Trello Interface via MCP

This package serves as an MCP agent, designed to interface seamlessly with Trello's organizational platform. It abstracts the Trello Application Programming Interface (API), delivering a standardized, type-safe mechanism for AI hosts to manage projects. Key features include inherent request rate control and rigorous data validation.

Primary Capabilities

• Complete Trello Synchronization: Manage cards, retrieve list structures, and monitor board events.
• Automated Throttling: Conforms strictly to Trello's usage constraints (e.g., 300 req/10s per key, 100 req/10s per token).
• TypeScript Fidelity: Fully implemented in TypeScript, offering extensive, guaranteed type compatibility.
• Input Schema Verification: Utilizes Zod for resilient validation across all transmitted parameters.
• Resilient Failure Management: Ensures operations conclude gracefully, providing actionable diagnostic feedback upon error.

Architectural Components (MCP Context)

• MCP Endpoints: These servers function as standardized conduits, exposing various resources—APIs, data stores, or computational libraries—to remote AI orchestration platforms. Developing an MCP endpoint in TypeScript allows for standardized data sharing via JSON-RPC 2.0.
• MCP Consumers: Represent the consuming side, employing TypeScript SDKs to communicate with the endpoints, guaranteeing type-safe method invocation and a unified interface for tool invocation.
• Orchestration Systems: Entities like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and Cline manage the flow between consumers and endpoints, enabling disparate AI environments to leverage a single MCP service without custom integration layers.

Toolset Inventory

MCP Trello exposes the following functional primitives for project manipulation:

Task Lifecycle Operations (Cards)

• fetchCardsByList: Obtain all items within a specified organizational column.
• fetchUserTasks: Retrieve all tasks currently assigned to the invoking user context.
• createTask: Introduce a novel item into a designated list.
• modifyTask: Adjust the properties of an existing item (e.g., title, description, due date, labeling, ordering).
• relocateTask: Transfer an item between different lists or even distinct boards.
• retireCard: Move a task into the archived state.
• adjustCardAssignees: Modify the set of users associated with a task.

Column Management (Lists)

• fetchBoardLists: Retrieve the entire set of columns defined for the configured board.
• addBoardList: Introduce a new column structure to the board.
• retireList: Archive an existing list structure.

Board Monitoring

• getRecentBoardEvents: Query the log of the most recent actions occurring on the board.

Project Blueprint

mcp-trello/ ├── src/ │ ├── index.ts # Primary module export │ └── trello/ # Trello Service Layer │ ├── client.ts # Low-level Trello HTTP client │ ├── rate-limiter.ts # Request pacing logic │ └── types.ts # TypeScript interface definitions ├── docs/ # Reference Material ├── package.json # Project Manifest └── tsconfig.json # TypeScript Compiler Configuration

Deployment Instructions

Via Smithery CLI

Integration is streamlined using the Smithery CLI:

bash

For Claude Integration

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Hint-Services/mcp-trello --client claude

For Cursor Integration

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Hint-Services/mcp-trello --client cursor

For Windsurf Integration

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Hint-Services/mcp-trello --client windsurf

For Cline Integration

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Hint-Services/mcp-trello --client cline

For Standard TypeScript Projects

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Hint-Services/mcp-trello --client typescript

Manual Dependency Addition

bash pnpm add mcp-trello

Configuration Requirements

Configure this service within your main MCP configuration file (mcp.config.json or similar) as follows:

{ "mcpServers": { "trello": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@Hint-Services/mcp-trello"], "env": { "trelloApiKey": "your-api-key", "trelloToken": "your-token", "trelloBoardId": "your-board-id" } } } }

Necessary Environment Variables

• trelloApiKey: Authenticator key acquired from the Trello developer console (https://trello.com/app-key).
• trelloToken: Authorization credential generated using the API key.
• trelloBoardId: The unique identifier of the Trello board targeted for operations (extracted from the board URL).

Developer Resources

For those interested in source code contribution or extending this server's capabilities, please consult the official guide located at Development Guide.

Ecosystem References

To deepen understanding of the underlying framework:

• Model Context Protocol Specification: Definitive guide on MCP architecture and design philosophy.
• Smithery Tool Registry Guidelines: Best practices for submitting and maintaining tools within the registry.
• MCP TypeScript SDK Docs: Reference material for type-safe client development.
• MCP Security Protocol: Documentation outlining mandatory security standards.

About the Maintainer: Hint Services

"The future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed"

• William Gibson, Visionary Author

Hint Services is a specialized consultancy focused on advancing the role of artificial intelligence within user interface paradigms. We engineer strategic alignment between AI capabilities and superior User Experience, under the leadership of Ben Hofferber.

We conduct intensive AI integration workshops for design teams seeking to adopt advanced tooling without requiring deep software engineering expertise. Inquire about specialized training and consulting.

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