fix: Remove extraneous dependencies from node-cli, publish create-node package (no-changelog) (#18635)

Author: elsmr

packages/@n8n/create-node/bin/create.js

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import path from 'node:path';
 
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-
-const cliBin = require.resolve('@n8n/node-cli/bin/n8n-node.js');
-
-const result = spawnSync('node', [cliBin, 'create', ...process.argv.slice(2)], {
+const result = spawnSync('n8n-node', ['new', ...process.argv.slice(2)], {
 	stdio: 'inherit',
 });
 

packages/@n8n/create-node/package.json

@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 {
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
   "name": "@n8n/create-node",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Official CLI to create new community nodes for n8n",
   "bin": {
-    "create-n8n-node": "./bin/create.js"
+    "create-n8n-node": "bin/create.js"
   },
   "files": [
     "bin",
     "dist"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "publish:dry": "pnpm run build && pnpm pub --dry-run",
     "start": "./bin/create.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n"
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@n8n/node-cli": "workspace:*"

packages/@n8n/node-cli/README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Official CLI for developing community nodes for [n8n](https://n8n.io).
 
 ## Features
 
-- 🔧 Scaffold new nodes
-- More coming soon
+- 🔧 Scaffold new n8n nodes
+- 💻 Develop n8n nodes with live preview
 
 ## Installation
 

packages/@n8n/node-cli/eslint.config.mjs

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ import { nodeConfig } from '@n8n/eslint-config/node';
 export default defineConfig(
 	globalIgnores(['src/template/templates/**/template', 'src/template/templates/shared']),
 	nodeConfig,
+	{
+		ignores: ['**/*.test.ts'],
+		rules: {
+			'import-x/no-extraneous-dependencies': ['error', { devDependencies: false }],
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		files: ['src/commands/**/*.ts', 'src/modules.d.ts', 'src/configs/eslint.ts'],
 		rules: { 'import-x/no-default-export': 'off', '@typescript-eslint/naming-convention': 'off' },

packages/@n8n/node-cli/package.json

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "private": false,
   "name": "@n8n/node-cli",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "Official CLI for developing community nodes for n8n",
   "bin": {
-    "n8n-node": "./bin/n8n-node.mjs"
+    "n8n-node": "bin/n8n-node.mjs"
   },
   "exports": {
     "./eslint": {
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n"
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git"
   },
   "oclif": {
     "bin": "n8n-node",
@@ -48,23 +47,28 @@
     "@clack/prompts": "^0.11.0",
     "@oclif/core": "^4.5.2",
     "change-case": "^5.4.4",
+    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^4.4.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-import-x": "^4.15.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-n8n-nodes-base": "1.16.3",
+    "fast-glob": "catalog:",
     "handlebars": "4.7.8",
     "picocolors": "catalog:",
+    "prettier": "3.6.2",
     "prompts": "^2.4.2",
-    "ts-morph": "^26.0.0"
+    "rimraf": "catalog:",
+    "ts-morph": "^26.0.0",
+    "typescript-eslint": "^8.35.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.29.0",
     "@n8n/typescript-config": "workspace:*",
     "@n8n/vitest-config": "workspace:*",
     "@oclif/test": "^4.1.13",
-    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^4.4.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-import-x": "^4.15.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-n8n-nodes-base": "1.16.3",
-    "n8n-workflow": "workspace:*",
-    "rimraf": "catalog:",
+    "eslint": "catalog:",
     "typescript": "catalog:",
-    "typescript-eslint": "^8.35.0",
     "vitest-mock-extended": "catalog:"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "eslint": ">= 9"
   }
 }

packages/@n8n/node-cli/src/commands/dev/utils.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-control-regex */
 import { type ChildProcess, spawn } from 'child_process';
-import { jsonParse } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import type { Formatter } from 'picocolors/types';
 
+import { jsonParse } from '../../utils/json';
+
 export function commands() {
 	const childProcesses: ChildProcess[] = [];
 
@@ -119,5 +120,5 @@ export function commands() {
 export async function readPackageName(): Promise<string> {
 	return await fs
 		.readFile('package.json', 'utf-8')
-		.then((packageJson) => jsonParse<{ name: string }>(packageJson).name);
+		.then((packageJson) => jsonParse<{ name: string }>(packageJson)?.name ?? 'unknown');
 }

packages/@n8n/node-cli/src/configs/eslint.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+// Included with peer dependency eslint
+// eslint-disable-next-line import-x/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import eslint from '@eslint/js';
 import { globalIgnores } from 'eslint/config';
 import { createTypeScriptImportResolver } from 'eslint-import-resolver-typescript';

packages/@n8n/node-cli/src/utils/json.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function jsonParse<T>(data: string): T | null {
+	try {
+		return JSON.parse(data) as T;
+	} catch (error) {
+		return null;
+	}
+}

packages/@n8n/node-cli/src/utils/package.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { jsonParse } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import prettier from 'prettier';
 
 import { writeFileSafe } from './filesystem';
+import { jsonParse } from './json';
 
 type N8nPackageJson = {
 	name: string;
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ type N8nPackageJson = {
 		credentials?: string[];
 	};
 };
+
 export async function updatePackageJson(
 	dirPath: string,
 	updater: (packageJson: N8nPackageJson) => N8nPackageJson,
 ) {
 	const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(dirPath, 'package.json');
 	const packageJson = jsonParse<N8nPackageJson>(await fs.readFile(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8'));
 
+	if (!packageJson) return;
+
 	const updatedPackageJson = updater(packageJson);
 
 	await writeFileSafe(
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ export async function isN8nNodePackage(dirPath = process.cwd()) {
 
 export async function getPackageJsonNodes(dirPath: string) {
 	const packageJson = await getPackageJson(dirPath);
-	return packageJson.n8n?.nodes ?? [];
+	return packageJson?.n8n?.nodes ?? [];
 }
 
 export async function setNodesPackageJson(dirPath: string, nodes: string[]) {