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Skills node-red-manager

Manage Node-RED instances via Admin API or CLI. Automate flow deployment, install nodes, and troubleshoot issues. Use when user wants to "build automation", "connect devices", or "fix node-red".

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/1999azzar/node-red-manager" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-node-red-manager && rm -rf "$T"
OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/1999azzar/node-red-manager" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-node-red-manager && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/1999azzar/node-red-manager/SKILL.md
tags
#node-red#automation#cli#api#iot#devops
source content

Node-RED Manager

Setup

  1. Copy 
    .env.example
    to 
    .env
    .
  2. Set 
    NODE_RED_URL
    , 
    NODE_RED_USERNAME
    , and 
    NODE_RED_PASSWORD
    in 
    .env
    .
  3. The script automatically handles dependencies on first run.

Infrastructure

  • Stack Location: 
    deployments/node-red
  • Data Volume: 
    deployments/node-red/data
  • Docker Service: 
    mema-node-red
  • URL: 
    https://flow.glassgallery.my.id

Usage

Flow Management

# List all flows
scripts/nr list-flows

# Get specific flow by ID
scripts/nr get-flow <flow-id>

# Deploy flows from file
scripts/nr deploy --file assets/flows/watchdog.json

# Update specific flow
scripts/nr update-flow <flow-id> --file updated-flow.json

# Delete flow
scripts/nr delete-flow <flow-id>

# Get flow runtime state
scripts/nr get-flow-state

# Set flow runtime state
scripts/nr set-flow-state --file state.json

Backup & Restore

# Backup all flows to file
scripts/nr backup
scripts/nr backup --output my-backup.json

# Restore flows from backup
scripts/nr restore node-red-backup-20260210_120000.json

Node Management

# List installed nodes
scripts/nr list-nodes

# Install node module
scripts/nr install-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Get node information
scripts/nr get-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Enable/disable node
scripts/nr enable-node node-red-contrib-http-request
scripts/nr disable-node node-red-contrib-http-request

# Remove node
scripts/nr remove-node node-red-contrib-http-request

Runtime Information

# Get runtime settings
scripts/nr get-settings

# Get runtime diagnostics
scripts/nr get-diagnostics

Context Management

# Get context value
scripts/nr get-context flow my-key
scripts/nr get-context global shared-data

# Set context value
scripts/nr set-context flow my-key '"value"'
scripts/nr set-context global counter '42'
scripts/nr set-context global config '{"key": "value"}'

Docker Operations

# Restart Node-RED
cd deployments/node-red && docker compose restart

# View logs
docker logs mema-node-red --tail 100

# Follow logs
docker logs -f mema-node-red

Environment Variables

  • NODE_RED_URL
    : Node-RED API endpoint (default: 
    http://localhost:1880
    )
  • NODE_RED_USERNAME
    : Admin username
  • NODE_RED_PASSWORD
    : Admin password

Legacy variable names (

NR_URL
, 
NR_USER
, 
NR_PASS
) are supported for backward compatibility.

API Reference

See 

references/admin-api.md
for complete Admin API endpoint documentation.