By Anthropic
Connect Claude Desktop to your task board
Talk to your board in Claude Desktop.
To connect Claude Desktop to a task board, add Weft — a task board with an MCP server — to Claude Desktop and sign in once. It takes about three minutes and is free for 50 tasks. After that, Claude Desktop creates, moves and finishes tasks on your board when you ask.
Weft is the AI task manager for solo founders and small teams.
Anthropic's chat app for macOS and Windows. Capture ideas, create tasks, and audit your sprint while you think out loud.
Claude Desktop MCP setup
Claude Desktop MCP docs ↗Available on Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.
- 01
Create a free Weft account.
Weft is free for 50 tasks. Pro from $5/seat/month billed yearly.
- 02
Add Weft in Claude Desktop.
- 1Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors.
- 2Click "Add custom connector".
- 3Paste the Weft MCP URL below and save.
- 4Complete OAuth in the browser window that opens.
MCP endpointhttps://letsweft.com/api/mcp - 03
Complete the OAuth popup.
On first use, Claude Desktop opens a browser window so you can authorize with your Weft account. Sign in once — the client remembers you after that.
- 04
Verify it works.
Start a new chat and ask: "what's on my Weft board?". Claude fetches your board state via the Weft connector.
Try these prompts
Everything below works once you’re connected — Claude Desktop picks the right Weft tool on its own.
- “Create a task: "draft Q3 landing copy", priority high.”
- “What did I finish this sprint?”
- “Move everything tagged "bug" into the active sprint.”
Claude Desktop and MCP: common questions
Does Claude Desktop support MCP?
Yes. Claude Desktop connects to remote MCP servers, and Weft is one: a single endpoint, https://letsweft.com/api/mcp. You sign in once in the browser; there is no API key to copy.
Where do I add an MCP server in Claude Desktop?
In Claude Desktop itself, not in a file. Start here: Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors.
Is Weft free to use with Claude Desktop?
Yes, for up to 50 tasks, with no credit card. Pro removes the limit.
What can Claude Desktop do on my Weft board?
Create, update, move and complete tasks, plan and run sprints, sort work into projects and search across all of it: 32 MCP tools in all.
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