First-Party MCP Server

Let AI Manage Your
Sprint Board

SprintOS is the only project management tool that ships a native MCP server — not a community plugin, not a third-party wrapper. Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and Zed connect directly and manage your board through natural language.

Works with
Claude Desktop Cursor Windsurf Zed + any MCP-compatible client

Natural Language Control

Say It. It Happens.

Every action you can take in the SprintOS TUI is available to your AI agent. Here's what your team can do from inside Claude or Cursor.

architecture
"Generate a sprint for this PRD"

Paste any product requirements doc. Claude creates tasks, assigns story points, and structures a complete sprint in seconds.

query_stats
"Which tasks are stale for 5+ days?"

Claude scans your entire board, surfaces stuck work items, and suggests the next action for each — without you leaving your editor.

group
"Assign the auth tasks to Miguel"

Natural-language team management. Claude maps names to team members, assigns tasks, and confirms the changes.

summarize
"Summarize yesterday's progress"

Claude reads completed tasks, running timers, and comments to write your standup update automatically.

auto_fix
"Rebalance the sprint — we're overloaded"

Claude analyzes assignee workloads and moves tasks to the backlog or redistributes them across the team.

rocket_launch
"Create 10 tasks for the auth module"

Describe a feature in plain English. Claude breaks it into atomic tasks, sets priorities, and adds them to your backlog.

Setup Guide

Connect in 30 Seconds

SprintOS auto-detects your AI tool and writes the config file. No manual JSON editing.

1

Start the MCP server

Run this once. The server stays alive as long as SprintOS is running.

# Terminal
$ sprintos mcp
2

Or use the guided TUI setup

SprintOS detects your AI tool and writes the config automatically.

sprintos start
→ Organization Settings
→ Press m
→ Select your AI tool
→ Config written ✓
3

Restart your AI tool

Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or Zed. SprintOS will appear as a connected tool.

Auto-generated configs

Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sprintos": {
      "command": "sprintos",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}
Cursor ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "sprintos": {
    "command": "sprintos",
    "args": ["mcp"]
  }
}

MCP Tool Reference

8 Tools Available

Every action you can perform in the TUI is exposed as an MCP tool. Your AI agent has full read/write access to your board.

Read

list_projects
list_states
list_tasks
get_task_detail
list_members
list_overdue_tasks

Write

create_task
update_task
delete_task
move_task
assign_task
add_comment

Analyze

analyze_stale_tasks
summarize_project
generate_sprint
list_organizations

Native vs Community

Why Native Matters

SprintOS — Native MCP

  • check_circle Ships inside the binary — zero extra install
  • check_circle Full read/write access to all data models
  • check_circle Maintained by the same team as the product
  • check_circle Auto-configured by the TUI setup wizard
  • check_circle Always in sync with the latest API
  • check_circle Free — included in the MIT-licensed core

Linear / Jira — Community MCP

  • cancel Separate install and maintenance required
  • cancel Partial API coverage — often read-only
  • cancel Community-maintained, may lag behind
  • cancel Manual JSON config required
  • cancel Breaks when the product API changes
  • cancel Requires separate API key management

FAQ

Common Questions

Is the MCP server free? expand_more

Yes. The MCP server is part of the MIT-licensed SprintOS core — free forever, no subscription, no API key.

Does it work offline? expand_more

Yes. The MCP server runs locally as part of the SprintOS binary. No external API calls are made. Your AI agent communicates with your local SprintOS instance.

Can multiple AI agents connect at once? expand_more

Yes. The MCP server supports multiple simultaneous connections. Claude Desktop and Cursor can both be connected to the same SprintOS instance.

What AI tools are supported? expand_more

Any MCP-compatible client: Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, and any editor or agent that implements the open MCP standard.

Does my AI agent have write access? expand_more

Yes — by design. Your agent can create, update, move, delete tasks, generate sprints, and assign team members. You remain in control via your AI tool's permission model.

Ready to Ship Faster?

Install SprintOS and connect your AI agent in under 2 minutes.