Kaiten: skills, MCP and CLI

There is no official tool from Kaiten itself in the catalog, but the best community option is Kaiten MCP Server with full OAuth 2.1 for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, SourceCraft, Koda, and Coddy. The catalog mostly offers MCP servers and CLI tools with high or medium risk levels, supporting tasks like managing cards, boards, comments, checklists, and time tracking. These tools work with agents such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, SourceCraft, Koda, Coddy, and others.

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MCP servers

An MCP server for Kaiten: cards, comments, spaces and boards with control over response verbosity

MCP serverHigh risk31Repository stars

Kaiten MCP

kaiten-mcp

Swift MCP server for Kaiten: spaces, boards, columns, lanes, cards, comments and custom properties

MCP serverHigh risk20Repository stars

An MCP server for Kaiten with 246 tools across 27 modules: cards, Service Desk, automations, audit and charts

MCP serverHigh risk6Repository stars

A Kaiten MCP server built on Spring AI with SSE transport, reachable over a local port

MCP serverMedium risk2Repository stars

Kaiten MCP Server (TDD)

Kaiten MCP Server

A TypeScript MCP server for the Kaiten kanban tool: five tools for cards and time tracking, built test-first with full test coverage

MCP serverHigh risk2Repository stars

A Kaiten MCP server on PyPI with local stdio and a remote Streamable HTTP mode for a whole team via Docker or Kubernetes

MCP serverHigh risk1Repository stars

A single-file FastMCP server for Kaiten: 22 tools for cards, comments, checklists and time tracking

MCP serverHigh risk1Repository stars

An npm package with 63 tools for Kaiten covering spaces, boards, cards, checklists, sprints and custom fields, part of the WWmcp series

MCP serverHigh risk1Repository stars

An MCP server for Kaiten with 36 tools: cards, checklists, time tracking and day planning, local or remote with OAuth

MCP serverHigh risk

A compact Python MCP server for Kaiten: list cards, move them between columns, set the owner and add comments

MCP serverMedium risk

An MCP server and CLI for Kaiten with per-project settings and access limited to chosen spaces and boards

MCP serverMedium risk

kaiten-mcp (Go)

kaiten-mcp

A Go MCP server for Kaiten with readonly and full access profiles, where the tool set is set by config instead of one blanket key

MCP serverMedium risk

A native Go CLI and MCP server for Kaiten with safe defaults: write tools are off until explicitly enabled

MCP serverHigh risk

A 66-tool Kaiten MCP server, the only one in this batch supporting Kaiten documents and their inline comment threads

MCP serverHigh risk

A Kaiten MCP server with a full tool set for cards, time logs, boards, comments and checklists, installed with one npx command

MCP serverMedium risk

MCP server for Kaiten

mcp_server_for_kaiten

A simple Python MCP server for CRUD operations on Kaiten spaces, boards and cards

MCP serverHigh risk

A remote Kaiten MCP server for Claude with full OAuth 2.1: read-only boards, cards, sprints and backlog analytics

MCP serverMedium risk

CLI tools

A Python CLI for Kaiten with an agent command registry, shell completion and three bonus skills

CLIHigh risk12Repository stars

A Swift Kaiten CLI that prints compact JSON for jq, ships Claude and Cursor plugins, and keeps a reference file for agents

CLIHigh risk8Repository stars

Command-line client and MCP server for the Kaiten tracker: cards, comments, checklists and files from the terminal or an agent

CLIHigh risk5Repository stars

Plugins

Kaiten connector for Cursor

Kaiten MCP Server — Cursor variant

A plugin and MCP connector for Kaiten built for Cursor: read boards and cards, create tasks and checklists, local stdio with no open ports

PluginHigh risk

Frequently asked questions

Is there an official MCP for Kaiten?

No official MCP from Kaiten is listed in the catalog. The best community MCP is Kaiten MCP Server with full OAuth 2.1, which is medium risk and supports multiple agents.

How to connect Kaiten to Claude Code or Cursor?

Use MCP servers like Kaiten MCP or kaiten-mcp (Go) for Claude Code and Cursor. For Cursor specifically, the Kaiten connector for Cursor plugin offers local stdio access without open ports.

Which MCP for Kaiten should I choose?

Choose Kaiten MCP Server with full OAuth 2.1 for medium risk and broad agent support. For lower risk, consider mcp-kaiten (Go) or kaiten-mcp (tyunn), both medium risk and supporting Claude Code, Cursor, and others.

Is it safe to give an AI agent access to Kaiten?

Most Kaiten tools have a high risk level, so caution is advised. Some MCP servers have medium risk and use OAuth 2.1 for safer access, but overall risk remains significant.

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