Teamwork MCP server for AI agents

The Teamwork MCP server provides a simplified interface for interacting with Teamwork projects and tasks through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, making it easier to connect with the Teamwork API from applications like Cursor or Claude Desktop.

Installation

The simplest way to install and use Teamwork MCP is with npx:

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp

You can pass configuration options directly:

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --domain=your-company [email protected] --pass=your-password

Configuration Options

Setting Credentials

You can provide your Teamwork credentials in three ways:

Environment Variables: Set TEAMWORK_DOMAIN, TEAMWORK_USERNAME, and TEAMWORK_PASSWORD in your environment.

.env File: Create a .env file with the required variables:

TEAMWORK_DOMAIN=your-company
[email protected]
TEAMWORK_PASSWORD=your-password

Command Line Arguments:

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --teamwork-domain=your-company [email protected] --teamwork-password=your-password

Or using short form:

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --domain=your-company [email protected] --pass=your-password

Logging Configuration

The server creates log files in a logs directory by default. To disable logging:

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --disable-logging

Or:

DISABLE_LOGGING=true npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp

Tool Filtering

Control which MCP tools are available using allow or deny lists:

Allow List (only expose specific tools):

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --allow=getProjects,getTasks,getTaskById

Deny List (expose all tools except those specified):

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --deny=deleteTask,updateTask

Tool Groups

You can also filter tools by groups:

Projects: All project-related tools
Tasks: All task-related tools
People: All people-related tools
Reporting: All reporting-related tools
Time: All time-related tools
Comments: All comment-related tools

Example with groups:

npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp --allow=Tasks,People

Project Association

To associate your solution with a Teamwork project, create a .teamwork file in your project root:

PROJECT_ID = YourTeamworkProjectID

Integration with MCP Clients

Cursor (Versions before 0.47)

Open Cursor Settings > Features > MCP
Click "+ Add New MCP Server"
Enter a name (e.g., "Teamwork API")
Select "stdio" as transport type
Enter command: npx @vizioz/teamwork-mcp with your credentials
Click "Add"

Cursor (Versions after 0.47)

Edit the config manually:

"Teamwork": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": [
    "-y",
    "@vizioz/teamwork-mcp",
    "--domain",
    "yourdomain",
    "--user",
    "[email protected]",
    "--pass",
    "yourPassword"
  ]
}

Claude Desktop

Edit your Claude Desktop configuration file:

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

Add the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "teamwork": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vizioz/teamwork-mcp",
        "--domain",
        "yourdomain",
        "--user",
        "[email protected]",
        "--pass",
        "yourPassword"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Project Tools

getProjects - Get all projects
getCurrentProject - Get current project details
createProject - Create a new project

Task Tools

getTasks - Get all tasks
getTasksByProjectId - Get tasks from a specific project
getTaskListsByProjectId - Get task lists from a specific project
getTasksByTaskListId - Get tasks from a specific task list
getTaskById - Get a specific task by ID
createTask - Create a new task
createSubTask - Create a subtask
updateTask - Update an existing task
deleteTask - Delete a task
getTasksMetricsComplete - Get completed tasks count
getTasksMetricsLate - Get late tasks count
getTaskSubtasks - Get subtasks for a specific task
getTaskComments - Get comments for a specific task

Comment Tools

createComment - Create a comment on a task/message/notebook

Company Tools

getCompanies - Get all companies
getCompanyById - Get a company by ID
createCompany - Create a new company
updateCompany - Update company information
deleteCompany - Delete a company

People Tools

getPeople - Get all people
getPersonById - Get a person by ID
getProjectPeople - Get people assigned to a project
addPeopleToProject - Add people to a project
deletePerson - Delete a person
updatePerson - Update a person's information
getProjectsPeopleMetricsPerformance - Get people performance metrics
getProjectsPeopleUtilization - Get people utilization
getProjectPerson - Get a specific person on a project

Reporting Tools

getProjectsReportingUserTaskCompletion - Get user task completion report
getProjectsReportingUtilization - Get utilization report

Time Tools

getTime - Get all time entries
getProjectsAllocationsTime - Get project allocations time
getTimezones - Get available timezones

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 "Teamwork" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@vizioz/teamwork-mcp","--domain","yourdomain","--user","[email protected]","--pass","yourPassword"]}'

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": {
        "Teamwork": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@vizioz/teamwork-mcp",
                "--domain",
                "yourdomain",
                "--user",
                "[email protected]",
                "--pass",
                "yourPassword"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "Teamwork": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@vizioz/teamwork-mcp",
                "--domain",
                "yourdomain",
                "--user",
                "[email protected]",
                "--pass",
                "yourPassword"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect