# Clickup (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-clickup)

ClickUp MCP — wraps the ClickUp REST API v2 (BYO API key)

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/clickup-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/clickup-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-clickup`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/pipeworx-mcp-clickup.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/pipeworx-mcp-clickup)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-clickup`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-clickup).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 4 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 468 tokens (~93/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Clickup MCP server?

Clickup runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-clickup. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-clickup -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-clickup
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-clickup": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-clickup"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-clickup": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-clickup"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-clickup -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-clickup
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-clickup": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-clickup"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-clickup --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-clickup
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-clickup:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-clickup"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-clickup": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-clickup"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-clickup -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-clickup
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-clickup": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-clickup"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 82, +26)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-31 (score 56, −25)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Known CVEs: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Dependency health: pass → unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `clickup_list_tasks` (~94 tokens)

List all tasks in a ClickUp list. Returns task ID, name, status, priority, assignees, due date, and URL. Provide list ID (e.g., "123456").

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): ClickUp API token
- `list_id` (string, required): List ID to fetch tasks from
- `page` (number): Page number (0-indexed, default 0)

### `clickup_get_task` (~69 tokens)

Fetch full task details including name, description, status, priority, assignees, tags, and time tracking. Provide task ID (e.g., "9hz6c").

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): ClickUp API token
- `task_id` (string, required): Task ID

### `clickup_create_task` (~137 tokens)

Create a new task in a ClickUp list. Provide list ID, task name, and optionally priority and assignee. Returns task ID, name, status, and URL.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): ClickUp API token
- `description` (string): Task description (markdown supported)
- `due_date` (number): Due date as Unix timestamp in milliseconds
- `list_id` (string, required): List ID to create the task in
- `name` (string, required): Task name
- `priority` (number): Priority: 1 (urgent), 2 (high), 3 (normal), 4 (low)

### `clickup_list_spaces` (~53 tokens)

List all spaces in your ClickUp workspace. Returns space ID, name, and status.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): ClickUp API token
- `team_id` (string, required): Team/workspace ID

### `clickup_list_folders` (~63 tokens)

List all folders in a ClickUp space. Provide space ID (e.g., "789"). Returns folder ID, name, and list count.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): ClickUp API token
- `space_id` (string, required): Space ID

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/pipeworx-mcp-clickup#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 83
- 2026-11-01: 82
- 2026-10-31: 56
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Clickup MCP server?

Clickup is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/clickup. ClickUp MCP, wraps the ClickUp REST API v2 (BYO API key). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-clickup).

### Is the Clickup MCP server safe to use?

Clickup scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Clickup MCP server expose?

Clickup exposes 5 tools: clickup_list_tasks, clickup_get_task, clickup_create_task, clickup_list_spaces, clickup_list_folders. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 416 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Clickup MCP server still maintained?

Clickup is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Clickup MCP server under?

Clickup declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-clickup
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-clickup
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-clickup
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/clickup
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/pipeworx-mcp-clickup.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/pipeworx-mcp-clickup.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-clickup/pipeworx-mcp-clickup