🚀 Advanced Trello MCP Server

Enhanced Model Context Protocol Server for Trello integration with Cursor AI

Complete API coverage with 40+ tools and enterprise-grade features

📋 Overview

This is an enhanced version of the Trello MCP Server that provides comprehensive integration between Trello and Cursor AI. Originally supporting 15 basic tools, this version has been expanded to 44+ tools covering multiple Trello API categories with enterprise-grade functionality.

✨ Features

🎯 Complete API Coverage

• Actions API: 16 tools (Complete audit trail, reactions, comments)
• Lists API: 9 tools (Complete list management)
• Cards API: 8 tools (Enhanced card operations)
• Labels API: 8 tools (Complete label management) ✅
• Boards API: 1 tool (Basic board access)

🔧 Enterprise Features

• TypeScript Implementation with strict typing
• Zod Validation for all inputs and outputs
• Batch Operations for bulk actions
• Error Handling with detailed error messages
• Rate Limiting Ready architecture
• Extensible Design for future API additions

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Trello API Key and Token
• Cursor AI with MCP support

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/adriangrahldev/advanced-trello-mcp-server.git
   cd advanced-trello-mcp-server

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Build the project

npm run build

4. Configure environment variables

export TRELLO_API_KEY="your_api_key"
   export TRELLO_API_TOKEN="your_api_token"

5. Configure Cursor MCP

Add to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
     "servers": {
       "trello": {
         "command": "/path/to/advanced-trello-mcp-server/build/index.js",
         "env": {
           "TRELLO_API_KEY": "your_api_key",
           "TRELLO_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token"
         }
       }
     }
   }

🛠️ Available Tools

📋 Lists Management (9 tools)

• get-lists - Get all lists from a board
• create-list - Create new list
• update-list - Update list properties
• archive-list - Archive/unarchive lists
• move-list-to-board - Move lists between boards
• get-list-actions - Get list action history
• get-list-board - Get board information from list
• get-list-cards - Get cards from list with filtering
• archive-all-cards-in-list - Archive all cards in list
• move-all-cards-in-list - Move all cards between lists

🎯 Cards Management (9 tools)

• create-card - Create single card
• create-cards - Create multiple cards (batch)
• update-card - Update card description and/or name
• move-card - Move card between lists
• move-cards - Move multiple cards (batch)
• archive-card - Archive single card
• archive-cards - Archive multiple cards (batch)
• get-tickets-by-list - Get cards from specific list
• add-comment - Add comment to card

🏷️ Labels Management (8 tools) ✅ COMPLETE

• create-label - Create single label
• create-labels - Create multiple labels (batch)
• add-label - Add label to card
• add-labels - Add labels to multiple cards (batch)
• get-label - Get detailed label information
• update-label - Update label name and color
• delete-label - Delete label by ID
• update-label-field - Update specific label field

📊 Actions & Audit (16 tools)

• get-action - Get detailed action information
• update-action - Update action (comments)
• delete-action - Delete action (comments only)
• get-action-field - Get specific action field
• get-action-board - Get board from action
• get-action-card - Get card from action
• get-action-list - Get list from action
• get-action-member - Get member from action
• get-action-member-creator - Get action creator
• get-action-organization - Get organization from action
• update-comment-action - Update comment text
• get-action-reactions - Get action reactions
• create-action-reaction - Add reaction to action
• get-action-reaction - Get specific reaction
• delete-action-reaction - Remove reaction
• get-action-reactions-summary - Get reactions summary

🏢 Boards Management (1 tool)

• get-boards - Get all accessible boards

📈 Roadmap

This project follows a strategic 6-phase expansion plan to achieve 100% Trello API coverage:

Phase 1: Foundation (In Progress - 1/3 Complete)

• ✅ Complete Lists API (9 tools)
• ✅ Complete Actions API (16 tools)
• ✅ Complete Labels API (8 tools) DONE!
• 🔄 Enhanced Cards API (15 more tools needed)
• 🔄 Enhanced Boards API (8 more tools needed)

Phase 2: Productivity (Planned)

• Checklists API (12 tools)
• Search API (3 tools)
• Emoji API (2 tools)

Phase 3: Collaboration (Planned)

• Members API (20 tools)
• Organizations API (15 tools)

Phase 4: Automation (Planned)

• Batch API (3 tools)
• CustomFields API (12 tools)
• Webhooks API (8 tools)

Phase 5: Advanced Management (Planned)

• Notifications API (10 tools)
• Plugins API (8 tools)
• Tokens API (6 tools)

Phase 6: Enterprise (Planned)

• Enterprises API (12 tools)
• Applications API (4 tools)

Target: 182 total tools (currently at 44)

🔧 Development

Project Structure

advanced-trello-mcp-server/
├── src/                 # TypeScript source code
│   ├── index.ts         # Main MCP server implementation
│   ├── tools/           # Modular tool implementations
│   ├── types/           # TypeScript type definitions
│   └── utils/           # Shared utilities
├── build/               # Compiled JavaScript output
│   └── index.js         # Executable entry point
├── scripts/             # Build and utility scripts
│   └── build.js         # Cross-platform build script
├── package.json         # Dependencies and scripts
├── tsconfig.json        # TypeScript configuration
└── README.md           # This file

Building

# Full build (TypeScript compilation + shebang)
npm run build

# TypeScript compilation only
npm run compile

Cross-Platform Build: El script de build es completamente compatible con Windows, macOS y Linux, manejando automáticamente:

• Compilación de TypeScript
• Inyección de shebang (#!/usr/bin/env node)
• Permisos de ejecución (en sistemas Unix)

Development Workflow

1. Make changes in src/ directory

2. Run npm run build to compile

3. Test with Cursor AI

4. Commit changes with conventional commits

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

5. Open a Pull Request

Commit Convention

We use Conventional Commits:

• feat: - New features
• fix: - Bug fixes
• docs: - Documentation changes
• refactor: - Code refactoring
• test: - Adding tests
• chore: - Maintenance tasks

📚 API Documentation

This server implements tools based on the official Trello REST API documentation. Each tool includes:

• Zod schema validation for type safety
• Comprehensive error handling
• Optional parameters support
• Batch operations where applicable
• Detailed JSDoc comments

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. "Trello API credentials are not configured"

• Ensure TRELLO_API_KEY and TRELLO_API_TOKEN are set
• Verify the token has appropriate scopes (read minimum, write for modifications)

2. "Tool not found" errors

• Restart Cursor AI to refresh MCP server
• Verify the build was successful (npm run build)
• Check MCP configuration in ~/.cursor/mcp.json

3. Permission errors

• Verify your Trello token has access to the boards/cards you're trying to modify
• Some operations require write scope, not just read

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Original Trello MCP Server by yairhaimo
• Trello API Documentation
• Model Context Protocol
• Cursor AI

📊 Stats

• Total Tools: 44 (vs 15 original)
• API Coverage: ~40% (target: 100%)
• Lines of Code: 2,500+ TypeScript
• Type Safety: 100% with Zod validation
• Documentation: Comprehensive inline docs

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