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Connect Plane to Microsoft Copilot via MCP

Manage Plane (open-source project management) workspaces, projects, issues, cycles, modules from any AI agent. 10 tools, API key auth.

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Plane

Plane

Manage Plane (open-source project management) workspaces, projects, issues, cycles, modules from any AI agent. 10 tools, API key auth.

tools

10

Region

INTL

Category

Project Management

Authentication

API Key

Required env vars

PLANE_API_KEY
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Summary

Manage Plane (open-source project management) workspaces, projects, issues, cycles, modules from any AI agent. 10 tools, API key auth.

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Plane + Microsoft Copilot

Manage Plane (open-source project management) workspaces, projects, issues, cycles, modules from any AI agent. 10 tools, API key auth.

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:

PLANE_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

This connector wraps the Plane REST API v1 (api.plane.so/api/v1 — or your self-hosted host).

Setup:

  1. Log into your Plane instance → top-right avatar → API Tokens → Create new token.
  2. Note the workspace slug (the part of URLs like app.plane.so/<slug>/projects).
  3. Set PLANE_API_KEY. For self-hosted, also set PLANE_HOST (e.g. https://plane.yourdomain.com) — defaults to cloud (api.plane.so).

Authentication: X-API-Key: ${PLANE_API_KEY}.

Hierarchy: Workspace → Project → Issue → Sub-issue. Cycles + Modules are issue containers within a project for sprint planning / feature grouping.

…(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 Plane 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
plane_list_workspacesList all workspaces the API key can access
plane_list_projectsList projects in a workspace
plane_get_projectGet one project
plane_list_issuesList issues in a project
plane_get_issueGet one issue with full description + custom properties
plane_create_issueCreate an issue
plane_update_issueUpdate an issue (PATCH semantics)
plane_list_statesList states (issue statuses) defined in a project
plane_list_cyclesList cycles (sprints) in a project
plane_list_modulesList modules (feature groups) in a project

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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