MCP Tasks

Name: MCP Tasks
Author: flesler

flesler

Task manager that stores tasks in Markdown, JSON or YAML files, with search and filtering designed to keep tool calls small.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

claude mcp add tasks -- npx -y mcp-tasks

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.tasks]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-tasks"]

# codex mcp add tasks -- npx -y mcp-tasks

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tasks": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-tasks"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tasks": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-tasks"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tasks": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-tasks"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tasks": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-tasks"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tasks": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-tasks"
      ]
    }
  }
}