At a glance: Hosted at mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp — OAuth 2.0, Streamable HTTP, ~27 tools (V1 had 44), 19 featured client integrations, 946K all-time PulseMCP visitors (#86 globally, ~33,800 weekly), V1 shut down August 5, 2026 (delayed from an originally announced May 11). Part of our Communication & Collaboration MCP category.
⚠ Critical update (updated August 2026): The V1 MCP server (
mcp.asana.com/sse) is gone — Asana delayed the shutdown from the originally announced May 11, 2026 to Wednesday, August 5, 2026, and that date has now passed. All users must migrate to V2. V2 has grown since launch but is still well short of V1: Asana’s MCP Tools Reference (last updated June 4, 2026) documents 27 tools, up from ~17 shortly after launch — including a newadd_commentwrite tool. There is still no tool to read or list existing comments/task stories, and dedicated subtask creation, follower management, and section-placement-on-create tools remain absent, with no public timeline for full restoration. If you need those capabilities now, use roychri/mcp-server-asana (146 stars, 41 tools, including comment history).
Asana’s official MCP server gives AI agents direct access to the Asana Work Graph — the full graph of tasks, projects, goals, portfolios, and team relationships that makes up an organization’s work. V2 launched in February 2026 with Streamable HTTP transport, replacing the deprecated V1 beta (SSE, shut down August 5, 2026 after a delay from the originally announced May 11).
The server is hosted at mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp. No installation, no npm packages, no Docker — connect, authorize via OAuth, and your agent has access to the V2 tool set. Note: The tool breakdown below reflects the V1 tool set (~44 tools, using V1’s asana_-prefixed naming — dropped in V2), which defines what Asana’s MCP was originally designed to do; V1’s own documentation is no longer published now that the server is shut down, so this breakdown is cross-checked against roychri/mcp-server-asana, a community fork that mirrors the same tool set and naming. The V2 server currently exposes 27 of these tools under new, shorter names — most of the remainder were available in V1 but have not been restored in V2.
What It Does
The 44 tools cover six functional areas:
Task management (8 tools):
asana_create_task— Create tasks in a project, workspace, or as subtasks. Requires one of: project_id, parent, or workspace+assignee together.asana_update_task— Modify task properties including status, assignee, due dates, custom fields.asana_delete_task— Remove tasks and associated subtasks.asana_get_task— Full task details: name, description, assignee, due dates, custom fields, projects, dependencies.asana_get_tasks— Query tasks with multiple filtering parameters.asana_search_tasks— Advanced search across text, dates, status, assignee, projects, portfolios, sections, tags, and custom fields.asana_set_parent_for_task— Reorganize task hierarchy relationships.asana_typeahead_search— Quick search across Asana objects by relevance.
Dependencies and relationships (4 tools):
asana_set_task_dependencies— Establish prerequisite relationships.asana_set_task_dependents— Define blocking relationships in schedules.asana_add_task_followers— Subscribe team members to task notifications.asana_remove_task_followers— Unsubscribe team members from notifications.
Projects and portfolios (13 tools):
asana_create_project— Set up new projects in a workspace with optional team assignment.asana_get_project— Comprehensive project data and configuration.asana_get_projects— Filter projects by workspace and team.asana_get_projects_for_team— All team projects including archived.asana_get_projects_for_workspace— Entire workspace project inventory.asana_get_project_sections— List organizational sections within projects.asana_get_project_task_counts— Progress statistics for projects.asana_get_project_status— View specific status update.asana_get_project_statuses— Track chronological project health updates.asana_create_project_status— Document project health with color-coded updates.asana_get_portfolio— Access portfolio details.asana_get_portfolios— Discover portfolios filtered by workspace and owner.asana_get_items_for_portfolio— Browse projects and goals within portfolios.
Goals and time management (8 tools):
asana_create_goal— Establish objectives with name, time period, workspace/team.asana_get_goal— Retrieve detailed goal configuration.asana_get_goals— List goals filtered by portfolio, project, or workspace.asana_get_parent_goals_for_goal— Examine goal hierarchy.asana_update_goal— Modify goal properties including dates and ownership.asana_update_goal_metric— Adjust progress metrics.asana_get_time_periods— Browse available planning periods in workspace.asana_get_time_period— Access time period information for goal planning.
Team and user management (7 tools):
asana_list_workspaces— Discover accessible workspaces.asana_get_workspace_users— List all workspace members.asana_get_teams_for_workspace— Explore workspace team structure.asana_get_teams_for_user— Check user team membership.asana_get_team_users— Display team member roster.asana_get_user— Retrieve user details by ID, email, or current session.asana_get_allocations— Resource allocation details with date ranges.
Collaboration (4 tools):
asana_create_task_story— Add comments to tasks.asana_get_stories_for_task— Review task activity history and comments.asana_get_attachment— Access attachment metadata and download information.asana_get_attachments_for_object— List files attached to projects or tasks.
That adds up to roughly 44 tools — the exact count may shift as Asana evolves the server. Asana’s documentation deliberately avoids publishing a static list, directing users to the tools/list MCP command for the canonical, up-to-date set.
What’s New (August 2026 Update)
V1’s shutdown was delayed to August 5, 2026 — then it actually happened. The May 2026 update below (and earlier versions of this review) reported V1 shutting down May 11, 2026 “with no extension.” That was wrong: Asana pushed the date to Wednesday, August 5, 2026, confirmed in Asana’s current MCP integration docs and visible as a struck-through edit in the V2-GA changelog thread on Asana’s forum. As of this writing (August 14, 2026), that extended deadline has passed and V1 is gone.
V2’s tool count grew from ~17 to 27 — and comments are partially back. Asana’s MCP Tools Reference (last updated June 4, 2026) documents 27 tools — 18 read, 6 write, 3 interactive — including a new add_comment write tool that didn’t exist at the ~17-tool count reported in May. There is still no tool to read or list existing comments/task stories, so agents can post but not review comment history; dedicated subtask creation, follower management, and section placement during task creation also remain absent from the documented set.
PulseMCP traffic kept climbing. Official Asana MCP: ~33,800 weekly visitors, 946K all-time, #86 globally — up sharply from the ~12,800 weekly / 361K all-time / #142 figures reported in May. roychri/mcp-server-asana: ~3,200 weekly, 143K all-time, #302 globally.
roychri/mcp-server-asana correction: 41 tools, not 50+. Current count is 146 stars (up from 138) and 99 commits, matching prior updates — but its README documents 41 tools, not the “50+” this review previously stated. That’s still ahead of the official server’s 27, and it still covers comment history (read + write) via dedicated tools, which V2 doesn’t.
What’s New (May 2026 Update)
V1 is gone — V2 stuck at ~17 tools. (Superseded — see August 2026 update above: the shutdown date was actually delayed to August 5, 2026, not May 11, and V1 has since shut down on the later date.) V2 launched February 4 with ~15 tools, and Asana confirmed two new bulk tools on April 13 — create_tasks (bulk task creation) and update_tasks (bulk updates supporting dependency and section management) — bringing the V2 total to approximately 17 tools as of this update. The tool count remained far below V1’s 44 at the time. Comments/stories were reported as “intentionally left out for now” with no public timeline; Asana added a write-only add_comment tool the following month (see August 2026 update). Subtask creation, section placement tools, and follower management were also absent or unconfirmed at the time.
AI Teammates hit GA for enterprise customers. AI Teammates launched into GA for sales-led (enterprise) customers in Q1 FY2027 (February–April 2026), per Asana’s own Q4 FY2026 earnings call transcript (“we expect that our [AI] team[mates] will become generally available to sales-led customers by the first quarter and our self-serve customers in the second half of the year”). 30 pre-built teammates now available — Campaign Brief Writer, Bug Investigator, Sprint Coach, Status Reporter, and more — across Marketing, IT, and Operations. Self-serve GA expected H2 FY2027 (roughly August 2026+). AI Teammates are Asana-native agents, not MCP clients — they operate inside Asana, while the MCP server lets your external agents access Asana. Early customer results: Morningstar’s Research team saved approximately 15,000 hours annually (14,976 hours) using Asana AI Studio — a related but distinct Asana AI product from AI Teammates, not a direct AI Teammates result. Asana’s Q4 FY2026 earnings call put the FY2027 target at nearly 15% of new ARR from AI offerings overall.
PulseMCP traffic doubled. Official Asana MCP: 12,800 weekly visitors, 361K all-time, #142 globally as of this update — roughly double the ~7.6K weekly and 186K all-time figures from March. The traffic spike likely reflects growing MCP ecosystem adoption overall, not V2 improvements specifically. (See August 2026 update above for current figures — traffic kept climbing well past these numbers.)
Single-workspace limitation: no progress. V2 sessions still access one workspace at a time. A user on Asana’s V2-GA forum thread managing multiple nonprofit workspaces wrote: “I have a similar case in which we’re paying for multiple Asana Workspaces and would love the ability to access more than 1 workspace from the same Claude chat session… Right now, I have to choose only 1 to work with in Claude.”
What’s New (March 2026 Update)
Asana AI Teammates launched March 17. Asana unveiled pre-built AI agents (“AI Teammates”) across Marketing, IT, and Operations — Campaign Strategist, Bug Investigator, IT Ticketing Specialist, and more (21 agents at launch) — plus a no-code builder for custom agents. Built on the Work Graph, these agents operate within existing Asana permissions and can be granted edit access; per Asana’s own beta results summary, 93% of beta AI Teammates were granted full edit access, and after testing with 200+ organizations, Asana reported teams “finished work 2x faster,” with tasks 3.2x more likely to have a clear owner and 2.6x more likely to have a defined deadline. GA expected Q1 FY27. This isn’t directly MCP-related — AI Teammates are Asana-native agents, not external MCP clients — but it signals Asana’s aggressive push into AI-powered work management.
AI revenue hitting scale. Asana’s Q4 FY26 earnings call (reported March 2) put AI Studio specifically — not AI products broadly — at over $6M ARR, up more than 50% quarter-over-quarter, with a target of nearly 15% of FY27 new ARR from AI offerings overall.
Claude-to-Asana integration shipped. Asana’s February 2026 release added an Asana app inside Claude that lets users push conversation context directly into Asana projects and tasks. (Unable to locate a standalone Asana changelog entry for this specific integration to cite directly — flagged for follow-up rather than left as an unsourced claim of fact; the broader Claude app-in-Asana integration is documented on Asana’s MCP clients page.)
V2 launched with ~15 tools. The V2 server launched in February with only ~15 tools, replacing V1’s 44. Comments/stories were confirmed missing by March 6, with Asana staff saying they were “intentionally left out for now.” (Comments partially returned in June 2026 — see August 2026 update above.)
Client documentation expanded to 19 featured integrations. Asana has a dedicated MCP clients page listing: Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex (OpenAI), Microsoft Teams, Cursor, Figma, Zoom, Perplexity AI, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, HubSpot Breeze, VS Code, Mistral AI, Docker Desktop, Windsurf, Kiro, Devin, Writer, and Make — 19 clients, not quite the “20” earlier drafts of this review rounded up to.
Single-workspace limitation drawing criticism. V2 sessions access one workspace at a time, a design change from V1. On Asana’s V2-GA forum thread, a user managing multiple nonprofit workspaces called the restriction a real limitation for anyone juggling more than one Asana org from a single AI chat session. We could not independently verify a specific Asana staff reply defending the single-workspace design as an AI-efficiency tradeoff — earlier drafts of this review stated that as fact without a source we could re-confirm, so it’s been removed pending a citable staff statement.
What Sets It Apart
Most complete project management MCP server. ~44 tools cover the full Asana hierarchy: workspaces → teams → projects → sections → tasks → subtasks, plus goals, portfolios, time periods, status updates, and allocations. No other productivity MCP server maps this much of its platform’s data model. Todoist has 37+ tools but focuses on task management; Linear has 23+ tools but is engineering-focused. Asana covers cross-functional project management at enterprise scale.
Goal and portfolio management. Seven goal tools and three portfolio tools. No other productivity MCP server offers OKR/goal tracking through MCP. If your organization manages quarterly goals, initiatives, and portfolio-level oversight in Asana, your agent can query progress, create goals, update metrics, and navigate goal hierarchies — all through MCP.
Hosted zero-install with proper authentication. mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp with OAuth 2.0. No API keys stored on disk, no npm packages to install, no Docker containers to manage. Token scope is MCP-only — if a token is compromised, it only works with the MCP server, not the broader Asana API. Access tokens expire after one hour, with refresh token support to renew without re-authorizing.
Permission inheritance. All MCP actions execute with the authenticated user’s permissions. The MCP server doesn’t grant any access beyond what the user already has — same workspace restrictions, same project visibility, same task-level permissions as the Asana UI. Enterprise+ and Legacy Enterprise customers can allow or block specific MCP clients via Asana’s app management.
19 featured client integrations. Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Perplexity, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Kiro, Devin, Microsoft Teams, Figma, Zoom, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, HubSpot Breeze, Docker Desktop, Mistral, Writer, and Make — per Asana’s MCP clients page, among the broadest client compatibility of any productivity MCP server we’ve reviewed. Claude Code is recommended as the preferred client with native OAuth support.
Setup
Connect your MCP client to the V2 endpoint:
URL: https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Auth: OAuth 2.0 — you’ll be prompted to authorize access to your Asana workspace when you first connect.
For Claude Desktop and ChatGPT, Asana has native app integrations — search for “Asana” in the respective app stores and enable it. No URL configuration needed.
For other MCP clients (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, etc.), configure the client to connect to the V2 URL with Streamable HTTP transport and OAuth support. Some clients may require mcp-remote bridge if they only support stdio.
For developers building MCP clients: Register your app in the Asana developer console to get OAuth credentials. Pre-register your redirect URI. Asana supports PKCE (S256). Dynamic client registration is not supported — you must register in advance.
Discovery endpoints:
- OAuth resource metadata:
https://mcp.asana.com/v2/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource - Authorization server metadata:
https://app.asana.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
What’s Missing
V2 is at 27 of V1’s 44 tools — and V1 is gone. V1 shut down August 5, 2026 (delayed from an originally announced May 11). V2 has grown to 27 documented tools as of a June 4, 2026 docs update — up from ~17 shortly after February’s launch, but still well short of V1’s 44. Key remaining gaps:
- Reading/listing comments or task stories — still no tool for this. A write-only
add_commenttool was added by June 2026, but there’s no way to retrieve comment history through MCP. - Subtask creation via dedicated tool (the
parentfield in create_task was available in V1) - Attachment upload — V2’s documented tool set includes a
get_attachmentsread tool, but no tool to upload a new attachment - Tag management
- Section placement during task creation
- Follower management (add/remove followers)
A forum thread from a Groupon engineer documented the original gaps in detail (as of the tool set’s ~15-tool state shortly after V2 launch — several items on that list, including comment writing, have since been addressed). If your workflow requires any of these capabilities, use roychri/mcp-server-asana in the meantime.
Single-workspace sessions. V2 restricts each session to one workspace at a time. Users managing work across multiple organizations or workspaces must disconnect and reconnect for each. On Asana’s V2-GA forum thread, at least one user managing several nonprofit workspaces flagged this as a real workflow limitation. It’s a regression from V1’s multi-workspace access; we could not confirm a specific Asana staff response defending the tradeoff, so we don’t state one as fact.
No self-hosted option. The server is hosted-only at mcp.asana.com. If Asana has an outage, your agent loses project management access. No air-gapped deployments, no on-premises installations, no offline capability. This follows the same pattern as Linear and Notion.
No dynamic client registration. Unlike some OAuth MCP servers that support automatic client registration (RFC 7591), Asana’s V2 auth server does not support it — clients must be pre-registered in the developer console to get a client ID and secret. This adds friction for developers building new MCP clients — you can’t just point at the endpoint and start.
Agent parameter issues. Forum reports from early adopters describe agents failing to pass required parameters correctly — opt_fields and limit parameters appearing as null despite explicit instructions. This appears to be worse with smaller/local models. One developer reported having to bypass the MCP server and write their own API wrapper for CrewAI.
Asana pricing is the real barrier. The MCP server is free to use, but Asana itself is not. Personal (free) supports up to 10 users with basic features. Starter is $10.99/user/month. Advanced (portfolios, workload, custom automation) is $24.99/user/month. Enterprise and Enterprise+ are custom pricing. Goal tracking requires Business or Enterprise tier. The MCP server amplifies Asana — it doesn’t replace the subscription.
Redirect URI allowlist friction. Asana maintains an allowlist for OAuth redirect URIs. Some third-party MCP clients may need to contact Asana Support to register their redirect URI before the OAuth flow works. This is a security measure, but it means not every MCP client can connect out of the box.
No static tool documentation. Asana’s docs say “use the tools/list MCP command” rather than publishing a canonical tool list. This makes it harder to evaluate the server before connecting, and means the tool set is effectively a moving target.
Community Alternatives
The official server isn’t the only option:
roychri/mcp-server-asana (146 stars, TypeScript, MIT) — The most popular community alternative. 41 tools documented in its README, via npm (@roychri/mcp-server-asana), 99 commits. Uses Personal Access Tokens instead of OAuth. Local stdio transport. Includes features the official V2 server still doesn’t: comment/story reading as a dedicated tool, subtask creation, project hierarchy queries, tag operations. Read-only mode via READ_ONLY_MODE environment variable. Well-documented with Claude Desktop and Claude Code setup instructions. With V2 still missing comment history and subtask tools, this is the recommended choice for any workflow needing those capabilities. PulseMCP: ~3,200 weekly, 143K all-time, #302 globally.
n0zer0d4y/asana-project-ops (3 stars, TypeScript, MIT) — Enhanced fork of roychri’s server with batch operations (150-operation batches designed for free tier rate limits), direct section assignment during task creation, complex task hierarchies (50 tasks × 50 subtasks), HTML content validation, and selective tool activation by category. Enterprise-grade but zero community validation.
adlio/asanamcp (Rust, Homebrew/cargo) — Rust-based stdio MCP server with recursive fetch and full CRUD support. Minimal footprint, native binary distribution.
CDataSoftware/asana-mcp-server-by-cdata — Read-only access through CData JDBC drivers. Commercial product (CData Connect AI) for full CRUD.
Why consider community alternatives? If you need self-hosted deployment, Personal Access Token auth (no OAuth dance), reading comment/story history, or dedicated subtask tools, roychri/mcp-server-asana fills gaps the official server doesn’t. The trade-off: community maintenance, API key on disk, and no guarantee of parity with Asana API changes.
How It Compares
vs. Todoist MCP (4/5): Todoist is better for personal task management — simpler data model, MCP Apps for inline UI, three transport protocols, SDK-first design. With 37+ tools (up from 28+ in early 2026), Todoist is closing the tool gap, though Asana still leads on organizational depth — goals, portfolios, workload allocation, enterprise permissions. Different tools for different scales.
vs. Linear MCP (4/5): Linear is purpose-built for engineering teams — issues, cycles, projects, initiatives. Asana is broader — it handles engineering, marketing, operations, and cross-functional work. Linear has better tool ergonomics (flat parameter schemas, embedded enums). Asana has more tools and deeper organizational coverage.
vs. Atlassian MCP (3.5/5): Both are enterprise project management servers with hosted OAuth. Asana’s V1 had more tools (44 vs undocumented) and broader client compatibility, though Asana’s own official server is now down to 27. Atlassian covers Jira + Confluence + Compass — if you need knowledge base (Confluence) alongside project management (Jira), Atlassian covers both. Atlassian’s community alternative (sooperset/mcp-atlassian, 5.7k stars) is much stronger than Asana’s community options.
vs. Notion MCP (3.5/5): Different categories. Notion is knowledge base + lightweight project management with 18 tools. Asana is deep project management with 44 tools. If your team uses Notion for docs and Asana for project tracking, use both MCP servers.
The Bottom Line
Asana’s official MCP server launched as the most comprehensive project management MCP available — 44 tools covering the full work graph from individual tasks to organizational goals. It is no longer that server. V1 shut down August 5, 2026 (after Asana delayed the date once from an originally announced May 11). V2 is at 27 tools — a real reduction from 44, though a smaller one than the ~17-tool count reported in this review’s May 2026 update. Reading/listing comments, dedicated subtask tools, attachment operations, follower management, and section-placement-on-create are still gone with no restoration timeline; a write-only add_comment tool was added by June 2026.
What remains is a well-architected server: hosted, OAuth-authenticated, zero-install, permission-aware, with 19 featured client integrations. The underlying platform — Asana Work Graph — is still there. But the MCP layer exposes only a fragment of it. AI Teammates reaching GA for sales-led/enterprise customers (Q1 FY2027) shows Asana is serious about AI investment, but those are native agents inside Asana, not MCP improvements.
For most teams, roychri/mcp-server-asana (146 stars, 41 tools, PAT auth) is the better choice until the official V2 server recovers comment-reading and subtask tools. The tradeoff: API key on disk, community maintenance, and no guarantee of long-term support.
For teams evaluating project management MCP servers: Todoist for personal, Linear for engineering teams, Asana (via roychri community server) for cross-functional enterprise work. Return to the official server when it publicly confirms full V1 feature parity.
Rating: 3/5 — Good architecture undermined by a real V1→V2 tool-coverage regression (44 to 27 tools, roughly 39% fewer) and the continued absence of any way to read comment/story history through MCP. The hosted OAuth design and platform depth remain strengths. Use roychri/mcp-server-asana if you need comment history or subtask tools today.
Refresh History
2026-08-14 (claim-level citation re-audit): Corrected the V1 shutdown date — Asana delayed it from the originally announced May 11, 2026 to August 5, 2026 (confirmed via Asana’s own integration docs and forum changelog thread); earlier versions of this review stated May 11 as final “with no extension,” which was wrong. Corrected V2’s tool count: Asana’s MCP Tools Reference (updated June 4, 2026) documents 27 tools, not ~17, including a new write-only add_comment tool — comments are no longer completely absent from V2, though there’s still no way to read/list comment history. Updated PulseMCP figures (official: 12,800→33,800 weekly, 361K→946K all-time, #142→#86 globally; roychri: 86,700→143K all-time, #412→#302 globally) and roychri’s stats (138→146 stars; tool count corrected from an inflated “50+” to the actual 41 documented in its README). Corrected n0zer0d4y star count (2→3) and sooperset/mcp-atlassian (4,600→5,700 stars). Fixed a Morningstar attribution error: the ~15,000-hours-saved figure is from Asana AI Studio, not AI Teammates as the text implied. Removed an unsourced “VS Code OAuth fixed April 23” claim and an unsourced “Asana staff defended the single-workspace design for AI efficiency” claim — neither could be independently verified against a primary source. Fixed internal tool-count arithmetic errors in the “What It Does” section (category subtotals didn’t match their own bullet lists). Added citations throughout for previously uncited claims (token expiry, Enterprise+ app blocklist, dynamic client registration, client integration list, AI Teammates beta stats).
2026-05-03 (first refresh): V1 MCP server reported shut down May 11, 2026 — later corrected; see 2026-08-14 entry. V2 at ~17 tools (was 44 in V1): Asana added create_tasks and update_tasks bulk tools (confirmed April 13) but comments/stories, subtask tools, attachments, follower management remain absent from V2 with no timeline. AI Teammates hit GA for sales-led/enterprise customers (Q1 FY2027); self-serve GA expected H2 FY2027. roychri/mcp-server-asana: 131→138 stars, 84→99 commits, tool count previously reported as 40+→50+ (later corrected to 41). PulseMCP: ~7,600→12,800 weekly, 186K→361K all-time, #184→#142 globally. Rating dropped 4→3/5 due to V2 regression.
2026-03-21 (original review): V1 shutdown May 11 2026 announced (6 weeks away) — later delayed to August 5, 2026. V2 launched February 2026 at ~15 tools, rebuilding toward 44. Comments/stories confirmed missing. AI Teammates launched March 17 (beta, 200+ orgs). Rating 4/5.
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This review was last refreshed on 2026-08-14 using Claude Sonnet 5 (Anthropic).