Bring Ellie Planner
to Claude Desktop
Learn how to connect Ellie Planner to Claude Desktop and start using 8 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
GDPR Free for SubscribersCompatible with every major AI agent and IDE
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What is the Ellie Planner MCP Server?
Connect your Ellie Planner account to any AI agent and take full control of your daily productivity and time-blocking workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Task Orchestration — Create and manage daily tasks and Brain Dump items programmatically, including retrieving detailed metadata and status
- Productivity Lifecycle — Track your progress by marking tasks as completed and updating priorities or dates directly through your agent
- Categorical Intelligence — Organize your tasks using account-wide labels and custom lists to maintain a high-fidelity productivity structure
- Workflow Automation — Programmatically update or delete tasks to keep your daily plan aligned with your real-time priorities
- Dashboard Visibility — Access your complete directory of task lists and labels to ensure every thought is perfectly categorized
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Retrieve your API Token from Ellie Planner settings (Enable 'Toggle power features')
- Start managing your daily productivity from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual toggling between browser tabs to check your todo list. Your AI acts as your dedicated personal assistant and productivity coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Productivity Enthusiasts — instantly register new ideas into your brain dump and organize your day using natural language
- Busy Professionals — update task statuses and check-in on daily goals without leaving your creative workspace
- Developers — integrate personal task management and time-blocking into custom internal tools through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (8)
Mark a task as completed
Provide title and optionally date/labels. Create a new task
Delete a task
Get details of a specific task
List all task labels
List all task lists
List all tasks
Update an existing task
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Ellie Planner to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 8 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
Ellie Planner in Claude Desktop
Ellie Planner and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Ellie Planner to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 4,000+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Ellie Planner in Claude Desktop
The Ellie Planner MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 8 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Claude Desktop only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Ellie Planner for Claude Desktop
Every tool call from Claude Desktop to the Ellie Planner MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my API Token?
Log in to your account, go to Settings, enable the 'Toggle power features' option, and you will see the API Token field.
Is a Pro plan required?
Yes, API access and automation features are exclusively available for Ellie Planner Pro subscribers.
Can the agent manage my labels?
The agent can list your labels using the list_labels tool. To create or edit labels, please use the Ellie Planner web application.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.
What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?
Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.
Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?
Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.
Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?
Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.
Server not appearing after restart
Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).
Authentication error
Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.
Tools not showing in chat
Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.
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