OpenProject MCP Server

Name: OpenProject MCP Server
Author: io.github.kar-thik

io.github.kar-thik/openproject-mcp-server

Repository Registry

What is the OpenProject MCP server?

87 tools for the OpenProject API v3: work packages, attachments, git activity, time, reporting

How to install OpenProject

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

OPENPROJECT_URL
required
OpenProject instance root URL, e.g. https://openproject.example.com
OPENPROJECT_API_KEY
required
secret
API key from My account -> Access tokens in OpenProject
OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY
Set to 1 to serve read tools only
OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS
Set to 1 to enable the membership-write tools (hidden by default)
OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE
Comma-separated tool groups to drop, e.g. meetings,budgets

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENPROJECT_URL": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_URL>",
        "OPENPROJECT_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_API_KEY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENPROJECT_URL": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_URL>",
        "OPENPROJECT_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_API_KEY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENPROJECT_URL": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_URL>",
        "OPENPROJECT_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_API_KEY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENPROJECT_URL": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_URL>",
        "OPENPROJECT_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_API_KEY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS>",
        "OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE": "<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add openproject-mcp-server --env OPENPROJECT_URL=<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_URL> --env OPENPROJECT_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_API_KEY> --env OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY> --env OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS=<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS> --env OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE=<YOUR_OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE> -- uvx openproject-mcp-server