Planka MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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Connect this server

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 planka-mcp -- npx -y @omnicoreos/planka-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "planka-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@omnicoreos/planka-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.planka-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@omnicoreos/planka-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "planka-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@omnicoreos/planka-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "planka-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@omnicoreos/planka-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: PLANKA_BASE_URL (Planka base URL, for example https://planka.example.com), PLANKA_API_KEY (Planka API key (X-Api-Key). Recommended: replaces the email/password login), PLANKA_AGENT_EMAIL (Email or username of the Planka agent user. Only needed when PLANKA_API_KEY is not set), PLANKA_AGENT_PASSWORD (Password of the Planka agent user. Only needed when PLANKA_API_KEY is not set), PLANKA_DEFAULT_BOARD_ID (Board id used when a tool call omits boardId), PLANKA_ALLOWED_BOARD_IDS (Comma-separated board ids this server may see and touch. Everything else is hidden), PLANKA_ALLOWED_PROJECT_IDS (Comma-separated project ids this server may see. Everything else is hidden), PLANKA_READ_ONLY (Set to true to hide and refuse every write tool), PLANKA_DISABLED_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names to switch off, for example planka_get_board), PLANKA_PROTECTED_LIST_IDS (Comma-separated list ids that must not receive cards nor be edited or deleted), PLANKA_HIDE_DEPRECATED (Set to true to drop the deprecated tool aliases from tools/list. They stay callable), PLANKA_SUMMARY_HIGHLIGHT_LABEL (Label planka_board_summary flags as unblocked/ready. Unset: no highlighting), PLANKA_SUMMARY_DECISION_LISTS (Comma-separated columns planka_board_summary returns cards from when the call does not say). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.