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Kaiten MCP with adjustable response detail

kaiten-mcp

A fork of a popular Kaiten MCP with 63 tools, adjustable response verbosity and a detailed API-quirks guide for the model

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MCP server

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Why this level

  • Uploads and deletes files on cards
  • Can delete cards, comments and checklists
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Russian stack

amico1285/kaiten-mcpAuthor:Amico1285

A similar tool with a larger community: Kaiten MCP Server, 33 ★ on the repository

Install

Services

In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI

npx skillfoxx add mcp/amico1285-kaiten-mcp

Detects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.

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How we review

Broad accessThe tool can change data, run commands or handle secrets.

  • Uploads and deletes files on cards
  • Can delete cards, comments and checklists

This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.

What it does

The server covers 63 Kaiten operations: cards, comments, time logs, spaces and boards, subtasks, tags, checklists, files, custom fields, users, card members and blockers, external links, sprints. Every tool takes a verbosity parameter (min, normal, max, raw) controlling how much data comes back. It caches reference data with a configurable TTL, retries on 429 and network errors with exponential backoff, and uses idempotency keys for write operations. The project ships an LLM_GUIDE.md describing Kaiten's data model and non-obvious API quirks the author recommends the model read before its first call.

Who it is for. For Kaiten teams that care about fine control over response size and resilience to API hiccups.

Good fit when

  • You need file uploads and tracking on a card, not just text fields
  • You want to control response size per call via verbosity
  • You need retries and write idempotency so failures do not create duplicates

Not a fit when

  • You want a minimal server, not 63 tools with extra settings: pick a smaller one
  • Your Kaiten uses OAuth login: the API only supports tokens, and the server reflects that

Example request

Find overdue Kaiten cards and show how much time is logged on them

MCP

Transport
stdio
Authentication
API key

Environment variables

KAITEN_API_TOKEN required, secret
API token, bearer
KAITEN_URL required
Kaiten instance URL
KAITEN_DEFAULT_SPACE_ID
Default space ID for card search
KAITEN_ALLOWED_SPACE_IDS
Comma-separated whitelist of accessible space IDs
KAITEN_ALLOWED_BOARD_IDS
Comma-separated whitelist of accessible board IDs

Limitations

This is a fork of iamtemazhe/mcp-kaiten with the author's fixes, not an independent build from scratch. Deleting a card with logged time first requires deleting the time logs separately. Single author, few stars.

How to disable. Remove the kaiten entry from your MCP client config.

FAQ

What does the verbosity parameter do?

It is a min/normal/max/raw setting controlling response detail, from compact to the full raw API JSON.

Do I need to set a user ID?

No, the current user is resolved automatically from the token.

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README in short

The README frames the project as a fork of mcp-kaiten with five waves of fixes (22 new tools, schema repairs, preflight checks), gives a one-command npx quick start, an environment variable table, a tool list across 14 groups, reliability mechanisms (caching, retries, idempotency), and a section on Kaiten API quirks found in practice.

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