extract_code

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/handler.ts:202-222 (handler)

  ToolHandler.handleTool switch case for 'extract_code': initializes NodeManager and calls extractNodes for specific workflow or extractAllNodes for all, returning formatted text response.

  case 'extract_code':
    const codeManager = new NodeManager(this.workflowsPath);
    await codeManager.initialize();
  
    const workflowToExtract = args?.workflow as string | undefined;
  
    if (workflowToExtract) {
      const workflowPath = path.join(this.workflowsPath, 'flows', `${workflowToExtract}.json`);
      const result = await codeManager.extractNodes(workflowPath);
      return {
        content: [{
          type: 'text',
          text: result.extracted.length > 0
            ? `✅ Extracted ${result.extracted.length} code nodes from ${workflowToExtract}\n\n` +
              result.extracted.map((n: any) => `• ${n.nodeName} → ${n.filePath}`).join('\n')
            : `📭 No code nodes found in ${workflowToExtract}`
        }]
      };
    } else {
      return await codeManager.extractAllNodes();
    }

• src/tools/registry.ts:351-359 (schema)

  Input schema for 'extract_code' tool: optional 'workflow' string parameter.

  inputSchema: {
    type: 'object',
    properties: {
      workflow: {
        type: 'string',
        description: 'Specific workflow to extract code from (optional, extracts all if not specified)',
      },
    },
  },

• src/tools/registry.ts:348-360 (registration)

  Registration of 'extract_code' tool in getToolDefinitions() array, including name, description, and inputSchema.

  {
    name: 'extract_code',
    description: 'Extract code nodes to separate files in workflows/nodes/ for better editing',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        workflow: {
          type: 'string',
          description: 'Specific workflow to extract code from (optional, extracts all if not specified)',
        },
      },
    },
  },

• src/nodes/manager.ts:64-129 (helper)

  NodeManager.extractNodes(): core logic to parse workflow, identify extractable nodes (code, LLM prompts, SQL, templates, JSON), extract content to files in workflows/nodes/, replace with file refs in workflow, update metadata.

  async extractNodes(workflowPath: string): Promise<{
    extracted: ExtractedNode[];
    modified: boolean;
  }> {
    const content = await fs.readFile(workflowPath, 'utf-8');
    const workflow = JSON.parse(content);
    const workflowName = path.basename(workflowPath, '.json');
    
    const extracted: ExtractedNode[] = [];
    let modified = false;
  
    if (!workflow.nodes) {
      return { extracted, modified };
    }
  
    for (const node of workflow.nodes) {
      let result: ExtractedNode | null = null;
      
      // Check node type and extract accordingly
      switch (node.type) {
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.code':
          result = await this.extractCodeNode(node, workflowName);
          break;
        
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.openAi':
        case '@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi':
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.anthropic':
        case '@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.anthropic':
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.googleAi':
        case '@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.googleAi':
          result = await this.extractLLMNode(node, workflowName);
          break;
        
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.postgres':
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.mysql':
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.microsoftSql':
          result = await this.extractSQLNode(node, workflowName);
          break;
        
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.html':
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.emailSend':
          result = await this.extractTemplateNode(node, workflowName);
          break;
  
        case 'n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest':
          // Try to extract JSON configuration
          result = await this.extractJSONNode(node, workflowName);
          break;
      }
  
      if (result) {
        extracted.push(result);
        modified = true;
      }
    }
  
    if (modified) {
      // Save modified workflow with references
      await fs.writeFile(workflowPath, JSON.stringify(workflow, null, 2));
    }
  
    // Update metadata
    await this.updateMetadata(workflowName, extracted);
  
    return { extracted, modified };
  }

• src/nodes/manager.ts:536-560 (helper)

  NodeManager.extractAllNodes(): iterates over all workflow JSON files, calls extractNodes on each, collects results and formats response for tool.

  async extractAllNodes(): Promise<any> {
    const flowsDir = path.join(this.workflowsPath, 'flows');
    const files = await fs.readdir(flowsDir);
    const results = [];
    
    for (const file of files) {
      if (file.endsWith('.json') && !file.includes('package.json')) {
        const filePath = path.join(flowsDir, file);
        const result = await this.extractNodes(filePath);
        if (result.extracted.length > 0) {
          results.push({
            workflow: file.replace('.json', ''),
            extracted: result.extracted
          });
        }
      }
    }
    
    return {
      content: [{
        type: 'text',
        text: this.formatExtractionResults(results)
      }]
    };
  }