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Come collegare Basecamp a ChatGPT — via MCP

Drive Basecamp 4 (project & team collaboration) from any AI agent: projects, todo lists, todos, messages, comments, people. 12 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth.

HCBy HelpCode teamUpdated 2 min read Open source on GitHub

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MCP connector

Basecamp

Drive Basecamp 4 (project & team collaboration) from any AI agent: projects, todo lists, todos, messages, comments, people. 12 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth.

Tools

12

Region

INTL

Category

project-management

Authentication

Required env vars

BASECAMP_ACCESS_TOKENBASECAMP_ACCOUNT_ID
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  • 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 Basecamp 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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💡 Niente installazione? Vai direttamente su cloud.anythingmcp.com. Accedi, clicca Connectors → Basecamp, inserisci le credenziali, genera una MCP API key — fatto. Niente Docker, niente git clone, niente server locale.

Basecamp + ChatGPT

Drive Basecamp 4 (project & team collaboration) from any AI agent: projects, todo lists, todos, messages, comments, people. 12 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth.

Prerequisiti

Le istruzioni di setup complete sono incluse nel connettore stesso (visibili nello store quando lo selezioni). Le variabili d'ambiente richieste sono:

BASECAMP_ACCESS_TOKEN, BASECAMP_ACCOUNT_ID

Step 1 — Ottieni le credenziali

com — github.com/basecamp/bc3-api).

Setup:

  1. Register an integration at https://launchpad.37signals.com/integrations.
  2. Implement OAuth2 authorization-code flow with https://launchpad.37signals.com/authorization (response includes user's account_id).
  3. Set BASECAMP_ACCESS_TOKEN to the obtained access token.
  4. Set BASECAMP_ACCOUNT_ID to your Basecamp account ID (a 6-9 digit number — visible in any Basecamp URL or returned by the OAuth identity endpoint).

Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${BASECAMP_ACCESS_TOKEN}.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Installa l'adapter

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

Step 3 — Aggiungi il connettore in ChatGPT

ChatGPT supporta server MCP tramite la funzione Connectors (piani Plus / Pro / Team / Enterprise). Il piano gratuito non supporta connettori personalizzati.

  1. Apri ChatGPT → Impostazioni → Connectors (o clicca l'icona 🔧 nel composer → Manage connectors).
  2. Clicca "Add custom connector".
  3. Compila:
    • Name: Basecamp
    • MCP server URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → incolla la tua MCP API key (da AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. Clicca Connect per autorizzare.

Tool disponibili

ToolWhat it does
basecamp_get_my_profileReturn the authenticated user's profile (id, name, email_address, time_zone, avatar_url, can_manage_projects, etc
basecamp_list_projectsList active projects (Basecamps) the user has access to
basecamp_get_projectFetch a single project with its dock — the array of tools (todoset, message_board, etc
basecamp_list_todolistsList todolists within a project's todoset
basecamp_list_todosList todos in a todolist
basecamp_create_todoCreate a todo in a todolist
basecamp_complete_todoMark a todo as completed
basecamp_uncomplete_todoReopen a completed todo
basecamp_list_messagesList messages on the project's message board
basecamp_post_messagePost a new message on the project's message board
basecamp_add_commentAdd a comment to a recording (todo, message, document, etc
basecamp_get_peopleList all people in the Basecamp account

FAQ

Il piano free di ChatGPT funziona con i Connectors MCP custom? No — servono Plus, Pro, Team o Enterprise.

Prossimi passi

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