Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended

Extended Version - Forked and enhanced by kydycode from the original @abhiz123/todoist-mcp-server

A comprehensive MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementation that provides full integration between Claude and Todoist. This extended version includes additional features, improved compatibility, and enhanced functionality using the complete Todoist API with the latest MCP SDK (@doist/todoist-api-typescript@4.0.4).

🆕 Extended Version Features

🔧 Technical Improvements

• Updated Todoist SDK: Now using @doist/todoist-api-typescript@4.0.4.
• Updated MCP SDK Compatibility: Compatible with MCP SDK 0.5.0.
• Enhanced Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling with detailed error messages.
• Improved TypeScript Support: Better type safety and compatibility.
• Optimized API Usage: Efficient use of Todoist API, including getTasksByFilter for robust search and moveTasks for semantic task movement.
• Better Response Formatting: Enhanced task, project, and label formatting for better readability, including project names in search results.

✨ Enhanced Task Management (10 Tools)

• Direct ID-based Operations: Efficient task operations using task IDs.
• Comprehensive Task Creation: Support for subtasks, labels, projects, sections, priorities.
• Quick Add Integration: Natural language task creation using Todoist's Quick Add.
• Advanced Task Search: Robust keyword search using Todoist's filter engine (search: your query).
• Task Movement Capabilities: Move tasks between projects, sections, or make them subtasks.
• Task State Management: Complete, reopen, and manage task lifecycle.
• Detailed Task Output: Search and get-task operations return more task details.

🗂️ Complete Project Management (5 Tools)

• Full Project CRUD: Create, read, update, delete projects with all properties.
• Sub-project Support: Create hierarchical project structures.
• Project Customization: Set colors, favorites, view styles (list/board).
• Enhanced Project Listing: Improved project retrieval with pagination and detailed formatting.

📋 Section Management (4 Tools)

• Complete Section Operations: Create, read, update, delete sections.
• Project-specific Sections: Filter and manage sections within projects.
• Section Organization: Proper ordering and structure management.

🏷️ Label Management (5 Tools)

• Full Label CRUD: Create, read, update, delete labels.
• Label Customization: Set names, colors, favorites, order.
• Paginated Label Listing: Efficiently retrieve all labels.

🛠️ Available Tools (Total 24)

Task Operations (10 tools)

Tool	Description
todoist_create_task	Create tasks with full options (subtasks, labels, projects, sections, priorities).
todoist_quick_add_task	Natural language task creation using Todoist's Quick Add syntax.
todoist_get_tasks	Retrieve tasks with filtering (project, section, parent, label, IDs) and pagination.
todoist_get_task	Get a specific task by its ID, with detailed information.
todoist_update_task	Update task properties (content, description, due date, priority, labels).
todoist_delete_task	Delete task by ID.
todoist_complete_task	Mark task complete.
todoist_reopen_task	Reopen completed task.
todoist_search_tasks	Search tasks using Todoist's filter engine (e.g., search: keyword).
todoist_move_task	Move a task to a different project, section, or make it a subtask.

Project Operations (5 tools)

Tool	Description
todoist_get_projects	List all active projects with pagination support.
todoist_get_project	Get a specific project by its ID.
todoist_create_project	Create new project (name, color, favorite, view style, sub-projects).
todoist_update_project	Update project properties.
todoist_delete_project	Delete project by ID.

Section Operations (4 tools)

Tool	Description
todoist_get_sections	List sections (all sections or project-specific).
todoist_create_section	Create section in project (name, project, ordering).
todoist_update_section	Update section name.
todoist_delete_section	Delete section by ID.

Label Operations (5 tools)

Tool	Description
todoist_create_label	Create a new label (name, color, favorite, order).
todoist_get_label	Get a specific label by its ID.
todoist_get_labels	List all labels with pagination support.
todoist_update_label	Update an existing label by its ID (name, color, favorite, order).
todoist_delete_label	Delete a label by its ID.

🚀 Installation & Setup

Local Development Setup

# Clone the extended repository
git clone https://github.com/kydycode/todoist-mcp-server-ext.git
cd todoist-mcp-server-ext

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Getting a Todoist API Token

1. Log in to your Todoist account
2. Navigate to Settings → Integrations → Developer
3. Copy your API token

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Option 1: Run locally built version

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "todoist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/your/todoist-mcp-server-ext/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "TODOIST_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Run via npm/npx (recommended for published version)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "todoist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kydycode/todoist-mcp-server-ext@latest"],
      "env": {
        "TODOIST_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 3: Install globally first

# Install the extended version globally
npm install -g @kydycode/todoist-mcp-server-ext@latest

# Then use in Claude Desktop config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "todoist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "todoist-mcp-server-ext",
      "env": {
        "TODOIST_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

📖 Usage Examples

🎯 Advanced Task Creation & Management

"Create task 'Team Meeting @Tomorrow #Work p1'"
"Add task 'Fix critical bug +KydyCode @DevProject L:Urgent L:Backend'"
"Quick add: 'Buy milk tomorrow at 2pm #shopping !p1'"
"Move task with ID {task_id} to project {project_id}"
"Search tasks: search: API deployment"

🗂️ Project, Section, and Label Management

"List all my projects"
"Create project 'Q2 Planning' color:blue favorite:true view:board"
"Get sections for project {project_id}"
"Create label 'HighPriority' color:red isFavorite:true"
"List all labels"

🆚 Extended vs Original Comparison

Feature	Original	Extended Version (@kydycode/todoist-mcp-server-ext)
Todoist SDK Version	Older	✅ @doist/todoist-api-typescript@4.0.4
MCP SDK Compatibility	Older version	✅ Latest MCP SDK 0.5.0+
Error Handling	Basic	✅ Comprehensive with detailed messages
TypeScript Support	Limited	✅ Full type safety
Task Operations	Search-based, limited features	✅ 10 Tools: Direct ID-based, moveTasks, robust search, QuickAdd, full CRUD-like ops
Project Management	Limited	✅ 5 Tools: Full CRUD operations, sub-projects, pagination
Section Management	Basic	✅ 4 Tools: Complete section operations
Label Management	Not Available	✅ 5 Tools: Full CRUD operations, pagination
API Parameter Handling	Inconsistent	✅ Proper parameter validation
Response Formatting	Basic	✅ Enhanced readability, more details
Build System	Issues	✅ Clean compilation
Search Functionality	Basic local filter	✅ Robust getTasksByFilter (Todoist engine)

🔧 Development

Project Structure

src/
├── index.ts          # Main server implementation with all tools
package.json      # Dependencies and scripts
tsconfig.json     # TypeScript configuration
README.md         # This file
local-instructions.md # Personal publishing guide
LICENSE
.gitignore
dist/             # Compiled JavaScript output (after `npm run build`)
    ├── index.js
    └── index.d.ts

Building from Source

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build TypeScript
npm run build

# Test the server (requires TODOIST_API_TOKEN)
# Example: Set token and pipe a list tools request
export TODOIST_API_TOKEN="your_actual_todoist_api_token"
echo '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/list", "id": 1}' | node dist/index.js

Development Scripts

npm run build     # Compile TypeScript and make output executable
npm run watch     # Watch for changes and rebuild (doesn't make output executable)
npm run prepare   # Pre-publish build (runs build)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! This extended version accepts contributions for:

• Additional Todoist API endpoints
• Enhanced error handling and validation
• Performance optimizations
• Documentation improvements
• Bug fixes and compatibility updates

Please submit issues and pull requests to the extended repository.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Credits

• Extended Version: kydycode - Enhanced functionality and compatibility
• Original Creator: @abhiz123 - Initial Todoist MCP server implementation
• MCP Protocol: Model Context Protocol by Anthropic

🐛 Issues and Support

• Extended Version Issues: GitHub Issues
• Original Repository: abhiz123/todoist-mcp-server

🔗 Related Links

• Extended Repository: kydycode/todoist-mcp-server-ext
• NPM Package: @kydycode/todoist-mcp-server-ext
• Original Repository: abhiz123/todoist-mcp-server
• Todoist API Documentation
• Model Context Protocol
• Claude Desktop