Plane MCP

Connect Claude to your Plane workspace to manage projects, work items, cycles, modules, and more — directly from Claude.

Prerequisites

You need a Plane API key. To generate one:

Go to https://<your-plane-host>/<workspace>/settings/account/api-tokens
Click Add personal access token
Copy the token

You also need your workspace slug (the URL path segment for your workspace, e.g. my-workspace).

Setup

Install the package from npm and configure Claude Desktop or Claude Code to use it. The MCP server runs locally on each user's machine — no hosted infrastructure required.

How it works

Your machine                              Cloud
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│ Claude Desktop / Claude Code│
│   ↕ stdio (stdin/stdout)    │
│ plane-mcp-server (Node.js)  │ ──HTTP──→  Plane Instance
└─────────────────────────────┘            (plane.company.com)

Each user runs the server locally via npx. The server receives tool calls from Claude over stdio and calls the Plane REST API directly using the user's API key.

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@zethictech/plane-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "PLANE_BASE_URL": "https://your-plane-instance.com",
        "PLANE_API_KEY": "YOUR_PLANE_API_KEY",
        "DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_SLUG": "your-workspace-slug"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

Claude Code

claude mcp add plane \
  --command npx \
  --args "@zethictech/plane-mcp-server" \
  --env PLANE_BASE_URL=https://your-plane-instance.com \
  --env PLANE_API_KEY=YOUR_PLANE_API_KEY \
  --env DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_SLUG=your-workspace-slug

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`PLANE_BASE_URL`	Yes	Your Plane instance URL
`PLANE_API_KEY`	Yes	Personal Plane API token
`DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_SLUG`	Yes	Workspace slug from your Plane URL

Available Tools (110)

Category	Tools
Projects	list, create, update, delete projects; get/update features; get members
Work Items	list, search, create, update, delete; retrieve by identifier (e.g. DEV-42)
Work Item Types	list, create, update, delete work item types
Work Item Properties	list, create, update, delete custom properties
States & Labels	list, create, update, delete states and labels
Cycles	list, create, update, delete, archive/unarchive cycles; manage cycle work items
Modules	list, create, update, delete, archive/unarchive modules; manage module work items
Epics	list, create, update, delete epics
Milestones	list, create, update, delete milestones; manage milestone work items
Initiatives	list, create, update, delete initiatives
Intake	list, create, update, delete intake work items
Comments	list, create, update, delete comments on work items
Relations & Links	manage work item relations and external links
Time Tracking	create, update, list, delete work logs; get project worklog summary
Pages	create, retrieve project and workspace pages
Workspace	get current user, get members, get/update workspace features
Bulk Operations	`bulk_create_work_items` — create many items with automatic rate-limit handling

Troubleshooting

Server not starting?

Verify all three environment variables are set (PLANE_BASE_URL, PLANE_API_KEY, DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_SLUG)
Check that your Plane instance URL has no trailing slash
Run npx @zethictech/plane-mcp-server --version to verify the package loads

Stale npx cache?

npx --yes @zethictech/plane-mcp-server

API errors?

Ensure your API key is valid and has access to the workspace
Check that the workspace slug matches the URL path in your Plane instance

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions and how to add new tools.

License

MIT

@zethictech/plane-mcp-server

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