@n8n-as-code/n8nac 2026.3.1-next.12 → 2026.3.1-next.13

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@n8n-as-code/n8nac",
-  "version": "2026.3.1-next.12",
+  "version": "2026.3.1-next.13",
   "description": "OpenClaw plugin for n8n-as-code — create and manage n8n workflows from OpenClaw",
   "keywords": [
     "n8n",

package/src/cli.ts

@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ function runN8nac(
   opts: {
     cwd: string;
     timeout: number;
-    env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+    stdinInput?: string;
     stdio?: "pipe" | "inherit";
   },
 ): Promise<RunResult> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     const baseOptions = {
       cwd: opts.cwd,
-      env: { ...process.env, ...opts.env },
     };
 
     const child: ChildProcess | ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams =
@@ -65,6 +64,11 @@ function runN8nac(
       });
     }
 
+    if (opts.stdinInput !== undefined && "stdin" in child && child.stdin) {
+      child.stdin.write(`${opts.stdinInput}\n`);
+      child.stdin.end();
+    }
+
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       timedOut = true;
       child.kill("SIGTERM");
@@ -154,10 +158,10 @@ export function registerN8nAcCli({ program, workspaceDir }: CliOpts): void {
       const authSpinner = p.spinner();
       authSpinner.start("Saving credentials…");
 
-      const authResult = await runN8nac(["init-auth", "--host", host], {
+      const authResult = await runN8nac(["init-auth", "--host", host, "--api-key-stdin"], {
         cwd: workspaceDir,
         timeout: 60_000,
-        env: { N8N_API_KEY: apiKey },
+        stdinInput: apiKey,
       });
 
       if (authResult.exitCode !== 0) {

package/src/tool.ts

@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ type RunResult = {
 function runNpx(
   args: string[],
   cwd: string,
-  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+  stdinInput?: string,
 ): Promise<RunResult> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     const child = spawn("npx", ["--yes", "n8nac", ...args], {
       cwd,
-      env: { ...process.env, ...env },
       stdio: "pipe",
     });
 
@@ -131,6 +130,11 @@ function runNpx(
       stderr += chunk.toString();
     });
 
+    if (stdinInput !== undefined) {
+      child.stdin.write(`${stdinInput}\n`);
+      child.stdin.end();
+    }
+
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       timedOut = true;
       child.kill("SIGTERM");
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ export function createN8nAcTool(opts: { workspaceDir: string }) {
         if (!host || !key) {
           return ok({ error: "n8nHost and n8nApiKey are required for init_auth" });
         }
-        const r = await runNpx(["init-auth", "--host", host], workspaceDir, { N8N_API_KEY: key });
+        const r = await runNpx(["init-auth", "--host", host, "--api-key-stdin"], workspaceDir, key);
         if (r.exitCode !== 0) {
           return ok({ error: r.stderr || r.stdout, exitCode: r.exitCode });
         }