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How to Connect Teamwork Projects to Cursor — via MCP

Manage Teamwork.com (projects, tasks, milestones, time entries, comments, people) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth with API key.

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MCP connector

Teamwork Projects

Manage Teamwork.com (projects, tasks, milestones, time entries, comments, people) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth with API key.

Tools

10

Region

INTL

Category

project-management

Authentication

Basic Auth

Required env vars

TEAMWORK_SUBDOMAINTEAMWORK_API_KEY
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    EU data residency, audit logs
  • Open-source on GitHub
    Source-available BSL-1.1
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly.

Sign in, install the Teamwork Projects in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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TL;DR

Manage Teamwork.com (projects, tasks, milestones, time entries, comments, people) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth with API key.

💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → Teamwork Projects, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server.

Teamwork Projects + Cursor

Manage Teamwork.com (projects, tasks, milestones, time entries, comments, people) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth with API key.

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:

TEAMWORK_SUBDOMAIN, TEAMWORK_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

This connector wraps the Teamwork Projects REST API v3 (per-subdomain — yoursubdomain.teamwork.com/projects/api/v3).

Setup:

  1. Log into your Teamwork account → top-right avatar → Edit my details → API & Mobile → Get my API Key.
  2. Note your subdomain (the part before .teamwork.com).
  3. Set TEAMWORK_SUBDOMAIN and TEAMWORK_API_KEY.

Authentication: HTTP Basic — API key as username, literal x as password.

Per-tenant baseUrl: https://${TEAMWORK_SUBDOMAIN}.teamwork.com/projects/api/v3. Substituted at import time.

API versions: v3 is the modern REST. v1/v2 still exist for some endpoints. This adapter uses v3 where available.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor

Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key.
  2. Save the file and restart Cursor.
  3. Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify Teamwork Projects is listed and "Connected".
  4. Start chatting — all Teamwork Projects tools are now invokable.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
teamwork_list_projectsList projects
teamwork_get_projectGet one project with summary metrics
teamwork_create_projectCreate a project
teamwork_list_tasksList tasks across all projects (or one)
teamwork_get_taskGet one task with all custom fields, time logs, dependencies
teamwork_create_taskCreate a task inside a task list
teamwork_complete_taskMark a task complete
teamwork_log_timeLog time on a task or project
teamwork_list_milestonesList milestones across projects
teamwork_list_peopleList users (people)

FAQ

Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.

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