MCP OmniFocus

What it does

This MCP server integrates AI assistants with OmniFocus Pro on macOS. It allows the AI to act as a personal productivity manager, capable of reading your entire project hierarchy, creating new tasks, updating deadlines, and organizing your workflow via the OmniFocus automation API.

Tools

• list_projects: Retrieve all projects with status and metadata.
• list_tasks: Fetch tasks globally or filtered by specific projects.
• list_tags: List all available tags for organization.
• create_task: Add new tasks to the inbox or specific projects with notes and due dates.
• create_project: Establish new projects with associated metadata.
• update_task: Modify task names, notes, status, or flags.
• complete_task: Mark tasks as finished.

Installation

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "omnifocus": {
      "command": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/mcp-servers/omnifocus/mcp-omnifocus",
      "args": ["-scripts", "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/mcp-servers/omnifocus/scripts"]
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

• claude