Secure MCP server for Things 3 integration
Things MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Things MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. Secure MCP server for Things 3 integration.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Things 3 integration. Enables Claude Desktop and Claude Code to interact with Things 3 on macOS.
The server ships on npm as github, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Once Things MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
things_add_todo — Create a to-do with all optionsthings_add_project — Create a project with sections (headings), todos, and hierarchical organizationthings_update_todo — Update an existing to-do using JSON API for full feature supportthings_update_project — Update an existing project using JSON API for full feature supportthings_add_items_to_project — Add structured todos and headings to an existing projectthings_get_inbox — List inbox itemsthings_get_today — List today's itemsthings_get_upcoming — List scheduled itemsthings_get_anytime — List anytime itemsthings_get_someday — List someday itemsthings_get_logbook — List completed itemsthings_get_trash — List trashed itemsYou will need one environment variable: THINGS_AUTH_TOKEN. 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.
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. Things MCP's toolset — things_add_todo, things_add_project, things_update_todo and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by hildersantos; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Things MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| things_add_todo | Create a to-do with all options |
| things_add_project | Create a project with sections (headings), todos, and hierarchical organization |
| things_update_todo | Update an existing to-do using JSON API for full feature support |
| things_update_project | Update an existing project using JSON API for full feature support |
| things_add_items_to_project | Add structured todos and headings to an existing project |
| things_get_inbox | List inbox items |
| things_get_today | List today's items |
| things_get_upcoming | List scheduled items |
| things_get_anytime | List anytime items |
| things_get_someday | List someday items |
| things_get_logbook | List completed items |
| things_get_trash | List trashed items |
| things_get_projects | List all active projects |
| things_get_areas | List all areas |
{
"mcpServers": {
"things": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "github"],
"env": {
"THINGS_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| THINGS_AUTH_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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