About vikunja-mcp
vikunja-mcp is a basic MCP server for interacting with the Vikunja to-do app. It supports project and task operations, with task creation limited to title, description, and done fields.
Key features
- 01List projects and retrieve one by ID
- 02List all tasks or tasks in a project
- 03Add tasks with title, description, and done fields
- 04Update tasks
- 05Delete tasks
Use cases
- 01Review projects and their tasks
- 02Add a task to a project
- 03Update or remove a task
MCP support
Exposes Vikunja project and task operations through an MCP server. MCP clients can list, add, update, and delete tasks, and retrieve project information.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
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This tool takes no parameters.
Details
From the project READMEvikunja-mcp
Basic MCP server for Vikunja, maybe will add more features in the future
Currently Supported
- List projects
- Get project by ID
- List all tasks
- List tasks in project
- Add task to project
- N.B. - Only supports title, description, and done fields
- Update task
- Delete task
Installation
Via npx:
{
"mcpServers": {
// ... other config
"vikunja": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vikunja-mcp"
],
"env": [
"VIKUNJA_API_BASE": "https://app.vikunja.cloud",
"VIKUNJA_API_TOKEN": "<your_token_here>"
]
}
}
}
Or local build:
git clone https://github.com/AnthonyUtt/vikunja-mcp && cd vikunja-mcp
pnpm install
pnpm build
Then, in Claude config:
{
"mcpServers": {
// ... other config
"vikunja": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/dist/index.js"
],
"env": [
"VIKUNJA_API_BASE": "https://app.vikunja.cloud",
"VIKUNJA_API_TOKEN": "<your_token_here>"
]
}
}
}
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