Todo Txt Mcp
🔗 Model Context Protocol server for todo.txt files - Connect your todo.txt to AI assistants like Claude Desktop
Install
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Security review
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- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Todo.txt MCP Server
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A Model Context Protocol server that connects todo.txt files to AI assistants like Claude. Manage your tasks through natural language while keeping the simplicity and portability of plain text.
Installation
# Recommended
uv tool install todo-txt-mcp
# Or run directly without installing
uvx todo-txt-mcp
# Alternatives
pipx install todo-txt-mcp
pip install todo-txt-mcpConfiguration
Add to your Claude Desktop config:
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"todo-txt": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"todo-txt-mcp"
]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop. The tools icon confirms the server is connected.
Custom todo.txt location
{
"mcpServers": {
"todo-txt": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"todo-txt-mcp",
"/path/to/your/todo.txt"
]
}
}
}todo.sh integration
If you use todo.sh, the server automatically detects your config from ~/.todo/config, ~/.todo.cfg, or standard system locations.
Environment variables
TODO_MCP_TODO_FILE_PATH=/path/to/todo.txt
TODO_MCP_BACKUP_ENABLED=true
TODO_MCP_MAX_FILE_SIZE=10000000Available Tools
| Tool | Description | |----------------------|----------------------------------| | list_todos | List todos with optional filters | | add_todo | Create new todos | | complete_todo | Mark todos as completed | | update_todo | Modify existing todos | | delete_todo | Remove todos | | search_todos | Find todos by text | | filter_by_priority | Filter by priority (A-Z) | | filter_by_project | Filter by project (+tag) | | filter_by_context | Filter by context (@tag) | | get_statistics | Get todo statistics |
Todo.txt Format
Fully compatible with the todo.txt specification:
(A) Call Mom +family @phone
x 2025-05-31 2025-05-30 (B) Buy groceries +shopping @errands
Write project proposal +work @computerContributing
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines. Bug reports and feature requests welcome via GitHub Issues.
License
MIT - see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
Source & license
This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: danielmeint
- Source: danielmeint/todo-txt-mcp
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/todo-txt-mcp/
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.