Honu Context-Powered Todo MCP

This repository provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that integrates with Trello to enable context-powered task boards. It extends your agent with powerful tools to automatically manage Trello boards, create context-aware sprint tasks, and maintain detailed business context right within your project management system.

Requirements

Ensure you have the following installed before proceeding:

• Python and Poetry: Used to manage the Python environment and dependencies for the MCP server.
• NodeJS and npx: Required for executing specific Javascript-based MCP tools or utilities if needed.
• Trello API Key and API Token: You will need these to authenticate the server with Trello. (This guide from Trello can help you generate them).

Installation and Setup

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Install dependencies by running poetry install inside the project folder.
3. Configure your agent by adding the following to your agent's MCP configuration file (make sure to replace /path/to/repository, <YOUR TRELLO API KEY>, and <YOUR TRELLO API TOKEN> with your actual values):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context_todo_board": {
      "command": "poetry",
      "args": [
        "-C",
        "/path/to/repository",
        "run", 
        "python", 
        "honu_context_powered_todo_mcp/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRELLO_API_KEY": "<YOUR TRELLO API KEY>",
        "TRELLO_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR TRELLO API TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: This server also securely proxies the Trello MCP Server from delorenj, giving you full access to standard Trello operations alongside context-powered enhancements.

Using Skills

This project includes special Skills that act as specialized workflows and instructions for the agent to perform complex, domain-specific tasks.

Skills are located in the .agent/skills/ directory (or can be packaged as .skill files). To use them, simply ask the agent to perform the task described by the skill. The agent will automatically recognize your intent and follow the skill's specific instructions.

Included Skills

1. Trello Card Creator (trello-card-creator)

   • What it does: A workflow for creating highly detailed, developer-ready Trello cards for sprint tasks. It acts like a Senior Full Stack Developer, automatically fetching project context (MVP definitions, user journeys) and expanding tasks into actionable JIRA-like tickets completely fleshed out with Acceptance Criteria and prescriptive QA validation steps.
   • How to use: Ask the agent to "detail the tasks for our current sprint" or "create Trello cards for the MVP phase". The agent will leverage this skill to gather context proactively, prompt you for review if needed, and create the cards directly in Trello using MCP tools.

2. Skill Creator (skill-creator)

   • What it does: A meta-skill that guides the agent in properly creating new skills or updating existing ones. It ensures that any new capabilities you want to add follow the best practices for progressive disclosure, resource structuring, and concise prompting.
   • How to use: Ask the agent to "create a new skill for [your specific task] taking into account the skill creator guide" or "update the existing XYZ skill." The agent will use this skill to correctly design, initialize, and test the custom workflow.