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
Create ClickUp Account
- Go to http://ClickUp.com
- Sign up for a free account or use your existing workspace
2
Generate API Token
- In ClickUp, click your profile avatar
- Go to Settings > Apps
- Generate a new API token
- Copy the token for use in Nexus
3
Connect to Nexus
- Add the ClickUp server to your Nexus environment
- Enter your API token when prompted
4
Test Connection
Start with a simple command like “Show me all tasks assigned to me” to verify the connection works properly.
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
clickup_search
Search across your ClickUp workspace for tasks, documents, and content
clickup_get_workspace_hierarchy
clickup_get_workspace_hierarchy
Get the complete workspace structure including spaces, folders, and lists
Task Management
clickup_create_task
clickup_create_task
Create new tasks with priorities, assignees, due dates, and tags
clickup_get_task
clickup_get_task
Retrieve detailed information about a specific task
clickup_update_task
clickup_update_task
Update task details, status, priority, or assignments
clickup_create_bulk_tasks
clickup_create_bulk_tasks
Create multiple tasks in a single operation
clickup_update_bulk_tasks
clickup_update_bulk_tasks
Update multiple tasks in a single operation
clickup_get_workspace_tasks
clickup_get_workspace_tasks
Retrieve tasks from across the workspace with filtering options
Comments & Files
clickup_get_task_comments
clickup_get_task_comments
Retrieve comments from a task
clickup_create_task_comment
clickup_create_task_comment
Add comments to tasks for team communication
clickup_attach_task_file
clickup_attach_task_file
Attach files to tasks
Time Tracking
clickup_get_task_time_entries
clickup_get_task_time_entries
Get time tracking entries for a task
clickup_start_time_tracking
clickup_start_time_tracking
Start tracking time on a task
clickup_stop_time_tracking
clickup_stop_time_tracking
Stop the current time tracking session
clickup_add_time_entry
clickup_add_time_entry
Add a time entry to a task
clickup_get_current_time_entry
clickup_get_current_time_entry
Get the currently running time entry
List Management
clickup_create_list
clickup_create_list
Create task lists within spaces
clickup_create_list_in_folder
clickup_create_list_in_folder
Create task lists within folders
clickup_get_list
clickup_get_list
Get details about a specific list
clickup_update_list
clickup_update_list
Update list settings and properties
Folder Management
clickup_create_folder
clickup_create_folder
Create folders to organize tasks and projects
clickup_get_folder
clickup_get_folder
Get details about a specific folder
clickup_update_folder
clickup_update_folder
Update folder settings and properties
Tags
clickup_add_tag_to_task
clickup_add_tag_to_task
Add tags to tasks for organization
clickup_remove_tag_from_task
clickup_remove_tag_from_task
Remove tags from tasks
Members
clickup_get_workspace_members
clickup_get_workspace_members
List all members in the workspace
clickup_find_member_by_name
clickup_find_member_by_name
Find workspace members by name
clickup_resolve_assignees
clickup_resolve_assignees
Resolve assignee names to user IDs
Chat
clickup_get_chat_channels
clickup_get_chat_channels
List available chat channels
clickup_send_chat_message
clickup_send_chat_message
Send messages to team chat channels
Documents
clickup_create_document
clickup_create_document
Create documents for project documentation
clickup_list_document_pages
clickup_list_document_pages
List all pages in a document
clickup_get_document_pages
clickup_get_document_pages
Get content from document pages
clickup_create_document_page
clickup_create_document_page
Add pages to existing documents
clickup_update_document_page
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.”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 Nexus side.
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)