This MCP server allows you to manage Google Tasks through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides a structured interface to create, list, update, delete, and mark tasks as complete, making it easy to integrate task management into applications that support MCP.
To use the Google Tasks MCP server, you need to have Node.js installed on your system. The server is built with TypeScript but is distributed as compiled JavaScript.
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/your-username/google-tasks-mcp-server.git
cd google-tasks-mcp-server
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the project:
npm run build
To start the MCP server:
node build/index.js
The server provides five main tools for task management:
Use the create_task
tool to add a new task to your default Google Tasks list:
{
"title": "Complete project documentation",
"notes": "Include installation and usage examples",
"status": "needsAction"
}
Parameters:
title
(string, optional): Title of your tasknotes
(string, optional): Additional details or notestaskId
(string, optional): Custom identifier for the taskstatus
(string, optional): Initial status ("needsAction" or "completed")Use the list_tasks
tool to retrieve all tasks in your default task list. This tool doesn't require any parameters.
Example response:
[
{
"taskId": "MDU0NTUwMjg1NTIyOTY3MzIyMjQ6MDow",
"title": "Complete project documentation",
"notes": "Include installation and usage examples",
"status": "needsAction"
},
{
"taskId": "MDU0NTUwMjg1NTIyOTY3MzIyMjQ6MDoxNTg4",
"title": "Send weekly report",
"notes": "",
"status": "completed"
}
]
Use the update_task
tool to modify an existing task:
{
"taskId": "MDU0NTUwMjg1NTIyOTY3MzIyMjQ6MDow",
"title": "Complete project documentation (urgent)",
"notes": "Include installation, usage examples, and API reference"
}
Parameters:
taskId
(string, required): ID of the task to updatetitle
(string, optional): New title for the tasknotes
(string, optional): New notes for the taskUse the delete_task
tool to remove a task:
{
"taskId": "MDU0NTUwMjg1NTIyOTY3MzIyMjQ6MDow"
}
Parameters:
taskId
(string, required): ID of the task to deleteUse the complete_task
tool to toggle a task's completion status:
{
"taskId": "MDU0NTUwMjg1NTIyOTY3MzIyMjQ6MDow"
}
Parameters:
taskId
(string, required): ID of the task to toggleHere's a common workflow for managing tasks:
Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, you can use the MCP Inspector for debugging:
npm run inspector
The Inspector provides a browser interface to test server responses and analyze communication between the MCP client and server.
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "google-tasks" '{"command":"node","args":["build/index.js"]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
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.
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": {
"google-tasks": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"build/index.js"
]
}
}
}
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.
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.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-tasks": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"build/index.js"
]
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect