> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.taskade.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.taskade.com/developers/mcp-overview.md).

# Which Taskade MCP do I want?

Taskade speaks MCP (Model Context Protocol) through **three** surfaces. Pick by what you want to do — the transport and auth details are secondary.

| I want to…                                                                                             | Use                                                                       | Where / auth                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Have Claude **read & write my tasks** — create, complete, assign, set dates and fields                 | [**Workspace MCP**](/developers/workspace-mcp.md) (`@taskade/mcp-server`) | Local stdio · personal token ([settings/api](https://www.taskade.com/settings/api)) · any paid plan |
| **Orchestrate my workspace from my IDE** — create projects, manage & prompt agents, edit my app's code | [**Hosted Taskade MCP**](/developers/workspace-mcp/genesis-app-mcp.md)    | Hosted · OAuth 2.0 (`https://www.taskade.com/mcp`) · any paid plan                                  |
| Let my agents **reach Slack, Shopify, Gmail** & other tools                                            | [**MCP Connectors**](/developers/mcp-connectors.md)                       | Hosted, in-product                                                                                  |

> **Heads up:** The hosted Taskade MCP now creates projects, manages and prompts agents, and edits your Genesis app's code — but it has **no task-level write tools** (create/complete/assign/date a task) and no media upload. For task-level writes, use [**Workspace MCP**](/developers/workspace-mcp.md).


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