At a glance: Hosted at mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp — OAuth 2.0, Streamable HTTP, ~44 tools, 20 featured client integrations, ~186K all-time PulseMCP visitors (#184 globally, ~7.6K weekly), V1 shutdown May 11, 2026. Part of our Communication & Collaboration MCP category.

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, shutdown May 11, 2026 — now less than two months away).

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 ~44 tools spanning the full Asana data model. This is the most tool-rich first-party productivity MCP server we’ve reviewed, surpassing Todoist (37+ tools) and Linear (23+ tools).

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 (12 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 (7 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 (5 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 (5 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 (March 2026 Update)

Asana AI Teammates launched March 17. Asana unveiled 21 pre-built AI agents (“AI Teammates”) across Marketing, IT, and Operations — Campaign Brief Writer, Bug Investigator, Compliance Specialist, and 18 more — 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 (93% of beta orgs did). After testing with 200+ organizations, Asana reported users completing work twice as fast. 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. The MCP server and AI Teammates serve complementary roles: MCP lets your agents access Asana data; AI Teammates are Asana’s agents working inside the platform.

AI revenue hitting scale. Asana’s Q4 FY26 earnings (reported March 2) showed $6M ARR from AI products, with a target of 15% of FY27 new ARR from AI offerings. This financial commitment suggests the MCP server will continue receiving investment — Asana is betting its growth story on AI integration.

Claude-to-Asana integration shipped. Asana’s February 2026 release added “Turn Claude conversations into projects and tasks in Asana” — a native integration that lets Claude Desktop users push conversation context directly into Asana projects. This complements the MCP server (which pulls Asana data into Claude) by enabling the reverse flow.

V2 tool restoration ongoing but incomplete. The V2 server launched in February with only ~15 tools. By mid-March, the tool count has rebuilt toward ~44 — matching V1’s coverage. However, forum reports from March 6 confirm that comments/stories endpoints were still missing from the V2 tools list. Asana staff acknowledged this was “intentionally left out for now.” Other tools (subtask creation via parent field, dependencies, followers, section placement) appear to have been restored, but the dynamic nature of the tool set — discoverable only via tools/list — makes it hard to confirm exact parity with V1.

Client documentation expanded to 20 featured integrations. Asana now has a dedicated MCP clients page listing: Claude, Claude Code (recommended as preferred client with native OAuth), 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. Notably, Replit and JetBrains don’t yet support V2 OAuth pre-registration and remain on the deprecated V1 server — a problem with the May 11 shutdown approaching.

Single-workspace limitation drawing criticism. V2 sessions access one workspace at a time, a design change from V1. Forum users managing multiple workspaces across organizations have called this “useless for many users.” Asana staff acknowledged the feedback but maintained the design prioritizes AI efficiency by reducing context overhead.

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. Tokens expire after one hour with refresh token support.

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+ customers can blocklist specific MCP clients via app management.

20 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 — the broadest client compatibility of any productivity MCP server we’ve reviewed. Claude Code is highlighted as the recommended 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 tool restoration still incomplete. V1 had ~44 tools; V2 launched with only ~15 and has been rebuilding. Most tools have been restored — subtask creation, dependencies, followers, section placement — but comments/stories remain missing as of early March. A forum thread from a Groupon engineer documented the gaps; Asana staff confirmed comments were “intentionally left out for now.” With V1 shutting down May 11 (less than two months away), any V2 gaps become permanent gaps. Replit and JetBrains clients still can’t connect to V2 at all — they lack OAuth pre-registration support and will lose Asana MCP access entirely at shutdown.

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. Forum users have called this “useless for many users” managing dozens of workspaces. Asana says it improves AI efficiency, but it’s a regression from V1’s multi-workspace access.

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, Asana requires pre-registration of MCP apps in the developer console. 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 (131 stars, TypeScript, MIT) — The most popular community alternative. 40+ tools via npm (@roychri/mcp-server-asana), 84 commits. Uses Personal Access Tokens instead of OAuth. Local stdio transport. Includes features the official V2 server still doesn’t: comments/stories as dedicated tools, subtask creation, attachment upload/download, 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 endpoints, this is the only option if your agent needs to read or write task comments.

n0zer0d4y/asana-project-ops (2 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. 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), attachment operations, 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 has more tools (44 vs undocumented) and broader client compatibility. 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, 4,600 stars, 72 tools) 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 is the most comprehensive project management MCP server available — ~44 tools covering the full work graph from individual tasks to organizational goals. The hosted, OAuth-authenticated design follows best practices: zero-install, permission-aware, MCP-scoped tokens. Twenty featured client integrations (with Claude Code as the recommended choice) make it the most broadly compatible productivity MCP server.

The V1→V2 transition remains the biggest concern. Most tools have been restored, but comments/stories are still missing and the single-workspace restriction is a regression. With V1 shutting down May 11 — less than two months away — any remaining V2 gaps become permanent. Replit and JetBrains users who can’t connect to V2 will lose access entirely. The March 17 AI Teammates launch shows Asana is doubling down on AI ($6M ARR from AI products, targeting 15% of FY27 new ARR), which bodes well for continued MCP investment.

For teams already using Asana for project management, this is a clear upgrade — your agent can now create tasks, track goals, query portfolios, and manage dependencies without leaving the conversation. For teams evaluating project management MCP servers, the choice comes down to scale: Todoist for personal, Linear for engineering teams, Asana for cross-functional enterprise work. If you need comment functionality today, use roychri/mcp-server-asana until the official server catches up.

Rating: 4/5 — The most tool-rich productivity MCP server, with proper hosted architecture and broad client support. The incomplete V2 transition, single-workspace limitation, and Asana’s pricing ceiling keep it from 4.5.

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This review was last edited on 2026-03-21 using Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic).