🎯 Asana MCP Server

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects your AI assistant directly to Asana — manage workspaces, projects, tasks, and columns without ever leaving your AI chat.

About this MCP Server: To understand how to connect to and use this MCP server, please refer to the official Model Context Protocol documentation at mcp.apify.com.

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⚡ What It Does

The Asana MCP Server runs as an Apify Actor in standby mode, serving as a persistent MCP endpoint. It authenticates with Asana using your Personal Access Token and exposes 9 powerful tools to any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

🛠️ Available Tools

Tool	Description
get_workspaces	List all Asana workspaces accessible to your account
get_projects	Get all projects in a workspace
get_tasks	Get all tasks within a specific project
get_task	Full task details including description (notes) and status
create_task	Create a new task in any project with optional description and due date
update_task	Update task name, description, due date, or mark it as complete
add_comment	Post a comment against a task
get_sections	Get all columns/sections in a project to enable moving tasks
move_task_section	Move a task to a different column/section within a project

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🔗 Connection URL

https://mcp-servers--asana-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN

Replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with your Apify API token.

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🚀 Setup Guide

Step 1 — Get Your Asana Access Token

1. Go to your Asana Developer Console
2. Click + New token under "Personal Access Tokens"
3. Give it a name (e.g. "MCP Server") and copy the string provided.

Step 2 — Enter Token in Actor Input

When running this Actor on Apify, enter your Asana Access Token in the Actor input form. The server authenticates using this token for the duration of the Actor run.

Step 3 — Connect Your AI Assistant

🖱️ Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "asana": {
      "url": "https://mcp-servers--asana-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
    }
  }
}

🤖 Claude Desktop

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "asana": {
      "url": "https://mcp-servers--asana-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
    }
  }
}

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💡 Example Prompts

Try these once connected to your AI assistant:

Say this...	Tool(s) Used
"What Asana workspaces do I have?"	get_workspaces
"Show me the projects in my Marketing workspace"	get_projects
"What tasks are currently open in the Website Redesign project?"	get_tasks
"Create a task 'Add hero illustration' due next Friday"	create_task
"Mark task [ID] as complete"	update_task
"Move task [ID] to the 'In Review' section"	get_sections + move_task_section

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🤖 Programmatic API & Automation

Trigger via Apify API

You can trigger the actor programmatically and use it as an Asana integration in your own automations:

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

// Start the Asana MCP Server
const run = await client.actor('scraper_guru/asana-mcp-server').start({
    asanaAccessToken: 'YOUR_ASANA_PAT',
});

console.log(`MCP Server running at: ${run.defaultDatasetId}`);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('scraper_guru/asana-mcp-server').start(
    run_input={
        'asanaAccessToken': 'YOUR_ASANA_PAT',
    }
)

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💰 Pricing

This Actor uses the Pay per event pricing model. Each tool call is charged individually:

Event	Price per call
Actor start	$0.00005
get_workspaces	$0.05
get_projects	$0.05
get_tasks	$0.05
get_task	$0.05
create_task	$0.08
update_task	$0.08
add_comment	$0.05
get_sections	$0.05
move_task_section	$0.08

Plus standard Apify platform usage costs.

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🌐 The Project Management MCP Suite

This server is part of the Project Management MCP Suite built by Scraper Guru. Equip your AI assistant with the ultimate productivity stack by combining these MCP servers:

• 📘 Trello MCP Server — Manage boards, lists, and cards seamlessly.
• 🧭 Jira MCP Server — Track issues, sprints, and epic progress.
• 📄 Confluence MCP Server — Search, read, and write documentation.
• 🎯 Asana MCP Server — Manage cross-functional team workflows.

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🛡️ Security

• API tokens are never stored by the actor — they are provided per-user via Actor input.
• Tokens are transmitted over HTTPS and used only for the duration of the Actor run.
• The Actor runs in an isolated container on Apify's platform.
• Your Asana data is never cached or shared.

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