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ClickUp

Overview​

The ClickUp server enables AI assistants to interact with ClickUp workspaces, providing powerful task management, sprint planning, and team collaboration capabilities through conversational AI.

How to Add ClickUp​

  1. 1
    Create ClickUp Account
    1. Go to http://ClickUp.com
    2. Sign up for a free account or use your existing workspace
  2. 2
    Generate API Token
    1. In ClickUp, click your profile avatar
    2. Go to Settings > Apps
    3. Generate a new API token
    4. Copy the token for use in Civic
  3. 3
    Connect to Civic
    1. Add the ClickUp server to your Civic environment
    2. Enter your API token when prompted
  4. 4
    Test Connection

    Start with a simple command like "Show me all tasks assigned to me" to verify the connection works properly.

tip

ClickUp's MCP server is actively evolving. Features may change in the coming weeks as the platform stabilizes.

What You Can Do​

Task Management

Create, update, and track tasks with full field management and status updates

Sprint Planning

Organize sprints, create task lists, and manage project timelines

Team Collaboration

Assign tasks, add comments, and coordinate team activities

Documentation

Create documents and organize project knowledge within ClickUp

Available Tools (41)​

Search & Hierarchy​

clickup_search

Search across your ClickUp workspace for tasks, documents, and content

clickup_get_workspace_hierarchy

Get the complete workspace structure including spaces, folders, and lists

Task Management​

clickup_create_task

Create new tasks with priorities, assignees, due dates, and tags

clickup_get_task

Retrieve detailed information about a specific task

clickup_update_task

Update task details, status, priority, or assignments

clickup_create_bulk_tasks

Create multiple tasks in a single operation

clickup_update_bulk_tasks

Update multiple tasks in a single operation

clickup_get_workspace_tasks

Retrieve tasks from across the workspace with filtering options

Comments & Files​

clickup_get_task_comments

Retrieve comments from a task

clickup_create_task_comment

Add comments to tasks for team communication

clickup_attach_task_file

Attach files to tasks

Time Tracking​

clickup_get_task_time_entries

Get time tracking entries for a task

clickup_start_time_tracking

Start tracking time on a task

clickup_stop_time_tracking

Stop the current time tracking session

clickup_add_time_entry

Add a time entry to a task

clickup_get_current_time_entry

Get the currently running time entry

List Management​

clickup_create_list

Create task lists within spaces

clickup_create_list_in_folder

Create task lists within folders

clickup_get_list

Get details about a specific list

clickup_update_list

Update list settings and properties

Folder Management​

clickup_create_folder

Create folders to organize tasks and projects

clickup_get_folder

Get details about a specific folder

clickup_update_folder

Update folder settings and properties

Tags​

clickup_add_tag_to_task

Add tags to tasks for organization

clickup_remove_tag_from_task

Remove tags from tasks

Members​

clickup_get_workspace_members

List all members in the workspace

clickup_find_member_by_name

Find workspace members by name

clickup_resolve_assignees

Resolve assignee names to user IDs

Chat​

clickup_get_chat_channels

List available chat channels

clickup_send_chat_message

Send messages to team chat channels

Documents​

clickup_create_document

Create documents for project documentation

clickup_list_document_pages

List all pages in a document

clickup_get_document_pages

Get content from document pages

clickup_create_document_page

Add pages to existing documents

clickup_update_document_page

Update existing document pages

Use Cases​

Sprint Generation​

"Create a new folder called 'Sprint 23' in Team Space, then create 5 tasks in it: Implement user authentication (high priority, assigned to me), Design dashboard mockups (urgent), Write API documentation, Fix bug #234, Review pull requests. Set due dates for next Friday and tag them all with 'sprint-23'"

Team Standup Preparation​

"Show me all tasks assigned to me that are 'in progress' status. Then for each task, add a comment with today's progress update. Also show me which tasks are due this week."

Documentation Sync​

"Create a document called 'API Endpoints Documentation'. Find all tasks tagged 'api-endpoint' in the current sprint. For each task, create a page in the document with the task name as title and the task description as content."

note

Chat Features: You can send chat messages, but reading messages and creating new channels are not yet available via MCP.

Server Updates: ClickUp's MCP server is undergoing active development. Any changes to the remote server may require updates on the Civic side.

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Known Issues:

  • Time management tools are currently failing (bug report sent to ClickUp)
  • Update Bulk Task tool fails (bug report sent to ClickUp)
  • Attach tool's "upload from URL" mode does not work (base64 upload works fine)

These tools remain available in Civic with the expectation that ClickUp will fix these issues soon.

Guardrails​

This server supports all 14 universal guardrails. Server-specific guardrails are coming soon.