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What is a ClickUp MCP server?

It’s an MCP server that exposes data and functionality from ClickUp via tools. Your agents can use these tools to update tasks, create checklists, share folders in a Slack channel, and more.

How can I use the ClickUp MCP server?

Here are just a few use cases (these also apply to other project management Model Context Protocol servers):

• Create and triage tasks from natural language. Convert a chat transcript or meeting notes into a set of tasks with owners and deadlines
  

• Bi-directional project status reporting: Pull the real-time task and sprint status for a team, then generate a weekly update (what shipped, what’s blocked, what’s at risk). You can then answer questions like “What’s overdue in the Launch list?”
  

• Automated backlog grooming. Find stale tasks (no updates in 14+ days), label them, and @mention owners for an update
  

• Customer-driven work intake: Turn inbound requests (e.g., from Slack) into ClickUp tasks with a consistent template: customer, impact, urgency, links, and acceptance criteria. Your agent can then auto-route requests to the right list based on keywords
  

• Manage time tracking and capacity planning. Summarize where time is being spent by team/project and flag overloaded assignees. Your agent can even recommend task reassignments based on capacity and due dates

What are popular tools for ClickUp’s MCP server?

Here are some popular tools across data types:

Folders

• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_folder</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">create_folder</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">update_folder</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">delete_folder</code>

Tasks

• <code class="blog_inline-code">create_task</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_tasks</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">add_task_tag</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">Remove_task_tag</code>

Checklists

• <code class="blog_inline-code">create_checklist_item</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">update_checklist</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">delete_checklist</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">delete_checklist_item</code>

What makes Merge Agent Handler’s ClickUp MCP server better than alternative ClickUp MCP servers?

Using Merge Agent Handler’s ClickUp MCP server, you’ll not only get access to 40+ tools but also get:

• Enterprise-grade security and DLP: Tool inputs and outputs are scanned for sensitive data, with rules to block, redact, or mask content
  

• Real-time observability and auditability: Every tool call is logged, producing a complete audit trail with fully-searchable logs for debugging and compliance
  

• Managed authentication and permissions: Merge handles credential storage, dynamic auth flows, and shared vs. individual authentication per MCP connector
  

• Evaluation before production: Tools can be validated against expected outcomes prior to deployment

Can I set custom security rules for ClickUp tool calls in Merge Agent Handler?

Yes. Merge Agent Handler includes a Security Gateway with Data Loss Protection (DLP) that allows you to define default and custom rules governing what data agents can send to or receive from tools.

Here are some examples:

• You can block ClickUp tool calls that try to write payment card data into task titles, descriptions, comments, or custom fields
  

• You can block or redact social security numbers and other government ID patterns in any ClickUp content an agent attempts to create or update
  

• You can mask customer identifiers (for example, internal account IDs) when an agent reads ClickUp tasks, so that the agent cannot copy that identifier into another system
  

• You can block tool calls that include API keys, bearer tokens, or credentials inside ClickUp text fields (for example, if an agent tries to paste a secret into a task comment)

How can I start using Merge Agent Handler’s ClickUp MCP server?

You can follow these steps:

1. Sign up for Merge Agent Handler and log in.

2. Create a Tool Pack from the Tool Packs section.

3. Add the ClickUp connector to that Tool Pack.

4. Configure authentication for the ClickUp connector (for example, choose shared authentication or individual authentication, depending on your setup).

5. Select which ClickUp tools you want to expose in the Tool Pack (you can keep it minimal while testing).

6. Create a Registered User (this is the identity container that will hold the credentials used to execute tool calls).

7. Complete the ClickUp authentication flow for that Registered User, so the ClickUp tools become available for authenticated execution.

8. Copy the MCP entry URL for your Tool Pack + Registered User and add it to your MCP client configuration (your agent can now call ClickUp tools through Agent Handler).

9. Test a few ClickUp tool calls end-to-end in the Playground and confirm that logs are being generated as expected.