Knowledge Management · Calendar & Scheduling

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Things App

hald/things-mcp

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets you use Claude Desktop to interact with your task management data in Things 3 from Cultured Code. You can ask Claude to create tasks, analyze projects, help manage priorities, and more.

Install

uvx things-mcp

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "things": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "things-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
24
Author
@hald
Category
Knowledge Management, Calendar & Scheduling
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Access to all major Things lists (Inbox, Today, Upcoming, etc.)

  • Project and area management

  • Tag operations

  • Advanced search capabilities

  • Recent items

  • Detailed item information including checklists

  • Support for nested data (projects within areas, todos within projects)

  • Someday project filtering: tasks in Someday projects are automatically excluded from Today, Upcoming, and Anytime views, matching Things UI behavior

Tools (32)

  • get-inbox

    Get todos from Inbox

  • get-today

    Get todos due today

  • get-upcoming

    Get upcoming todos

  • get-anytime

    Get todos from Anytime list

  • get-someday

    Get todos from Someday list, including tasks in Someday projects

  • get-logbook

    Get completed todos

  • get-trash

    Get trashed todos

  • get-todos

    Get todos, optionally filtered by project

  • get-projects

    Get all projects

  • get-areas

    Get all areas

  • get-tags

    Get all tags

  • get-tagged-items

    Get items with a specific tag

  • get-tag-usage

    Report how many items use each tag, sorted by usage; flag unused tags for cleanup

  • search-todos

    Simple search by title/notes

  • search-advanced

    Advanced search with multiple filters

  • get-recent

    Get recently created items

  • add-todo

    Create a new todo

  • add-project

    Create a new project

  • add-area

    Create a new Area (via AppleScript; Things URL scheme has no add-area command)

  • update-area

    Update an existing Area: rename or set tags (via AppleScript)

  • update-todo

    Update an existing todo

  • bulk-update-todos

    Apply the same update to many todos in a single operation

  • update-project

    Update an existing project

  • show-item

    Show a specific item or list in Things

  • search-items

    Search for items in Things

  • limit

    Maximum number of items to return (default: all; get-logbook defaults to 50)

  • tags

    Replace all tags on the todo

  • add_tags

    Append tags without removing existing ones

  • checklist_items

    Replace the entire checklist with this list

  • prepend_checklist_items

    Add these items to the top of the checklist

  • append_checklist_items

    Add these items to the bottom of the checklist

  • when

    Accepts multiple formats:

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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Claude Desktop

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Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

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