MCP Overview - Trilo Developer Documentation

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI tools interact with external services. Trilo’s MCP server gives your AI coding assistant direct access to your workspace — create tasks, read pages, send messages, and more without leaving your editor.

What You Can Do

Once connected, your AI tool can interact with your entire Trilo workspace:

Category	Example Prompts
Tasks	”Create a bug report for the login issue” / “What tasks are assigned to me?”
Pages	”Write an implementation plan and save it as a page” / “Update the API docs page”
Messages	”Send a status update to the backend channel” / “What did the team discuss today?”
Calendar	”Schedule a design review for Friday at 2pm” / “What meetings do I have this week?”
Meetings	”Summarize the standup transcript” / “Search meetings for discussion about auth”
Spreadsheets	”Create a sprint tracking spreadsheet” / “Update the budget numbers”
Members	”Who’s on the mobile project?” / “Add Sarah to the backend project”
Knowledge Base	”Search our docs for the deployment guide” / “Find resources about onboarding”

Supported AI Clients

Choose your AI tool to get started:

Claude Code

Anthropic’s CLI tool. Supports OAuth and PAT authentication.

Claude Desktop

Anthropic’s desktop app. Supports OAuth and PAT authentication.

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AI-powered editor. Configure via Settings UI or config file.

Windsurf

AI-powered editor. Configure via Settings UI or config file.

Google Antigravity

Google’s AI coding agent. Configure via MCP Store.

Other Clients

Any MCP-compatible tool using HTTP transport.

Authentication

Trilo supports two authentication methods for MCP connections:

Method	Best For	Setup
OAuth 2.1	Claude Code, Claude Desktop	Authorize in your browser — no token needed
Personal Access Token (PAT)	All clients, CI/CD, scripts	Generate in Trilo settings, pass as Bearer token

Use OAuth when available. It’s more secure (no token to manage) and easier to set up. Claude Code and Claude Desktop both support OAuth natively.

Token Scopes

When creating a PAT, you choose which scopes to grant:

Scope	Permissions
`mcp:read`	List and read workspaces, projects, tasks, pages, messages, members, events, meetings, resources, spreadsheets
`mcp:write`	Everything in `mcp:read` plus create and update tasks, pages, messages, events, spreadsheets, and project members
`mcp:admin`	Everything in `mcp:write` plus administrative operations

For most development workflows, mcp:read and mcp:write together provide full access to all tools. Use mcp:read alone if you only want your AI tool to read data without making changes.

Next Steps

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​What You Can Do

​Supported AI Clients

Claude Code

Claude Desktop

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Windsurf

Google Antigravity

Other Clients

​Authentication

​Token Scopes

​Next Steps

Tools Reference

What You Can Do

Supported AI Clients

Authentication

Token Scopes

Next Steps