LABSCO SUMMARY

A task database that several clients share, with the same tasks visible in the browser and the editor.

The daemon is what distinguishes it: one background process holds the workspace's SQLite database, so Claude, Cursor and the VS Code extension all read the same list rather than each keeping its own. The AI-session tools are the other half — an active task, recent history and a context summary — so a new conversation can pick up where the last one stopped. Note the template rule before you plan a workflow: tasks cannot be created freehand, they come from a template.

What it is

A task manager written in Go that runs as a background daemon with a SQLite database per workspace. AI clients talk to it over MCP; the same data is visible in an embedded web UI and an optional VS Code extension.

What you get

Tasks created from templates — since v0.10.0 that is the only route — with readable aliases bug, feature, research, refactor, test and doc instead of template UUIDs
Listing and filtering by status, project and due date, full task detail rendered as markdown, editing of title, description and priority, and permanent deletion behind a confirmation
Status moved between pending, in progress and completed, one task at a time or many in a single batch update
Hierarchy: subtasks created under a parent, a task's parent changed or moved to root level, and the whole tree — parents, children and siblings — displayed at once
Dependencies declared between two tasks, so one has to finish before another starts
Projects created and listed with their task counts, an active project set so new tasks land there automatically, and per-project task views grouped by status
Session context for an AI client: an active task that flips itself to in-progress when set, the recently touched tasks, and a context summary of priorities and blockers
Search from three directions — full-text with FTS5 and fuzzy matching, natural language queries like 'high priority' or 'tag:bug', and saved filter profiles you can reload, plus search history
File paths attached to a task and watched, so status updates can follow file activity, with the watch list and statistics available
Everything exported to JSON or CSV and imported back with conflict resolution, and a summary report of task counts, project statistics and recent activity
IDE extension management from inside the server: detect VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf, then install, update, check or remove the extension

Requirements

No account and no key — the data is a SQLite file in your workspace. Run it with npx @mehmetsenol/gorev-mcp-server@latest over stdio; the published npm package is @mehmetsenol/gorev-mcp-server, listed at 0.16.3, and Windows needs Node.js installed and on PATH. The daemon starts itself on the first MCP connection and holds a lock file at ~/.gorev-daemon/.lock, which lets several clients share one instance; the web UI comes up at http://localhost:5082. Each workspace gets its own database at .gorev/gorev.db, and GOREV_DB_PATH or GOREV_DATA_DIR moves it. GOREV_LANG chooses en or tr. The project describes itself as under heavy development, with breaking changes expected. Tool names and descriptions are in Turkish.

Setup effort

One command — npx -y @mehmetsenol/gorev-mcp-server@latest

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Filing a bug without inventing a format for it

Pick the bug template by its alias and fill the fields it asks for; the task lands in the active project.

template_listeletemplateden_gorev_olustur

02

Starting a session by picking up where you left off

Read the context summary and recent tasks, then set the one you are working on active — it flips to in-progress by itself.

gorev_context_summarygorev_recentgorev_set_active

03

Breaking a large piece of work into parts

Create subtasks under the parent, declare which has to finish first, and view the whole tree.

gorev_altgorev_olusturgorev_bagimlilik_eklegorev_hiyerarsi_goster

04

Finding a task when you only remember roughly what it said

Search in natural language or full text with fuzzy matching, then save the filter you landed on for next time.

gorev_nlp_querygorev_search_advancedgorev_filter_profile_save

05

Closing out a batch of finished work

List what is in progress in the project, then move several tasks to completed in one update.

proje_gorevlerigorev_batch_update

06

Moving a task list to another machine

Export the tasks and projects to JSON or CSV, then import them back with conflicts resolved.

gorev_exportgorev_import

07

Having a task follow the files it belongs to

Attach the file paths to the task and start watching them, then check the watch statistics.

gorev_file_watch_addgorev_file_watch_stats

41 tools

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`aktif_proje_ayarla`

Çalışılacak aktif projeyi ayarlar. Yeni görevler bu projeye otomatik atanır.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

41 tools when we connected. These are the 41 tools the npm package registers — its latest version, 0.16.3, is also the newest GitHub release. The repository docs already describe a v0.17.0 with 26 merged tools such as gorev_bulk and gorev_ide, but that version has not been released.

Requires

npx on PATH

Where it runs

All 5 documented clients run the server on your machine.

CONTEXT COST

Moderate Standing cost

Rated by the size of the 41 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

npx -y @mehmetsenol/gorev-mcp-server@latest

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Kilo Code, Cursor, Windsurf

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gorev": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mehmetsenol/gorev-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOREV_LANG": "en"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gorev

A task database that several clients share, with the same tasks visible in the browser and the editor.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Filing a bug without inventing a format for it

Starting a session by picking up where you left off

Breaking a large piece of work into parts

Finding a task when you only remember roughly what it said

Closing out a batch of finished work

Moving a task list to another machine

Having a task follow the files it belongs to

41 tools

aktif_proje_ayarla

aktif_proje_goster

aktif_proje_kaldir

gorev_altgorev_olustur

gorev_bagimlilik_ekle

gorev_batch_update

gorev_context_summary

gorev_detay

gorev_duzenle

gorev_export

gorev_file_watch_add

gorev_file_watch_list

gorev_file_watch_remove

gorev_file_watch_stats

gorev_filter_profile_delete

gorev_filter_profile_list

gorev_filter_profile_load

gorev_filter_profile_save

gorev_get_active

gorev_guncelle

gorev_hiyerarsi_goster

gorev_ide_detect

gorev_ide_install

gorev_ide_status

gorev_ide_uninstall

gorev_ide_update

gorev_import

gorev_listele

gorev_nlp_query

gorev_recent

gorev_search_advanced

gorev_search_history

gorev_set_active

gorev_sil

gorev_ust_degistir

ozet_goster

proje_gorevleri

proje_listele

proje_olustur

template_listele

templateden_gorev_olustur

What to know first

Tools you get

Requires

Where it runs

Moderate Standing cost

Connect your client

Server setup

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Kilo Code, Cursor, Windsurf

Same category

Task Manager (Go)

Redmine MCP Server for Cline

DeltaTask

Cairn

`aktif_proje_ayarla`

`aktif_proje_goster`

`aktif_proje_kaldir`

`gorev_altgorev_olustur`

`gorev_bagimlilik_ekle`

`gorev_batch_update`

`gorev_context_summary`

`gorev_detay`

`gorev_duzenle`

`gorev_export`

`gorev_file_watch_add`

`gorev_file_watch_list`

`gorev_file_watch_remove`

`gorev_file_watch_stats`

`gorev_filter_profile_delete`

`gorev_filter_profile_list`

`gorev_filter_profile_load`

`gorev_filter_profile_save`

`gorev_get_active`

`gorev_guncelle`

`gorev_hiyerarsi_goster`

`gorev_ide_detect`

`gorev_ide_install`

`gorev_ide_status`

`gorev_ide_uninstall`

`gorev_ide_update`

`gorev_import`

`gorev_listele`

`gorev_nlp_query`

`gorev_recent`

`gorev_search_advanced`

`gorev_search_history`

`gorev_set_active`

`gorev_sil`

`gorev_ust_degistir`

`ozet_goster`

`proje_gorevleri`

`proje_listele`

`proje_olustur`

`template_listele`

`templateden_gorev_olustur`