About Trello MCP Server
Trello MCP Server exposes Trello API operations to MCP clients, for users managing boards and cards through natural language. It supports board, list, card, and member lookups, as well as creating, updating, moving, and commenting on cards.
Key features
- 01Get boards and board details
- 02View lists and cards
- 03Create and update cards
- 04Move cards between lists
- 05Add comments to cards
- 06View board members
Use cases
- 01Review tasks and cards on a board
- 02Create or update task cards
- 03Move cards to another list
- 04Add context to a card with comments
MCP support
The MCP server wraps Trello API operations for boards, lists, cards, and members as tools for MCP clients.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMETrello MCP Server
This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Trello API.
Setup
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/r123singh/trello-mcp-server.git
- cd trello-mcp-server
- Create a virtual environment:
python -m venv venv
- Activate the virtual environment:
source venv/bin/activate
- Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Configure your environment variables:
Create a
.envfile with:
TRELLO_API_KEY=your_trello_api_key
TRELLO_API_TOKEN=your_trello_token
- Configure MCP JSON:
Create a
mcp.jsonfile with:
{
"mcpServers": {
"trello": {
"command": "{PATH_TO_DIRECTORY}\\trello-mcp-server\\venv\\Scripts\\python.exe",
"args": [
"{PATH_TO_DIRECTORY}\\trello-mcp-server\\server.py"
],
"env": {
"TRELLO_API_KEY": "your_trello_api_key",
"TRELLO_API_TOKEN": "your_trello_token"
}
}
}
}
Replace:
{{PATH_TO_DIRECTORY}}with the absolute path to this directory (usepwdcommand)- Add your API keys and tokens
To get Trello credentials:
- Go to https://trello.com/app-key
- Copy the API Key
- Generate a token by visiting: https://trello.com/1/authorize?expiration=never&scope=read,write,account&response_type=token&name=Server%20Token&key=YOUR_API_KEY
- (replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key)
- Replace your_trello_api_key and your_trello_token in the config with these value
Available Tools
The server provides the following tools for interacting with Trello:
- Get all boards
- Get board details
- Get lists in a board
- Get cards in a list
- Get card details
- Create new cards
- Update existing cards
- Move cards between lists
- Add comments to cards
- Get board members
Usage
Once configured, the MCP server can be started using the standard MCP client configuration. The server provides a natural language interface to interact with Trello through the available tools such as Cursor, Claude Desktop
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
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