Lets AI assistants read and manage to-dos, projects and areas in the Things 3 app.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add things -- uv --directory /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp run things_server.py~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.things]
command = "uv"
args = ["--directory", "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp", "run", "things_server.py"]
# codex mcp add things -- uv --directory /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp run things_server.py~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"things": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp",
"run",
"things_server.py"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"things": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp",
"run",
"things_server.py"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"things": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp",
"run",
"things_server.py"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"things": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp",
"run",
"things_server.py"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"things": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp",
"run",
"things_server.py"
]
}
}
}