ClickUp MCP Server <img. That is what the clickup mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

The short version

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides a standardized interface for AI assistants to interact with the ClickUp API. This server enables AI systems to access and manipulate ClickUp data such as workspaces, spaces, folders, lists, tasks, docs, comments, and checklists.

Getting it running

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 10 tools. What each one is for:

• get_workspaces — Get the list of workspaces
• get_spaces — Get spaces within a workspace
• get_tasks — Get tasks from a list
• create_task — Create a new task
• update_task — Update an existing task
• get_docs_from_workspace — Get all docs from a workspace
• create_folder — Create a new folder in a space
• get_lists — Get lists in a folder or space
• create_list — Create a new list
• Building — The Building tool exposed by this server

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: CLICKUP_API_TOKEN. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Things to watch

• It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
• With 10 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch ClickUp.
• Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
• Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. ClickUp's toolset — get_workspaces, get_spaces, get_tasks and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by nsxdavid; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.