ClickUp MCP server

This MCP server provides a simple note storage system that works with Claude AI, allowing you to create, store, and summarize notes through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) interface.

Installation

Setting Up with Claude Desktop

The clickup-operator MCP server can be configured to work with Claude Desktop by modifying the configuration file:

On Windows:

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On MacOS:

~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Configuration Options

For a published server installation, add this to your configuration file:

"mcpServers": {
  "clickup-operator": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "clickup-operator"
    ]
  }
}

For development/local installation:

"mcpServers": {
  "clickup-operator": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
      "--directory",
      "C:\\Users\\noahv\\Documents\\GitHub\\clickup-operator",
      "run",
      "clickup-operator"
    ]
  }
}

Usage

Working with Notes

The server provides a note storage system with these key features:

Adding Notes

You can add new notes using the add-note tool:

• Required parameters:
  • name: A unique identifier for your note
  • content: The text content of your note

When you add a note, the server will update its state and notify Claude that the resource has changed.

Accessing Notes

Notes are accessed using a custom URI scheme:

• Format: note://[note-name]
• Each note contains name, description, and text content

Summarizing Notes

The server includes a summarize-notes prompt that can generate summaries of all your stored notes:

• Optional parameters:
  • style: Controls the detail level ("brief" or "detailed")

This prompt combines all your current notes with your style preference to generate a comprehensive summary.

Debugging

For troubleshooting and debugging, you can run the server directly:

uv --directory C:\Users\noahv\Documents\GitHub\clickup-operator run clickup-operator

To get a more detailed debugging experience, you can use the MCP Inspector tool, which provides a browser-based interface for monitoring MCP server communications.

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 "clickup-operator" '{"command":"uvx","args":["clickup-operator"]}'

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": {
        "clickup-operator": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "clickup-operator"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "clickup-operator": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "clickup-operator"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect