Integrates Trello boards with the Model Context Protocol, enabling interaction with cards, lists, and board activities.
Trello MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Trello directly instead of describing what you should do. Integrates Trello boards with the Model Context Protocol, enabling interaction with cards, lists, and board activities.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with Trello boards. This server enables seamless integration with Trello's API while handling rate limiting, type safety, and error handling automatically.
Once Trello is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
get_cards_by_list_id — The get_cards_by_list_id tool exposed by this serverget_lists — The get_lists tool exposed by this serverget_recent_activity — The get_recent_activity tool exposed by this serveradd_card_to_list — The add_card_to_list tool exposed by this serverupdate_card_details — The update_card_details tool exposed by this serverarchive_card — The archive_card tool exposed by this serveradd_list_to_board — The add_list_to_board tool exposed by this serverarchive_list — The archive_list tool exposed by this serverget_my_cards — The get_my_cards tool exposed by this serverPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverSetup — 1. Clone the repository bash git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/server-trello.git cd server-trello@modelcontextprotocol/mcp-server-trello on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
You will need 3 environment variables: TRELLO_API_KEY, TRELLO_TOKEN, TRELLO_BOARD_ID. 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.
Plenty of planning and project tracking servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Trello's toolset — get_cards_by_list_id, get_lists, get_recent_activity and 8 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by diegofornalha; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_cards_by_list_id | The get_cards_by_list_id tool exposed by this server. |
| get_lists | The get_lists tool exposed by this server. |
| get_recent_activity | The get_recent_activity tool exposed by this server. |
| add_card_to_list | The add_card_to_list tool exposed by this server. |
| update_card_details | The update_card_details tool exposed by this server. |
| archive_card | The archive_card tool exposed by this server. |
| add_list_to_board | The add_list_to_board tool exposed by this server. |
| archive_list | The archive_list tool exposed by this server. |
| get_my_cards | The get_my_cards tool exposed by this server. |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Setup | 1. Clone the repository bash git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/server-trello.git cd server-trello |
{
"mcpServers": {
"trello-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/mcp-server-trello"],
"env": {
"TRELLO_API_KEY": "your-value",
"TRELLO_TOKEN": "your-value",
"TRELLO_BOARD_ID": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TRELLO_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| TRELLO_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| TRELLO_BOARD_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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