OpenProject runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 56 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Jul 2026.
Manage OpenProject projects, work packages, files, relations, boards, users, and notifications.
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Today is the operative word: we check OpenProject every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add openproject -e 'OPENPROJECT_URL=<OPENPROJECT_URL>' -e 'OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN=<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>' -- npx -y openproject-codex-plugin{
"mcpServers": {
"openproject": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openproject-codex-plugin"
],
"env": {
"OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN": "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>",
"OPENPROJECT_URL": "<OPENPROJECT_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.openproject]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "openproject-codex-plugin"]
env = { OPENPROJECT_URL = "<OPENPROJECT_URL>", OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN = "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"openproject": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openproject-codex-plugin"
],
"env": {
"OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN": "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>",
"OPENPROJECT_URL": "<OPENPROJECT_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"openproject": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openproject-codex-plugin"
],
"env": {
"OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN": "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>",
"OPENPROJECT_URL": "<OPENPROJECT_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<OPENPROJECT_URL> (Root URL of the OpenProject instance), <OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN> (OpenProject API token).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
OPENPROJECT_PAGE_SIZE (Default page size from 1 to 100), OPENPROJECT_TIMEOUT_MS (Request timeout in milliseconds from 1000 to 300000), OPENPROJECT_AUTH_MODE (API-token authentication mode: basic for broad compatibility or bearer for OpenProject 17.2+), OPENPROJECT_ALLOWED_UPLOAD_DIRS (Platform-separated directories from which attachment files may be read; defaults to the process working directory).
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