ClickUp MCP: connect ClickUp to Claude and ChatGPT
Ask Claude or ChatGPT what’s overdue in the Website List, what was decided in a task’s comments or what your onboarding Doc says. The answer comes straight from ClickUp, with a link to the task. No clicking through Spaces and Folders.
With Deployed OS everyone connects their own ClickUp login and ticks the Workspaces to share. The AI sees what that person sees, and it only creates a task when someone asks for one and confirms the text.
7 read actions · 1 write action · Works in Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot
What your team can do with ClickUp in Claude and ChatGPT
Ready for stand-up
Your week in one answer
Docs that answer back
From meeting notes to tasks
Ask it like this
“What’s overdue in the Website relaunch List? Show the assignee and due date for each task.”
“Which tasks assigned to me are due before Friday, across the whole Workspace?”
“Summarise the task ‘Migrate blog to new CMS’: where it stands and what the last comments say.”
“What does our Onboarding Doc say about a new hire’s first week?”
“Which tasks in the Q4 campaign List are still in Review, and when were they last updated?”
“Create a task in the Bugs List: ‘Checkout button missing on mobile Safari’, due 14 November, with these steps in the description.”
What the ClickUp MCP connector does today
- Reads
clickup_list_workspacesList the ClickUp Workspaces you shared when you connected.
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clickup_list_spacesList a Workspace’s Spaces: name, whether the Space is private, and the task statuses it uses.
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clickup_list_listsList a Space’s Folders with their Lists, plus the Lists that sit outside any Folder.
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clickup_list_tasksList tasks in one List or across a Workspace, 100 a page, latest updated first: only yours, by status, by due or updated dates, or with closed ones. It filters, it does not search by words.
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clickup_get_taskRead one task: description, status, dates, assignees, where it lives, tags, subtasks, attachments by name, the latest comments and its link.
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clickup_list_docsList a Workspace’s Docs, 50 a page, with name and dates.
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clickup_read_docRead a whole Doc as text, every page under its own heading.
- Writes
clickup_create_taskCreate a task in a List, with a description and due date if you want. Nobody is assigned or mentioned, and it only happens after you confirm the text.
Need it to do more? We extend connectors for the companies that use them.
Who sees what
- Read, plus new tasks
- The connector reads Workspaces, Spaces, Lists, tasks with their comments, and Docs. It can create a task in a List with a description and due date. It cannot edit, close, assign or comment on anything in ClickUp.
- Each person’s own Workspaces
- Everyone connects their own ClickUp login and ticks which Workspaces to share. The AI sees what that person sees there, so a private Space they aren’t in stays out of reach.
- You choose who gets it
- Admins decide which groups at the company get the ClickUp connector, and which of them may create tasks. Everyone else never sees it.
- Every call logged
- Who asked, which connector, when. Deployed OS shows reads and writes per connector and per person, the log can be exported, and access is removed centrally the day someone leaves.
Set up the ClickUp connector in three steps
ClickUp’s own MCP server or Deployed OS?
ClickUp runs its own hosted MCP server, and each person connects it with their own ClickUp login. It is a good fit for one person, or a developer wiring ClickUp into the tools they use.
Deployed OS is built for the whole company. One company connection for ClickUp and your other tools, each person’s own login, admins choosing which groups get what, and a log of every call. The same connection works in Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot, next to your company’s skills and guardrails.
ClickUp MCP: common questions
Yes. ClickUp hosts its own MCP server, which a person connects to their own AI tool. Deployed OS gives the whole company one connection, with each person’s own login, access per group and a log of every call.
It can create a task in a List, with a description and due date, once you have confirmed the text, and your company’s guardrails apply. The task gets no assignee and nobody is mentioned. The ClickUp connector cannot edit, close or comment on tasks. If you need it to do more, we can extend it for you.
Yes. Deployed OS is your company’s own MCP, so the same ClickUp connection works in Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot. People keep the assistant they prefer.
Not by words. It narrows tasks down by List or Workspace, status, due or updated dates and whether they are yours, then reads the names. Ask for “my open tasks in the Design List” and you get them in one go.
A Workspace owner or admin creates the app in ClickUp’s settings and adds its two keys to Deployed OS. Then each person connects their own account. We walk you through the steps.
It depends on the size of your team. Get in touch and we will walk you through it.
See it on your own tools.
Tell us which systems your company runs on. We’ll show you what your team can ask, and what IT gets to control.
