Basecamp MCP Server
Manage your Basecamp projects via AI — list tasks, read message boards, track campfire logs, and orchestrate to-dos seamlessly.
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What is the Basecamp MCP Server?
The Basecamp MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to Basecamp via 7 tools. Manage your Basecamp projects via AI — list tasks, read message boards, track campfire logs, and orchestrate to-dos seamlessly. Powered by the Vinkius - no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (7)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate Basecamp
Ask your AI agent "What are the latest message board posts in the 'Website Redesign' project?" and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 7 tools connected to real Basecamp data, your agents reason over live information, cross-reference it with other MCP servers, and deliver insights you would spend hours assembling manually.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. Powered by the Vinkius - your credentials never touch the AI model, every request is auditable. Connect in under two minutes.
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Basecamp MCP Server capabilities
7 toolsGet a specific Basecamp project
List recent chat lines from a project Campfire
List messages on a project message board
List all people in the Basecamp account
List active Basecamp projects
List Basecamp todolists inside a todoset
List todos inside a specific todolist
What the Basecamp MCP Server unlocks
Connect your Basecamp account to any AI agent and track team productivity, tasks, and communications through natural conversation.
O que você pode fazer
- Project Navigation — List active projects, map exact internal UUIDs, and discover complete team structures
- To-Do Lists — Access Todosets, examine explicit todolists, and track individual pending tasks instantly
- Message Boards — Paginate through team announcements extracting conversation metadata reliably
- Campfire Logs — Retrieve recent interactive chat lines from project Campfire modules securely
- People Directory — Enumerate entire organizational team profiles tracking accurate author histories
Como funciona
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Basecamp Access Token and Account ID
3. Gain full remote insights into your projects and to-dos via Claude or Cursor
Keep your work centralized and allow your AI agent to fetch updates or summarize backlogs without opening complex web interfaces.
Para quem é?
- Project Managers — gather immediate daily task digests and campfire chatter summaries from multiple projects simultaneously
- Development Teams — search unresolved bug todolists while writing code inside the IDE naturally
- Agency Owners — monitor client project health, list overdue tasks, and track assignee distributions globally
Frequently asked questions about the Basecamp MCP Server
Can my AI agent summarize discussions from Basecamp Campfires?
Yes. Command the agent to 'List recent campfire lines from project X'. It retrieves the chat log arrays, allowing the LLM natively to digest confusing thread debates into a pristine bullet-point summary.
How does the agent handle nested 'Todoset' boundaries?
Basecamp uses specific bounded models. The agent automatically runs sequential tools: finding the project, identifying the explicit Todoset ID, listing todolists inside it, and ultimately grabbing the real atomic 'Todos'. It navigates the structure smoothly.
Does it track who wrote a specific task or message board post?
Absolutely. Alongside content, it extracts explicit metadata profiling authors using the 'list_people' bindings. This perfectly exposes actionable context on exactly who dropped a critical file or task update.
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