableCLIAPI:find_record	Data Table: Get Rows
TableCLIAPI:increment_value	Code (increment a Data Table value)
TableCLIAPI:new_or_updated_record	Schedule + Data Table (watch rows)
TableCLIAPI:new_record	Schedule + Data Table (watch rows)
TableCLIAPI:update_record	Data Table: Update Row
TableCLIAPI:updated_record	Schedule + Data Table (watch rows)
TallyCLIAPI:response	Webhook (Tally)
TelegramCLIAPI:send_message	Telegram: Send Message
TodoistV2DevAPI:new_task	Todoist: Create Task
WebHookCLIAPI:catch_hook	Webhook
WebHookCLIAPI:catch_raw_hook	Webhook
WebHookCLIAPI:custom_request	HTTP Request
WebHookCLIAPI:get	HTTP Request
WebHookCLIAPI:hook	Webhook
WebHookCLIAPI:hook_raw	Webhook
WebHookCLIAPI:hook_v2	Webhook
WebHookCLIAPI:patch	HTTP Request
WebHookCLIAPI:post	HTTP Request
WebHookCLIAPI:put	HTTP Request
WebhooksCLIAPI:catch_hook	Webhook
WebhooksCLIAPI:catch_raw_hook	Webhook
WebhooksCLIAPI:custom_request	HTTP Request
WebhooksCLIAPI:get	HTTP Request
WebhooksCLIAPI:hook	Webhook
WebhooksCLIAPI:hook_raw	Webhook
WebhooksCLIAPI:hook_v2	Webhook
WebhooksCLIAPI:patch	HTTP Request
WebhooksCLIAPI:post	HTTP Request
WebhooksCLIAPI:put	HTTP Request
ZapierFormatterCLIAPI:*	Edit Fields
ZapierMailCLIAPI:outbound	Send Email

Anything else still gets a place in the workflow: the closest of 362 n8n app nodes, an HTTP request to the app's API, or a Code node with the inputs already wired, each disabled with a note on how to finish it.

What does not convert, and why

• Credentials. Make and Zapier never export them. Create them in n8n; the report lists which nodes need one.
• Data. Make data stores and Zapier Tables become n8n Data Tables (n8n 1.113 or newer) with the same fields, but the rows stay behind.
• Webhook URLs. n8n gives each webhook a new address. The report names them so you can update the senders.
• Python code from Zapier or Make. n8n runs Python, but reads inputs differently in 1.x and 2.x: the code is placed in a Code node for you to adapt.
• Output field names of apps. n8n's app nodes sometimes name results differently. Steps that read them are marked ⚠️ so you can check the field once after a test run.

Command line

migrate-to-n8n convert <file> [-o <folder>] [--zap <id or title>]...
migrate-to-n8n list-zaps <file>
migrate-to-n8n supported [text] [--source make|zapier]
migrate-to-n8n check <workflow.json>
migrate-to-n8n upload <workflow.json>      # needs N8N_URL and N8N_API_KEY
migrate-to-n8n serve                       # MCP server over stdio

Development

npm install
npm run n8n-types     # n8n's node catalogs, for the tests (kept out of the package)
npm test              # unit tests, golden conversions, checks against n8n's own node descriptions
npm run corpus -- download && npm run corpus -- stats    # measure on public exports (needs gh)
docker compose -f docker-compose.e2e.yml up -d && npm run e2e   # real n8n 2.x and 1.x

Every node the converter writes is checked against the parameter descriptions of n8n 2.44 and 1.123: names, allowed values and display rules. The n8n catalogs are downloaded for tests only and never ship.

Roadmap

• Routers inside Make error-handler routes (today the modules of a handler are placed in one line on the error output).
• More apps, driven by what people convert. Tell me which ones you need.

Contact

Feedback, ideas, job offers or custom projects (n8n, MCP, AI automation): [email protected]. Bug reports and feature requests are welcome in Issues.

License

MIT. Make, Zapier and n8n are trademarks of their owners; this project is not affiliated with them.