About tycana
Tycana Productivity gives Claude persistent context about tasks, projects, deadlines, and blockers across conversations. It combines task management tools with pattern-based progress insights and energy-aware recommendations.
Key features
- 01Capture tasks from conversation context
- 02Generate prioritized daily plans
- 03Recommend actions based on energy
- 04Track velocity and slipping tasks
- 05Link items through dependencies
- 06Search, update, and review work
Use cases
- 01Turn a conversation into tracked tasks
- 02Plan a day around priorities and energy
- 03Review progress and project blockers
MCP support
Connects Claude to Tycana through its MCP server at `https://app.tycana.com/mcp` using OAuth 2.1, or through the Tycana Claude plugin. The server provides tools for managing tasks, projects, and work context.
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ davepoon/ buildwithclaude --skill tycanaAfter installing, type/tycanain Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMETycana Productivity
Tycana gives Claude persistent memory about your work across conversations. Connect once via MCP, and every session includes your tasks, projects, deadlines, blockers, and computed intelligence from your patterns.
Homepage: tycana.com Getting started: tycana.com/getting-started
Prerequisites
- Tycana MCP server connected at
https://app.tycana.com/mcp(OAuth 2.1) - Or install the Tycana Claude plugin:
/plugin install tycana
Available Tools
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
capture | Create tasks from conversation context |
complete | Mark items done with outcome and notes |
plan_day | Generate prioritized daily plan |
what_next | Energy-aware next action recommendation |
review | Progress summary with pattern analysis |
get_context | Load current work context |
search | Find items by keyword or filter |
list_items | List items with status/project filters |
get_item | Get full detail on a specific item |
update_item | Modify item properties |
relate_items | Create blocking/dependency relationships |
remember | Store personal preferences and constraints |
cleanup_project | Archive completed items in a project |
delete_item | Remove an item |
Example Prompts
"Plan my day"
"Remind me to update the deployment docs before Friday"
"What should I work on next? I have about an hour and low energy"
"How's the infrastructure project going?"
"Review my week"
"Brain dump — I've got a bunch of things rattling around"
Key Features
- Capture from conversation — mention something you need to do and it's captured with effort, energy, and project inferred from context
- Computed intelligence — velocity tracking, slip detection, effort calibration that improves over time
- Energy-aware recommendations — factors in your current energy level for task suggestions
- Project graph — items connect via blocking chains and dependencies, not flat lists