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Things3

drjforrest/mcp-things3

A robust MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing comprehensive integration with Things3, allowing you to create, manage, and search tasks and projects through the MCP protocol. Features improved error handling, secure URL encoding, and enhanced AppleScript integration.

Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "things3": {
      "command": "mcp-server-things3"
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
10
Category
Note-Taking, Calendar & Scheduling
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Create Projects: Create new projects in Things3 with full metadata support

  • Create Todos: Create new to-dos with detailed properties including checklists, tags, and dates

  • View Tasks: List tasks from inbox, today's list, or all projects

  • Complete Tasks: Mark todos as completed by searching for their title

  • Search Functionality: Search through all todos by title or content

  • Robust Error Handling: Comprehensive validation and error recovery

  • Secure URL Encoding: Proper handling of special characters and unicode

  • AppleScript Integration: Safe, non-JSON string concatenation approach

Tools (7)

  • view-inbox

    View all todos in the Things3 inbox.

  • view-projects

    View all projects in Things3.

  • view-todos

    View all todos in today's list.

  • create-things3-project

    Creates a new project in Things3.

  • create-things3-todo

    Creates a new to-do in Things3.

  • complete-things3-todo

    Mark a todo as completed by searching for its title.

  • search-things3-todos

    Search for todos by title or content.

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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