n8n-io/n8n · error · Error

No valid prompts found in the provided CSV file

Error message

No valid prompts found in the provided CSV file

What it means

Error "No valid prompts found in the provided CSV file" thrown in n8n-io/n8n.

Source

Thrown at packages/@n8n/ai-workflow-builder.ee/evaluations/cli/csv-prompt-loader.ts:130

		const annotationsRaw = getCell(row, annotationsIdx);

		if (dos || donts || annotationsRaw) {
			testCase.context = {};
			if (dos) testCase.context.dos = dos;
			if (donts) testCase.context.donts = donts;
			if (annotationsRaw) {
				const annotations = parseAnnotations(annotationsRaw, i + 1);
				if (annotations) {
					testCase.context.annotations = annotations;
				}
			}
		}

		testCases.push(testCase);
	}

	if (testCases.length === 0) {
		throw new Error('No valid prompts found in the provided CSV file');
	}

	return testCases;
}

/** Cached default test cases */
let cachedDefaultTestCases: TestCase[] | null = null;

/**
 * Load the default test cases from the bundled CSV fixture.
 * Results are cached after first load.
 */
export function loadDefaultTestCases(): TestCase[] {
	cachedDefaultTestCases ??= loadTestCasesFromCsv(DEFAULT_PROMPTS_PATH);
	return cachedDefaultTestCases;
}

/**

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/@n8n/ai-workflow-builder.ee/evaluations/cli/csv-prompt-loader.ts:130 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of n8n-io/n8n@5ac6606e81 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2d955c4fda0788c1. Report an issue: GitHub.