TickTick MCP Server

MCP Server for the TickTick API, enabling task management, project organization, habit tracking, and more.

Features

✅ Task Management: Create, read, update, and delete tasks with all available properties
📊 Project Management: Create, read, update, and delete projects with customizable views
📋 Subtask Support: Full support for managing subtasks within parent tasks
🔄 Complete Task Control: Set priorities, due dates, reminders, and recurring rules
🔐 OAuth Authentication: Full OAuth2 implementation for secure API access
⚠️ Comprehensive Error Handling: Clear error messages for common issues

Tools

get_task_by_ids
- Get a specific task by project ID and task ID
- Inputs:
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
  - taskId (string): Task identifier
- Returns: Task object matching TickTickTaskSchema
create_task
- Create a new task in a project
- Inputs:
  - title (string): Task title
  - projectId (string): Project id
  - content (optional string): Task content
  - desc (optional string): Task description
  - isAllDay (optional boolean): Is all day task
  - startDate (optional string): Task start date in "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" format
  - dueDate (optional string): Task due date in "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" format
  - timeZone (optional string): Task time zone (e.g., "America/Los_Angeles")
  - reminders (optional string[]): List of reminder triggers in iCalendar format
  - repeatFlag (optional string): Task repeat flag in iCalendar format
  - priority (optional number): Task priority (None: 0, Low: 1, Medium: 3, High: 5)
  - sortOrder (optional string): Task sort order
  - items (optional array): List of subtasks with:
    - title (string): Subtask item title
    - startDate (optional string): Subtask date in "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" format
    - isAllDay (optional boolean): Is all day subtask item
    - sortOrder (optional number): Subtask item sort order
    - timeZone (optional string): Subtask timezone
    - status (optional number): Completion status (Normal: 0, Completed: 1)
    - completedTime (optional string): Completion time in "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" format
- Returns: Created task object matching TickTickTaskSchema
update_task
- Update an existing task
- Inputs:
  - taskId (string): Task identifier - Path
  - id (string): Task identifier - Body
  - projectId (string): Project id
  - All optional fields from create_task
- Returns: Updated task object matching TickTickTaskSchema
complete_task
- Mark a task as completed
- Inputs:
  - taskId (string): Task identifier
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
- Returns: void
delete_task
- Delete a task from a project
- Inputs:
  - taskId (string): Task identifier
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
- Returns: void
get_user_projects
- Get all projects for the authenticated user
- Inputs: None
- Returns: Array of project objects matching TickTickProjectSchema
get_project_by_id
- Get a specific project by ID
- Inputs:
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
- Returns: Project object matching TickTickProjectSchema
get_project_with_data
- Get project details along with tasks and columns
- Inputs:
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
- Returns: Object containing:
  - project: Project object matching TickTickProjectSchema
  - tasks: Array of task objects matching TickTickTaskSchema
  - columns: Optional array of column objects with:
    - id (optional string)
    - projectId (optional string)
    - name (optional string)
    - sortOrder (optional number)
create_project
- Create a new project
- Inputs:
  - name (string): Project name
  - color (optional string): Project color (default: '#4772FA')
  - viewMode (optional string): View mode ('list', 'kanban', 'timeline') (default: 'list')
  - kind (optional string): Project kind ('TASK', 'NOTE') (default: 'TASK')
- Returns: Created project object matching TickTickProjectSchema
update_project
- Update an existing project
- Inputs:
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
  - name (optional string): Project name
  - color (optional string): Project color
  - sortOrder (optional number): Project sort order
  - viewMode (optional string): View mode ('list', 'kanban', 'timeline')
  - kind (optional string): Project kind ('TASK', 'NOTE')
- Returns: Updated project object matching TickTickProjectSchema
delete_project
- Delete a project
- Inputs:
  - projectId (string): Project identifier
- Returns: void

Schema References

TickTickTaskSchema: Defines the structure for task objects including:
- Basic task properties (id, title, description)
- Dates and time settings
- Priority and status
- Checklist items and subtasks
TickTickProjectSchema: Defines the structure for project objects including:
- Project identification and naming
- Display settings (color, view mode)
- Permissions and organization

Tasks Properties

When creating or updating tasks, you can include these properties:

Priority Levels:
- 0: None
- 1: Low
- 3: Medium
- 5: High
Status Values:
- 0: Normal (not completed)
- 2: Completed
Reminder Format:
- Example: ["TRIGGER:P0DT9H0M0S", "TRIGGER:PT0S"]
- Follows iCalendar TRIGGER format
Recurring Rules (repeatFlag):
- Example: "RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1"
- Uses RFC 5545 recurrence rules
Date Format:
- ISO 8601 format: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
- Example: "2019-11-13T03:00:00+0000"

Projects Properties

When creating or updating projects, you can use these properties:

View Modes:
- "list": Standard list view
- "kanban": Kanban board view
- "timeline": Timeline view
Project Kinds:
- "TASK": Task-oriented project
- "NOTE": Note-oriented project

Setup

OAuth Authentication

To enable OAuth authentication with TickTick, you'll need to register your app and obtain API credentials:

Create an account on the TickTick Developer Portal
Register a new application
Set the OAuth redirect URL to: http://localhost:8000/callback
Copy the generated Client ID (TICKTICK_CLIENT_ID) and Client Secret (TICKTICK_CLIENT_SECRET)

First-Time Authorization Flow

When using the TickTick MCP server for the first time:

You'll be prompted to authorize the application
A browser window will open with the TickTick login page
After login, you'll be asked to grant permissions
The access token will be displayed in the page
Copy this token and set it as the TICKTICK_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable

Generate Access Token

When you need to generate a new access token (either for first-time setup or when the token expires), follow these steps:

Configure your credentials using one of these methods:

Option 1: .env file (Recommended)

Create a .env file in your project root:
```
TICKTICK_CLIENT_ID="<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>"
TICKTICK_CLIENT_SECRET="<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>"
```
Then load it:
```
source .env
```
This method is recommended because:
- Credentials persist between terminal sessions
- Easier to manage multiple configurations
- Less prone to shell history leaks
- Can be easily backed up (remember to exclude from version control)
Option 2: Terminal Environment Variables

Use single quotes if your credentials contain special characters. Note that these variables will only persist in your current terminal session:
```
export TICKTICK_CLIENT_ID='<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>'
export TICKTICK_CLIENT_SECRET='<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>'
```
Run the authentication command:

If using the published package:
```
npx @alexarevalo.ia/mcp-server-ticktick ticktick-auth
```
If running the MCP server locally:
```
npm run start:auth
```
The process will:
- Launch your default browser
- Direct you to TickTick's login page
- Request necessary permissions
- Generate and display your access token

Save the access token:

echo "TICKTICK_ACCESS_TOKEN=\"<GENERATED_TOKEN>\"" >> .env
source .env

Security Tips:

Add .env to your .gitignore file

Never commit credentials to version control

Access tokens expire after 180 days - you'll need to regenerate them

Usage with Claude Desktop

To use this with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ticktick": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@alexarevalo.ai/mcp-server-ticktick"],
      "env": {
        "TICKTICK_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TICKTICK_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TICKTICK_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ticktick": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TICKTICK_CLIENT_ID",
        "-e",
        "TICKTICK_CLIENT_SECRET",
        "-e",
        "TICKTICK_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "mcp/ticktick"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TICKTICK_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TICKTICK_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TICKTICK_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Installing via Smithery

To install ticktick-mcp-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @alexarevalo9/ticktick-mcp-server --client claude

Build

Docker build:

docker build -t mcp/ticktick -f src/ticktick/Dockerfile .

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.

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