Manage Your Tasks from Claude with TaskSpot MCP

TaskSpot Team• March 7, 2026

TaskSpot now works with AI assistants through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). You can manage your tasks from Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, or any MCP-compatible tool — without opening the TaskSpot app. Ask "what's on my plate today?" and get your list. Say "add a task: call the dentist" and it's done. Your AI assistant becomes your task manager.

What Is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI tools connect to external data and tools. Instead of the AI guessing or hallucinating your task list, it talks directly to TaskSpot. Your tasks stay in TaskSpot. Your AI gets real-time access to create, read, update, and complete them.

This matters because it's vendor-neutral. MCP works with Claude today, and it will work with other AI tools as they adopt the protocol. You're not locked into one assistant.

What You Can Do

TaskSpot's MCP server exposes six tools that map to natural language:

List tasks — Filter by today, tomorrow, backlog, upcoming, done, or deleted. "Show my tasks for today" or "What's in my backlog?"
Get a task — Fetch details of a specific task by ID.
Create a task — Add a new task with title, optional description, priority, due date, and urgency flag.
Update a task — Change any field: title, description, priority, due date, urgency.
Complete a task — Mark done or not done. Repeating tasks automatically create the next occurrence when completed.
Delete a task — Soft-delete. Recover from the Deleted view in the web app if needed.

Concrete examples:

"What's on my plate today?" → lists today's tasks
"Add a task: Buy groceries" → creates a backlog task
"Add a task: Review the proposal, due tomorrow, high priority" → creates a task with metadata
"Mark 'Buy groceries' as done" → completes that task
"Delete the task about the dentist" → soft-deletes it

The AI uses these tools behind the scenes. You just talk.

Getting Started

Go to Settings → API Keys in TaskSpot (requires an Integrations subscription).
Enter a name for your key (e.g., "Claude Desktop") and click Generate Key.
Copy the key immediately — it's shown only once.
Add the MCP server to Claude Desktop or Claude.ai. For Claude Desktop, edit your config file and add:

{
	"mcpServers": {
		"taskspot": {
			"url": "https://www.taskspot.app/api/mcp",
			"headers": {
				"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
			}
		}
	}
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The TaskSpot tools are now available.

For Claude.ai, go to Settings → Integrations → Add MCP Server. Enter the URL and add the Authorization header with your API key.

See the full setup guide for step-by-step instructions, including Windows paths and troubleshooting.

Use Cases

Quick capture during a conversation — You're chatting with Claude about a project. A follow-up task comes up. "Add a task: Send the report to Sarah by Friday." Done. No context switch.

Morning review — "What's on my plate today?" You get your Today list. Decide what to tackle first without opening another app.

Batch task creation from meeting notes — Paste meeting notes into Claude. "Create tasks for each action item." Claude parses the notes and creates tasks in TaskSpot.

Hands-free completion — You're cooking or driving. "Mark 'Pick up dry cleaning' as done." Voice or text, the task is completed.

Repeating tasks — "Mark my daily standup task as done." If it's a repeating task, TaskSpot creates the next occurrence automatically. Same behavior as the web app.

Security and Privacy

API keys are hashed — We store only a SHA-256 hash. The plaintext key is shown once at creation and never stored.
Keys are revocable — Revoke any key from Settings → API Keys. AI tools using that key stop working immediately.
Usage is logged — Every MCP call is logged (tool name, status, duration). Task content (titles, descriptions) is not logged to protect privacy.
Rate limited — 60 requests per minute per user. Prevents abuse.
Task content is encrypted — TaskSpot encrypts task text at rest. The MCP server uses the same encryption as the web app.

Try It Now

Sign up for TaskSpot and start a free trial. Go to Settings → API Keys to generate your first key, then connect Claude. Your AI assistant can now manage your tasks.