# karea-mcp

The MCP server for [Karea](https://karea.app). <!-- SYNC:TOOL_COUNT -->12<!-- /SYNC:TOOL_COUNT --> tools so Claude Code, Cursor, and any other MCP-compatible client can create, edit, close, recap, link, and otherwise manage your tasks while you code.

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## What you can do with it

- Create / edit / close / delete tasks and subtasks from inside Claude Code while it codes
- Read and write long-form markdown on any task (perfect for solution design + investigation notes)
- Track open questions per task and answer them later
- Attach resources (file references, links) to tasks
- Link tasks to Jira and back
- Get a productivity recap across a date range
- Manage categories, projects, and project sharing

## Install

```bash
npx karea-mcp
```

## Configure (Claude Code)

Add to `~/.claude.json` (or run `claude mcp add`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "karea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "karea-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "KAREA_API_KEY": "your_key_here",
        "KAREA_URL": "https://karea.app"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Get your API key at <https://karea.app/dashboard/settings?section=api-keys>.

## Configure (Cursor)

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` globally:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "karea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "karea-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "KAREA_API_KEY": "your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Tool catalogue

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**12 tools covering 68 actions** (regenerated by `scripts/sync-metadata.mjs`).

Each tool takes an `action` and a `params` object. Set
`KAREA_MCP_LEGACY_TOOLS=1` to go back to registering all 68
actions as individual tools.

- `karea_projects` - Projects and their categories: list, create, delete, share, and manage the categories inside a project.
  - `karea_list_projects`, `karea_create_project`, `karea_delete_project`, `karea_share_project`, `karea_create_category`, `karea_delete_category`
- `karea_tasks` - Tasks: find them, read them, create them, change them, close them. The main entry point - start here.
  - `karea_list_tasks`, `karea_view_task`, `karea_view_tasks`, `karea_create_task`, `karea_edit_task`, `karea_close_task`, `karea_delete_task`, `karea_quick_task`, `karea_doing`, `karea_done`
- `karea_subtasks` - Subtasks and closing requisites - the checklist a task has to satisfy before it can be closed.
  - `karea_create_subtask`, `karea_list_subtasks`, `karea_add_requisite`, `karea_toggle_requisite`, `karea_delete_requisite`
- `karea_notes` - Notes on a task - human-readable updates the user reads - plus the sticky-note scratch board. For private cross-session memory use karea_docs (set_context).
  - `karea_list_notes`, `karea_add_note`, `karea_edit_note`, `karea_delete_note`, `karea_list_sticky_notes`, `karea_create_sticky_note`, `karea_edit_sticky_note`, `karea_delete_sticky_note`
- `karea_docs` - A task's long-form markdown document and its AI Context (private working memory that survives across sessions).
  - `karea_get_markdown`, `karea_set_markdown`, `karea_get_context`, `karea_set_context`
- `karea_questions` - Open questions: things you are waiting on an answer for. Create, answer, edit, delete.
  - `karea_list_questions`, `karea_create_question`, `karea_answer_question`, `karea_edit_question`, `karea_delete_question`
- `karea_resources` - The file/document library: list, read, create, update, upload, delete, and attach resources to tasks.
  - `karea_list_resources`, `karea_get_resource`, `karea_create_resource`, `karea_update_resource`, `karea_upload_resource`, `karea_delete_resource`, `karea_link_resource_to_task`, `karea_unlink_resource_from_task`
- `karea_meetings` - Meetings, and the tasks and open questions attached to them.
  - `karea_list_meetings`, `karea_view_meeting`, `karea_create_meeting`, `karea_edit_meeting`, `karea_delete_meeting`, `karea_link_task_to_meeting`, `karea_unlink_task_from_meeting`, `karea_link_question_to_meeting`, `karea_unlink_question_from_meeting`
- `karea_reminders` - Reminders: see what is due, create one, snooze it, dismiss it, mark it done.
  - `karea_check_reminders`, `karea_create_reminder`, `karea_snooze_reminder`, `karea_dismiss_reminder`, `karea_mark_reminder_done`
- `karea_integrations` - JIRA links on a task, and AI CLI sessions linked to a task.
  - `karea_get_jira_link`, `karea_link_jira`, `karea_unlink_jira`, `karea_link_session`, `karea_list_sessions`, `karea_unlink_session`
- `karea_assistant` - Ask Karea a natural-language question about your work, or generate a recap of a period.
  - `karea_ask`, `karea_recap`
- `karea_help` - full parameter schema for any action.
<!-- /SYNC:TOOL_CATALOGUE -->

## Workflow example

```
You: I'm starting on the auth bug.
Claude (via karea-mcp): karea_doing("auth bug")
        --> status set to in_progress
You: Add a closing requisite: must pass the failing test.
Claude: karea_add_requisite(...)
You (later): I fixed it.
Claude: karea_toggle_requisite(...) then karea_done("auth bug")
```

## License

MIT. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/starecz/karea-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE).