# `io.usefulapi/clickup` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/clickup
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/clickup
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:16.065Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ClickUp MCP by usefulapi
Read teams, spaces, lists and tasks; create, update and comment on tasks and track time.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T16:27:11.842Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 3 can delete or cancel things and 11 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 3 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 11 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (3)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `clickup_create_task`

- The name "clickup_create_task" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: create a new task in a list. `name` is required; the list is the {list_id} path param, not a body field. ClickUp REST: POST /list/{list_id}/task.
```

### `clickup_create_task_comment`

- The name "clickup_create_task_comment" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add a comment to a task. `comment_text` is required; the task is the {task_id} path param. ClickUp REST: POST /task/{task_id}/comment.
```

### `clickup_update_task`

- The name "clickup_update_task" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: update fields on an existing task. Only the fields you pass are changed. ClickUp REST: PUT /task/{task_id}.
```

## Only reads (11)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `clickup_get_authorized_user`

- The name "clickup_get_authorized_user" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the user associated with the current ClickUp API token. ClickUp REST: GET /user.
```

### `clickup_get_list_comments`

- The name "clickup_get_list_comments" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the comments on a list. ClickUp REST: GET /list/{list_id}/comment.
```

### `clickup_get_task`

- The name "clickup_get_task" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single task by id. ClickUp REST: GET /task/{task_id}.
```

### `clickup_get_task_comments`

- The name "clickup_get_task_comments" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the comments on a task. ClickUp REST: GET /task/{task_id}/comment.
```

### `clickup_get_tasks`

- The name "clickup_get_tasks" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the tasks in a list, with optional filters and pagination. ClickUp REST: GET /list/{list_id}/task.
```

### `clickup_list_folderless_lists`

- The name "clickup_list_folderless_lists" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the lists that live directly in a space (not inside a folder). ClickUp REST: GET /space/{space_id}/list.
```

### `clickup_list_folders`

- The name "clickup_list_folders" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List folders in a space. ClickUp REST: GET /space/{space_id}/folder.
```

### `clickup_list_lists`

- The name "clickup_list_lists" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the lists inside a folder. ClickUp REST: GET /folder/{folder_id}/list.
```

### `clickup_list_spaces`

- The name "clickup_list_spaces" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List spaces in a workspace (team). ClickUp REST: GET /team/{team_id}/space.
```

### `clickup_list_workspaces`

- The name "clickup_list_workspaces" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the workspaces (the ClickUp API calls these "teams") the token can access — their ids are the team_id used by other tools. ClickUp REST: GET /team.
```

### `clickup_search_tasks`

- The name "clickup_search_tasks" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search/filter tasks across a whole workspace (team), optionally scoped to spaces/folders/lists. ClickUp's "Get Filtered Team Tasks". ClickUp REST: GET /team/{team_id}/task.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `clickup`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_get_authorized_user",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_list_workspaces",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_list_spaces",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_list_folders",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_list_lists",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_list_folderless_lists",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_get_tasks",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_get_task",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_get_task_comments",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_get_list_comments",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_search_tasks"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_create_task",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_update_task",
      "mcp__clickup__clickup_create_task_comment"
    ]
  }
}
```
