Eight project management tools, ranked by their Model Context Protocol (MCP) support. If you want Claude Desktop, Gemini CLI, ChatGPT, or Cursor to read and update your PM data directly inside the conversation, MCP is the standard that makes that work.
Independent comparison. Onplana is the publisher of this page, so we lead the list. All comparisons below are based on publicly available information as of May 2026; competitor MCP support may change.
“Native” = first-party MCP server published by the vendor. “Beta” = preview / limited rollout. “Community” = unofficial wrappers built around the vendor’s REST API. “None” = no MCP integration as of May 2026.
| Tool | MCP support | Tool count | Auth | Open source? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onplana | Native | 27 | OAuth 2.1 + PAT | Partial |
| Linear | Native | ~15 | OAuth (Linear app) | No |
| Notion | Native | ~10 | OAuth (Notion app) | No |
| Atlassian (Jira) | Beta | unpublished | OAuth (Atlassian) | No |
| Asana | Community | community | Asana PAT | Yes |
| ClickUp | None | 0 | n/a | No |
| Monday.com | None | 0 | n/a | No |
| Microsoft Planner / Project | None | 0 | n/a | No |
| OpenProject | Community | community | OpenProject token | Yes |
27 MCP tools · OAuth 2.1 + PAT
~15 MCP tools · OAuth (Linear app)
~10 MCP tools · OAuth (Notion app)
unpublished MCP tools · OAuth (Atlassian)
community MCP tools · Asana PAT
No MCP tools exposed · n/a
No MCP tools exposed · n/a
No MCP tools exposed · n/a
community MCP tools · OpenProject token
The Model Context Protocol is an open standard published by Anthropic in late 2024 for connecting AI agents to external tools and data sources. Instead of a one-off integration per client (Claude needs one wrapper, ChatGPT needs another, Gemini needs a third), the PM tool exposes an MCP server once and any MCP-aware client can read and write its data.
In practice, MCP compatibility means you can ask Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT something like “create a project plan for the Q3 launch, with weekly milestones and a risk register,” and the agent runs the work directly inside your PM tool, instead of recommending steps and asking you to execute them yourself.
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As of May 2026: Onplana (27 tools, OAuth 2.1 + PAT, MIT-licensed transport), Linear (engineering-focused issue + project model), and Notion (wiki + database model). Atlassian / Jira is in limited preview via Atlassian Rovo. Asana and OpenProject have community-built wrappers but no first-party MCP server. ClickUp, Monday.com, Microsoft Planner / Project, Smartsheet, Trello, and Basecamp have no MCP server as of May 2026.
Onplana ships 27 curated tools covering the full PM lifecycle: projects, tasks, sprints, milestones, risks, team members, timesheets, and a hybrid BM25 + vector search across the org's indexed content (wiki, projects, tasks, comments). Linear focuses on issues + projects for engineering teams. Notion focuses on wiki + database operations. The right choice depends on whether you need Gantt + critical path + governance workflows (Onplana), issue tracking (Linear), or document/database workflows (Notion). Onplana also publishes the transport layer (Streamable HTTP + Bearer auth + prompt-injection containment) as an open-source npm package at github.com/Onplana/onplana-mcp-server, so anyone can self-host a custom MCP server using the same primitives.
Onplana includes MCP access from the PRO plan ($12/seat/month) onwards. FREE and STARTER do not include MCP. Linear and Notion both gate MCP behind paid plans; check their pricing pages for current terms.
Two options: (1) migrate to an MCP-native tool — Onplana imports natively from Microsoft Project, Project Online, Planner, .MPP files, and most major PM tools via OData / CSV. (2) self-host a community wrapper if one exists; the Onplana MCP server template (MIT-licensed) is also a reasonable starting point for wrapping any PM tool's REST API as an MCP server.
Native support: Claude Desktop, Claude.ai web (via Connectors Directory), Gemini CLI, Gemini Code Assist (VS Code + JetBrains), ChatGPT custom connectors (Plus/Pro/Team/Enterprise/Edu), ChatGPT Codex CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot in VS Code, and the official MCP Inspector. Consumer gemini.google.com does not yet support custom MCP servers as of May 2026.
For Onplana: one command in Gemini CLI (`gemini extensions install https://github.com/Onplana/onplana-mcp-server`). For Claude Desktop: paste a JSON snippet into the config file and restart. Total time including signing up for an Onplana account and minting a PAT: about 5 minutes. Linear and Notion take a similar amount of time via their OAuth-based app install flows.
Onplana ships a 27-tool MCP server with OAuth 2.1 + PAT auth, one-line install for Gemini CLI, and FREE-tier signup. The transport layer is MIT-licensed if you want to self-host or wrap a different PM tool.
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