[!NOTE] When hosted connector OAuth or custom connector setup gets in the way, Planhat MCP gives you a direct local connection using a standard API token. Nothing to host and no third-party service between your AI and customer data.

See it in action

You: "Which companies have licenses renewing this quarter?"

Claude: Queries Planhat through the local MCP server and returns the matching companies with their renewal details.

Ask Claude to list records, inspect customer context, create follow-up tasks, or update Planhat directly from the conversation.

Install in Claude Desktop

Download one file, double-click it, paste your token. No terminal, no config files, no code, and nothing to install first.

1. Download the .mcpb file.
2. Double-click the downloaded file. Claude Desktop opens an install pop-up.
3. Review the pop-up and click Install.
4. Create a Planhat API token if you don't have one: in Planhat, go to Settings > Service Accounts (Private Apps) > API Access Token. Admin access is required.
5. Paste the token into the token field. It is stored in your system keychain, never in a file on disk.
6. Optional: tick Read-only mode or Disable delete tools to limit what the AI can do.
7. Ask Claude: "List my top 3 Planhat companies." An answer means you are done.

If double-clicking does not open Claude Desktop, use Settings > Extensions > Advanced settings > Install Extension and select the downloaded file.

Each release also includes planhat-mcp.mcpb.sha256. To verify a download on macOS or Linux, place both files in the same directory and run:

shasum -a 256 -c planhat-mcp.mcpb.sha256

Switching from a manual install? Remove the old planhat entry from claude_desktop_config.json first, or you'll see two copies of every tool.

Manual install

For MCP clients other than Claude Desktop, or if you prefer running from a checkout. Requires Node.js 18 or newer.

1. Get the code and build the server:

git clone https://github.com/da-troll/Planhat-MCP.git ~/planhat-mcp
cd ~/planhat-mcp
npm install
npm run build

2. Add your Planhat token:

cp .env.example .env
open .env        # paste your token after PLANHAT_TOKEN= and save

The token stays in that one file on your machine. Treat it like a password.

3. Register the server in your client's MCP config (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json), replacing YOUR-USERNAME:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "planhat": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users/YOUR-USERNAME/planhat-mcp/dist/server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Restart the client and test with the same question as above.

What Claude can do with it

60 tools across 12 Planhat resource types. Every resource supports the same five verbs: list, get, create, update, delete.

Claude only ever does what you ask, and the token you create controls what it can touch. A read-only token makes the whole connector read-only.

Optional hardening

Two switches cap what any connected AI can ever do, no matter what it's asked. Bundle installs get them as checkboxes in the install pop-up; manual installs add either to the .env file:

Every tool also carries the standard MCP annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint), so clients that calibrate their permission prompts per tool (asking before destructive calls, auto-approving reads) get the right signals. Whether and when to prompt is always the client's decision; the switches above and the permissions on the Planhat token itself (see SECURITY.md) are the hard limits.

Repository layout

planhat-mcp/
├── README.md                  ← you are here
├── manifest.json              ← .mcpb bundle definition (one-click install)
├── package.json               ← dependencies, scripts, version
├── package-lock.json          ← pinned dependency versions
├── tsconfig.json              ← TypeScript config
├── .env.example               ← token template for manual installs
├── .mcpbignore                ← what stays out of the bundle
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts               ← entry point: load config, serve over stdio
│   ├── server.ts              ← registers tools, applies gates + annotations
│   ├── tools.ts               ← all 60 tool definitions
│   ├── http.ts                ← Planhat REST client
│   └── env.ts                 ← .env loader for manual installs
├── tests/
│   ├── tools.test.ts          ← offline tests for all 60 tools
│   └── http.test.ts           ← HTTP layer: timeout, errors, delete cases
├── AGENTS.md                  ← handbook for AI coding agents
├── CLAUDE.md → AGENTS.md      ← same file, Claude's preferred name
├── LICENSE                    ← MIT
├── CHANGELOG.md               ← release history
├── SECURITY.md                ← token handling & reporting issues
├── CONTRIBUTING.md            ← how to add tools or fix bugs
└── .github/workflows/
    ├── ci.yml                 ← typecheck + tests + bundle gate on every push
    └── release.yml            ← GitHub release with .mcpb asset on version tags

The shipped bundle contains just five files: manifest.json, dist/server.js (one dependency-free build), assets/icon.png, LICENSE and README.md.

Troubleshooting

For engineers

npm install          # install dependencies
npm test             # offline test suite (never touches the live API)
npm run typecheck    # TypeScript type checking
npm run build        # produce dist/server.js
npm start            # run the built server over stdio

Build the one-click bundle locally with npm run build && npx -y @anthropic-ai/mcpb@2.1.2 pack . planhat.mcpb.

Architecture notes, API quirks, and contribution rules live in AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md. Endpoint paths were verified against the live Planhat API in July 2026. Notably, Planhat has no /notes or /activities REST endpoints; notes and tickets are /conversations under the hood (see AGENTS.md for the full story).

License

MIT. Do what you like, no warranty.