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Connect OpenProject to Microsoft Copilot via MCP

OpenProject: projects, work packages with their activities, versions, time entries, users and statuses, queried with OpenProject's filter grammar. API v3, Basic auth with the literal username `apikey`.

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OpenProject

OpenProject

OpenProject: projects, work packages with their activities, versions, time entries, users and statuses, queried with OpenProject's filter grammar. API v3, Basic auth with the literal username `apikey`.

tools

10

Region

DE

Category

Project Management

Authentication

Basic Auth

Required env vars

OPENPROJECT_URLOPENPROJECT_API_KEY
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Summary

OpenProject: projects, work packages with their activities, versions, time entries, users and statuses, queried with OpenProject's filter grammar. API v3, Basic auth with the literal username `apikey`.

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OpenProject + Microsoft Copilot

OpenProject: projects, work packages with their activities, versions, time entries, users and statuses, queried with OpenProject's filter grammar. API v3, Basic auth with the literal username apikey.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

OPENPROJECT_URL, OPENPROJECT_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

Getting a key

  1. In OpenProject open My Account → Access tokens and generate an API token.
  2. Set OPENPROJECT_URL to your instance root (no trailing slash) and OPENPROJECT_API_KEY to the token.

The Basic-auth username is the literal string apikey. Not your login name — the word apikey, with the token as the password. This adapter does it for you, and it is the first thing to check when a token you know is valid returns 401.

Permissions follow the user. The token inherits its owner's project memberships and roles. A project the user is not a member of is simply absent from the results, not an error.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Microsoft Copilot

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Microsoft Copilot uses MCP servers through agents built in Copilot Studio: you add AnythingMCP to an agent as a tool, then publish the agent to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud over Streamable HTTP, which AnythingMCP supports.

  1. In Copilot Studio, open your agent (or create one), go to Tools and choose Add a tool → New tool → Model Context Protocol.
  2. Enter a Server name (for example AnythingMCP), a Server description that says what the connector does, and the Server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID. Copilot Studio uses the description to decide when to call the server.
  3. Under authentication, choose API key, set Type to Header and the header name to X-API-Key, then select Create.
  4. In Add tool, choose Create a new connection, paste an MCP API key from AnythingMCP (MCP Servers → your server → API keys) and select Add to agent.
  5. Try it in the agent's Test pane: ask for something that needs the OpenProject tools.
  6. Select Publish, then Channels → Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, keep Make agent available in Microsoft Copilot selected and choose Add channel. See agent in Teams installs it for you; in Microsoft 365 Copilot, type @ and pick the agent.

Prefer per-user sign-in? Choose OAuth 2.0 → Dynamic discovery instead of an API key: each user then signs in to AnythingMCP the first time the agent calls it.

Self-hosting? Use your instance's public HTTPS address instead of https://cloud.anythingmcp.com. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud, so localhost does not work.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
openproject_get_meRead the user the API token belongs to, with their name, e-mail, language and admin flag
openproject_list_projectsList projects with their identifier, name, status, description and active flag
openproject_list_work_packagesList work packages — tasks, bugs, features, milestones — across all projects, with their type, status, assignee, dates and priority
openproject_list_project_work_packagesList the work packages inside one project — the usual scope for 'what is open on this project' and much cheaper than filtering globally
openproject_get_work_packageRead one work package in full: description, type, status, assignee, dates, estimated and spent time, and its custom fields
openproject_list_work_package_activitiesRead the activity stream of one work package: every comment and field change in order, with author and timestamp
openproject_list_time_entriesList logged time entries with their user, work package, date, hours and comment — the raw data behind any effort report
openproject_list_versionsList versions (releases and sprints) with their name, status, due date and the project they belong to
openproject_list_usersList users with their name, e-mail, login and status, to resolve who a work package is assigned to
openproject_list_statusesList the work-package statuses this instance defines, with their id, name and whether each counts as closed

FAQ

Which Copilot is this for? Microsoft 365 Copilot at work, through agents built in Copilot Studio. The Microsoft Copilot app for personal accounts has no option to add your own MCP server.

What do I need? A work account with access to Copilot Studio (a license or a trial) to build the agent. People who use it in Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams need access to the agent: share it with them, or ask an admin to publish it to the organization. If your organization applies data policies to Power Platform connectors, they cover MCP servers too.

The agent doesn't call the tools. Check that the header name is exactly X-API-Key and that the key belongs to the same MCP server as the URL, and make the server description specific: Copilot Studio uses it to decide when to call the server. Publish the agent again after each change; in an open chat, type "start over" to get the new version.

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