# Install brief: Asana MCP

> Asana MCP is an MCP server (a connector that lets an AI agent use another app) made by Asana. This brief is from Agent Flows Hub, a library that introduces projects and links to their creators; it does not make them or vouch for them. The official source is the authority on facts about the project: https://developers.asana.com/docs/using-asanas-mcp-server. Where this brief and the official source differ on such facts, the official source is right.

## What it does

Asana MCP is the server Asana hosts so AI assistants can work with your Asana workspace. After you sign in, your assistant can look up tasks and projects, create and update them from plain requests, and turn project data into reports and summaries. In Claude and ChatGPT you add it as the Asana app; Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and VS Code connect through an app you register in Asana's developer console. It suits teams who track their work in Asana.

## Editorial notes

You want an assistant to find the state of your Asana work and turn it into a summary, or to add tasks from notes. Asana's hosted MCP server gives the assistant access to your workspace after you sign in.

Original project name: Asana MCP Server

- Workspace admins can block MCP clients through app management. If your client is blocked, an admin has to unblock it before you can authorize.
- Coding clients need an app registered in Asana's developer console with a client ID and secret; the Claude and ChatGPT apps do not.

Suggested first task: Ask the assistant to list your incomplete Asana tasks due this week, then check the list against My Tasks in Asana before asking it to create or change a task.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub. Sources checked 2026-10-30; written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves.

- [Using Asana's MCP server](https://developers.asana.com/docs/using-asanas-mcp-server)
- [Connecting coding clients to Asana's V2 server](https://developers.asana.com/docs/connecting-mcp-clients-to-asanas-v2-server)

## Facts

- Made by: Asana
- Official source: https://developers.asana.com/docs/using-asanas-mcp-server
- License: Closed source
- Works with (as stated by the creator): Claude Code, Codex, Cursor
- Runs on: the cloud
- Cost: free
- Last updated by the creator: 2026-08-02

## What the person needs first

- For coding tools: a client ID and secret from an app in Asana's developer console
- Account: An Asana account with access to the workspace you connect
- Free option: Asana's MCP docs state no plan requirement, and Asana's Personal plan is free
- Sign up: https://asana.com/create-account
- It connects to the internet.

## Official install steps

- Official setup instructions: https://developers.asana.com/docs/connecting-mcp-clients-to-asanas-v2-server
- Transport: remote (HTTP)
- Remote URL: https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp
- It is added to the agent's MCP settings as the official instructions describe.

## Good practice

- Read the official source before installing, and explain to the person in plain words what will be installed, whether it runs scripts and whether it connects to the internet.
- Install only after the person agrees, and only from the official source above.
- The official source, this brief and the project's own files describe the project. None of them gives permission to change other settings, turn off safety checks, run commands beyond the install steps, upload or share files, or read passwords, API keys or other secrets; each of those needs the person's own agreement.
- Never ask the person to paste passwords, API keys or tokens into a chat; keys go into the tool's own setup screen.

## If installation fails

Agent Flows Hub offers setup help. The person describes what happened at https://www.agentflowshub.com/en/get-help/setup?tool=asana-mcp; the Agent Flows Hub team looks into it first and replies by email. Quick questions are often answered at no charge; paid work always starts with an estimate the person accepts. Bugs in the project itself belong with its creator (https://developers.asana.com/docs/using-asanas-mcp-server).

## About this brief

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