ProdPad MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects Claude to ProdPad, giving Claude direct access to your product management data — ideas, feedback, roadmaps, OKRs, initiatives, and more.

Built with TypeScript, the MCP SDK, and designed for use with Claude Desktop.

What Can It Do?

Once connected, you can ask Claude things like:

• "What products do I have in ProdPad?"
• "Show me our current objectives and key results"
• "List all ideas tagged with 'mobile'"
• "What's on the Now/Next/Later roadmap?"
• "Search ProdPad for anything related to onboarding"
• "Create a new idea for a dashboard redesign"
• "Create an initiative on our product roadmap"

Available Tools (24 total)

Category	Tools
Products	List products, get product details
Objectives & Key Results	List objectives, get objective, list key results, get key result, get KRs by objective, get KRs by product
Roadmaps	List roadmaps, get roadmap (with columns and cards), get roadmaps by product
Ideas	List ideas (with filters), get idea details
Initiatives	List initiatives, get initiative, get ideas for initiative
Feedback	List feedback (with filters), get feedback, get ideas linked to feedback
Create	Create new ideas, create new initiatives
Utility	Cross-entity search, list statuses, list tags

Setup Guide

Step 1: Get Your ProdPad API Key

1. Log in to ProdPad
2. Click the Settings gear icon (bottom-left sidebar)
3. Click Profile settings
4. Click the API Keys tab
5. Copy your API key using the copy button next to it

If you need to regenerate your key, click "Regenerate". This will invalidate the previous key.

For more details, see ProdPad's API key docs.

Step 2: Install Prerequisites

You need Node.js version 18 or later installed on your machine.

To check if you have it:

node --version

If you don't have it, download and install from nodejs.org.

Step 3: Download and Build the Server

1. Download this project — click the green "Code" button on GitHub, then "Download ZIP". Unzip it somewhere you'll remember (e.g., C:\MCP\prodpad-mcp-server\).

   Or if you're comfortable with git:

   git clone https://github.com/JTreadwell1/prodpad-mcp-server.git
   

2. Open a terminal in the project folder and run:

   npm install
   npm run build
   

   You should see no errors. This creates a dist/ folder with the compiled server.

Step 4: Configure Claude Desktop

1. Open Claude Desktop
2. Go to Settings (gear icon) > Developer > Edit Config
3. This opens a JSON file. Add the prodpad entry inside the "mcpServers" section:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prodpad": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "C:\\path\\to\\prodpad-mcp-server\\dist\\index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PRODPAD_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Important: Replace C:\\path\\to\\prodpad-mcp-server with the actual path where you put the project. Use double backslashes (\\) on Windows.

Replace your-api-key-here with the API key you copied in Step 1.

4. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop

Step 5: Verify It Works

Start a new conversation in Claude Desktop and ask:

"What products do I have in ProdPad?"

If Claude returns your product list, you're all set!

Troubleshooting

"PRODPAD_API_KEY environment variable is required" Your API key isn't configured. Double-check the env section in your Claude Desktop config.

"Authentication failed" Your API key is invalid or expired. Generate a new one from ProdPad Profile Settings > API Key.

"Resource not found" The ID you're looking for doesn't exist. Try listing resources first (e.g., prodpad_list_ideas) to find valid IDs.

Claude doesn't show ProdPad tools Make sure you restarted Claude Desktop after editing the config. Check the config file is valid JSON (no trailing commas, matching brackets).

Using with Claude Code (CLI)

If you use Claude Code (the CLI tool), add the same config to your ~/.claude.json file under mcpServers.

License

MIT