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Trello MCP Server Setup Guide

Step 1: Get Trello API Credentials

  1. Get API Key:
  2. Visit: https://trello.com/app-key
  3. Login to your Trello account

  4. Copy your API Key

  5. Get Token:

  6. On the same page, click "Token" link (or manually generate)
  7. Or visit: https://trello.com/1/authorize?expiration=never&scope=read,write&response_type=token&name=Claude%20Code&key=YOUR_API_KEY
  8. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key
  9. Authorize the application

  10. Copy the token

  11. Get Board ID:

  12. Open your Trello board in browser
  13. URL format: https://trello.com/b/BOARD_ID/board-name
  14. Or add .json to board URL: https://trello.com/b/BOARD_ID.json
  15. Copy the id field

Step 2: Add to Environment Variables

# Add to api/.env
TRELLO_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
TRELLO_TOKEN=your_token_here
TRELLO_BOARD_ID=your_board_id_here

Step 3: Test API Access

# Test list all boards
curl "https://api.trello.com/1/members/me/boards?key=YOUR_KEY&token=YOUR_TOKEN"

# Test list cards on board
curl "https://api.trello.com/1/boards/BOARD_ID/cards?key=YOUR_KEY&token=YOUR_TOKEN"

# Test filter cards by label
curl "https://api.trello.com/1/boards/BOARD_ID/cards?key=YOUR_KEY&token=YOUR_TOKEN" | jq '.[] | select(.labels[].name == "doing")'

Trello API Reference

  • API Documentation: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/trello/rest/api-group-actions/
  • Board endpoints: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/trello/rest/api-group-boards/
  • Card endpoints: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/trello/rest/api-group-cards/