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hardlysimple
Model Context Protocol

Bring HardlySimple into your local agent.

Connect Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, or any MCP-capable assistant to your taskboards, sketches, and knowledge bundles through one production endpoint.

MCP server URL

https://hardlysimple.com/mcp

Install with curl

curl -fsSL https://hardlysimple.com/get-mcp/install -o hs-mcp.mjs &&node hs-mcp.mjs --client=all --auth=oauth

Or with wget

wget -qO hs-mcp.mjs https://hardlysimple.com/get-mcp/install &&node hs-mcp.mjs --client=all --auth=oauth
Claude Desktop
Local bridge

Adds a hardlysimple server to Claude Desktop using mcp-remote, with a backup before editing the config file.

Claude Code
Native HTTP

Runs the Claude CLI MCP command against the production endpoint and keeps the server in user scope.

Codex
Local bridge

Writes a [mcp_servers.hardlysimple] block to your Codex config, leaving other MCP servers untouched.

ChatGPT
UI setup

Prints the custom connector steps because ChatGPT runs connectors from its own cloud environment.

116 tools

What the MCP server can do

Tool calls run as the connected user and reuse the same product query layer as the web app. The agent can only see and change what the account and granted scopes allow.

9 tools
Taskboards

List boards, inspect tasks, create boards and columns, update cards, move work, and delete tasks.

7 tools
Sketches

List sketches, read scenes, get structured previews, create sketches, move them to teams, rename, and update.

13 tools
Knowledge Bundles

Manage OKF knowledge bundles, concepts, task links, and exports through the same authorization layer as the app.

OAuth by default

Agents discover the server, use PKCE in the browser, and receive scoped tokens without you pasting secrets into config.

PATs for local control

Power users can use a scoped personal access token from MCP settings, supplied through HARDLYSIMPLE_PAT or MCP_PAT.

Your permissions still apply

Scopes restrict what the agent may do; ownership, team access, and admin checks still run in the existing query layer.

Need token management?

Create or revoke personal access tokens and connected OAuth apps in MCP settings. OAuth access starts read-only unless you explicitly grant write or admin scopes.

Open MCP settings