Beeminder MCP Server

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What is the Beeminder MCP server?

Beeminder MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Beeminder directly instead of describing what you should do. .

What the assistant can call

Once Beeminder is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Primitive — Use it when
  • Action — You need one typed, reusable unit of work
  • Agent — The path is open-ended and the model should decide what to do
  • Workflow — The steps are known and should run durably and predictably
  • Trigger — Work should start from a schedule, webhook, poll, or app event
  • Start — keystroke deploy

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: OPENAI_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Choosing this one

This sits in the cloud and infrastructure group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Beeminder's toolset — Primitive, Action, Agent and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by wells-keystroke; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Beeminder's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the beeminder mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
PrimitiveUse it when
ActionYou need one typed, reusable unit of work.
AgentThe path is open-ended and the model should decide what to do.
WorkflowThe steps are known and should run durably and predictably.
TriggerWork should start from a schedule, webhook, poll, or app event.
Startkeystroke deploy

How to install the Beeminder MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "beeminder": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@keystrokehq/cli"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OPENAI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Beeminder to Primitive.
  • Use Beeminder to Action.
  • Use Beeminder to Agent.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Beeminder to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (Primitive, Action, Agent, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Beeminder directly.