Bring Ellie Planner
to OpenAI Agents SDK
Learn how to connect Ellie Planner to OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK?
The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 8 tools from Ellie Planner through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries Ellie Planner, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.
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Native MCP integration via
MCPServerSse, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety - —
Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure
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Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate
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First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output
Ellie Planner in OpenAI Agents SDK
Ellie Planner and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Ellie Planner to OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK
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 OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK
Every tool call from OpenAI Agents SDK 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 the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?
Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.
Can I use multiple MCP servers in one agent?
Yes. Pass a list of MCPServerSse instances to the agent constructor. The agent can use tools from all connected servers within a single run.
Does the SDK support streaming responses?
Yes. The SDK supports SSE and Streamable HTTP transports, both of which work natively with Vinkius.
MCPServerStreamableHttp not found
Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents
Agent not calling tools
Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.
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