MCP server for Karea task management - 50 tools for Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients to create, edit, close, and recap your dev tasks
Connect Karea to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for Karea task management - 50 tools for Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients to create, edit, close, and recap your dev tasks. The karea mcp server is what makes that connection.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
karea_add_note — karea_add_requisitekarea_answer_question — karea_askkarea_close_task — karea_create_categorykarea_create_project — karea_create_questionkarea_create_resource — karea_create_subtaskkarea_create_task — karea_delete_categorykarea_delete_note — karea_delete_projectkarea_delete_question — karea_delete_requisitekarea_delete_resource — karea_delete_taskkarea_doing — karea_donekarea_edit_note — karea_edit_questionkarea_edit_task — karea_get_contextInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at karea-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: KAREA_API_KEY, KAREA_URL. 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.
This sits in the planning and project tracking group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Karea's toolset — karea_add_note, karea_answer_question, karea_close_task and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by marwan-kpl; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Karea's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| karea_add_note | karea_add_requisite |
| karea_answer_question | karea_ask |
| karea_close_task | karea_create_category |
| karea_create_project | karea_create_question |
| karea_create_resource | karea_create_subtask |
| karea_create_task | karea_delete_category |
| karea_delete_note | karea_delete_project |
| karea_delete_question | karea_delete_requisite |
| karea_delete_resource | karea_delete_task |
| karea_doing | karea_done |
| karea_edit_note | karea_edit_question |
| karea_edit_task | karea_get_context |
| karea_get_jira_link | karea_get_markdown |
| karea_get_resource | karea_link_jira |
{
"mcpServers": {
"karea": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "karea-mcp"],
"env": {
"KAREA_API_KEY": "your-value",
"KAREA_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| KAREA_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| KAREA_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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