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Award flight alerts with n8n

n8n's AI Agent can call AwardClaw through the MCP Client Tool node. Pair it with a schedule trigger and a Slack, Telegram or email node and you have your own award alert bot.

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Included with AwardClaw Pro+. About two minutes to set up.

Set it up

1In AwardClaw (Pro+), open Agents, tap Connect an agent, pick this app and choose what it may do. Copy the key it shows.
2Add an AI Agent node and attach an MCP Client Tool node to it.
3Set the endpoint to the AwardClaw MCP URL, transport to HTTP Streamable, and authentication to Bearer Auth with a new credential holding your key.
4Add a Schedule Trigger and an output node (Slack, Telegram, Gmail), then prompt the agent, for example: "Find business class drops under 70k from JFK and summarize them."

MCP Client Tool settings

Endpoint:        https://www.awardclaw.com/api/mcp
Transport:       HTTP Streamable
Authentication:  Bearer Auth
Token:           ac_live_YOUR_KEY

No AI needed? An HTTP Request node calling /api/v1/drops with the same Bearer key is cheaper and fully predictable. See the API docs.

Try asking n8n

“Every morning: find business class drops under 70k from my cities and post the top three to Slack.”

“When a drop to Tokyo appears, send it to our family Telegram group.”

“Each Sunday, email me open first class dates from LAX for the next 60 days.”

“I need two seats Miami to Buenos Aires between March 1 and 6 in business. What is open?”

What n8n can do

search_drops

Live saver drops in business and first, ranked by quality, with open dates, miles, taxes and booking links. Defaults to your tracked cities.

search_award_space

Every open saver date on a route inside a date window, cheapest program first. The tool for "I have dates."

get_drop

Full detail for one drop, both directions.

create_trip_watch

Email alert when saver space opens on your dates.

list_trip_watches / delete_trip_watch

Manage the watches you or your agent created.

get_daily_briefing

Today's briefing: deals that expire soon, live transfer bonuses, and the top news and data points, each with why it matters.

search_points_news

Search the last 30 days of points and miles news, deals and data points on any program, card or airline.

get_card_offers

The best credit card welcome offers right now: this month's new and elevated bonuses, plus cards ranked by bonus value.

get_account

Your plan, cities and API usage today.

Read-only on award data. n8n never sees airline logins or points balances, and every date links to the program's own site to book.

One key per tool. Revoke any key in AwardClaw and that connection stops at once.

n8n questions

Where does my key go?+

In an Authorization: Bearer header, so it never appears in a URL or a log line. You can create a separate key for each tool and revoke any of them on its own.

MCP Client Tool or HTTP Request?+

Use the MCP Client Tool when an AI Agent should decide what to search. Use HTTP Request with /api/v1 when the workflow always asks the same thing.

Does it work on n8n Cloud and self-hosted?+

Yes. AwardClaw is a public HTTPS endpoint, reachable from either.