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MCP Trello

Works a Trello board from the conversation — cards, lists, members and comments — with Trello's rate limits handled for you.

by Hint-Services ↗Project & Task ManagementCommunity

LABSCO SUMMARY

It covers a whole board, not just cards — lists, members, comments and recent activity are all reachable.

The board ID is where setups go wrong: the short code in the Trello URL is not it. Start with only the key and token, call getMyBoards, and copy the 24-character id into trelloBoardId. Until you do, the personal tools still work while every board-scoped tool has nothing to point at.

What it is

An MCP server over the Trello API, authenticated with your own API key and token, with rate limiting and input validation built in.

What you get

  • getMyBoards lists your boards with their full IDs, and getMyCards returns the cards assigned to you — both work before any board is configured
  • getLists for the configured board's columns, getCardsByList for the cards in one, and getCard for a single card with its comments included on request
  • addCard with name, description, due date and labels; updateCard for name, description, labels, position, and start and due dates
  • moveCard to another list or board, archiveCard to file one away, and changeCardMembers to set who is on it
  • addList and archiveList for the board's columns themselves
  • Comments as first-class objects: add one, edit the text of an existing one, and delete it
  • getRecentActivity for what has happened on the board lately
  • Rate limiting that respects Trello's own limits — 300 requests per 10 seconds per API key, 100 per 10 seconds per token

Requirements

A Trello API key and token: trelloApiKey from trello.com/app-key, and trelloToken generated with it. trelloBoardId is optional but required by the board-specific tools, and it is the full 24-character ID rather than the short code in the board URL — configure the key and token first, call getMyBoards, and copy the id field (not shortLink). getMyCards and getMyBoards work with no board configured; getLists, addList and getRecentActivity do not. Node.js v18 or later; the published package is mcp-trello and the server runs over stdio.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — pnpm add mcp-trello, then supply credentials

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