Dart Project Management MCP server

The Dart MCP Server is a deprecated solution for connecting AI assistants like Claude with Dart, a project management platform powered by AI. It's recommended to use the improved hosted Dart MCP server instead, which can be configured following the instructions on the Dart help center.

Overview

The Dart MCP Server implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to allow AI assistants to interact with Dart. Through this server, AI models can perform common actions in Dart such as creating tasks and documents without needing to understand the underlying API details.

Available Features

Prompts

The server provides several pre-configured prompts:

• create-task - Create a new task with title, description, status, priority, and assignee
• create-doc - Create a new document with title, text content, and folder
• summarize-tasks - Get a summary of tasks with optional filtering by status and assignee

Resource Templates

Access structured information through these resource templates:

• dart-config: - Configuration information about the user's space
• dart-task:///{taskId} - Detailed information about specific tasks
• dart-doc:///{docId} - Detailed information about specific docs

Tools

The server offers tools for task and document management:

Task Management:

• get_config - Get information about the user's space
• list_tasks - List tasks with optional filtering
• create_task - Create a new task with various properties
• get_task - Retrieve an existing task by ID
• update_task - Update task properties
• delete_task - Move a task to trash
• add_task_comment - Add a comment to a task

Document Management:

• list_docs - List docs with optional filtering
• create_doc - Create a new doc
• get_doc - Retrieve an existing doc by ID
• update_doc - Update doc properties
• delete_doc - Move a doc to trash

Installation and Setup

Using npx (Recommended)

1. Install Node.js (includes npx)
2. Copy your authentication token from your Dart profile
3. Configure your AI client with the proper MCP settings

Client-Specific Setup Instructions

Claude Desktop

1. Install Claude Desktop if needed
2. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config
3. Add the following configuration (replace dsa_... with your actual Dart token):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Dart": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "dart-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "DART_TOKEN": "dsa_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Run this command (replace dsa_... with your actual Dart token):

claude mcp add dart -e DART_TOKEN=dsa_... -- npx -y dart-mcp-server@latest

Cursor

1. Open Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new global MCP server
2. Add the same configuration as shown for Claude Desktop

Cline

1. Open the Cline sidebar → MCP Servers icon → Installed → Configure MCP Servers
2. Add the same configuration as shown for Claude Desktop

Windsurf

1. Open Windsurf Settings → Cascade → View raw config
2. Add the same configuration as shown for Claude Desktop

Docker Setup Alternative

If npx doesn't work for you:

1. Install Docker
2. Build the container: docker build -t mcp/dart .
3. Add this to your MCP configuration (replace dsa_... with your actual Dart token):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Dart": {
      "command": "bash",
      "args": [
        "-c",
        "docker rm -f dart-mcp >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; docker run -i --rm --name dart-mcp -e DART_TOKEN mcp/dart"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DART_TOKEN": "dsa_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Additional Resources

• Dart Homepage
• Dart Web App
• Help Center
• Discord Community

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "dart" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","dart-mcp-server"],"env":{"DART_TOKEN":"dsa_..."}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "dart": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "dart-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DART_TOKEN": "dsa_..."
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "dart": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "dart-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DART_TOKEN": "dsa_..."
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect