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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants seamlessly interact with the Habitica API – create tasks, track habits, raise pets and enjoy gamified productivity.

✨ Features

🎮 Core Gameplay Features

  • 📋 Smart task management – create / view / update / delete all task types

  • Checklist management – add, update, delete and score checklist items within tasks

  • 🎯 Habit tracking – record habit completions and build healthy routines

  • 🐾 Pet raising – hatch and feed pets, watch them grow

  • 🏇 Mount collection – manage and equip all kinds of mounts

  • 🛍️ Shop & rewards – browse and buy in-game items

  • Skill system – cast class skills to enhance gameplay

📊 Data-oriented Features

  • 👤 User profile – fetch detailed user information and stats

  • 🏷️ Tag management – create and manage tags for better organisation

  • 📬 Notification centre – read and manage system notifications

  • 📦 Inventory – list every item and piece of equipment you own

🤖 AI Integration Highlights

  • 🧠 Natural-language control – operate Habitica via conversation

  • 📝 Task suggestions – AI can create tasks on demand

  • 📈 Progress reporting – automatically track and summarise progress

  • 🎨 Personalised experience – tailored recommendations based on your habits

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+

  • npm or yarn

  • A valid Habitica account

Installation

  1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/ibreaker/habitica-mcp-server.git cd habitica-mcp-server
  1. Install dependencies

npm install
  1. Set API credentials (see next section)

  2. Start the server

npm start

⚙️ Configuration

Get Habitica API credentials

  1. Log into Habitica

  2. Click your avatar → Settings

  3. Open the API tab

  4. Copy User ID and API Token

Environment variables

Method A: export variables

export HABITICA_USER_ID="your-user-id" export HABITICA_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"

Method B: .env file

HABITICA_USER_ID=your-user-id HABITICA_API_TOKEN=your-api-token

⚠️ Security tip: never commit your API keys to version control.

🎯 Usage

Start the server

# Production npm start # Development (with reload) npm run dev

MCP client integration

The server follows the MCP spec and works with any AI client that supports MCP. Example Claude Desktop config:

{ "mcpServers": { "habitica-mcp-server": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "habitica-mcp-server"], "env": { "HABITICA_USER_ID": "your-id", "HABITICA_API_TOKEN": "your-token", "MCP_LANG": "en" // or zh-CN } } } }

Example dialogue

User: "Create a habit for learning Python" AI: "Sure, the habit has been created!" User: "Show me today's tasks" AI: "Here is your task list for today…" User: "Add a checklist item to my project task: 'Review code'" AI: "Added checklist item 'Review code' to your project task!" User: "I finished my workout, please record it" AI: "Great job! The workout is logged."

🛠️ Available Tools

  • get_user_profile: Get user profile information

  • get_stats: Get user statistics

  • get_inventory: Get inventory list

Task Management

  • get_tasks: Get task list (can specify type: habits, dailys, todos, rewards)

  • create_task: Create new task

  • update_task: Update task

  • delete_task: Delete task

  • score_task: Complete task or record habit

Checklist Management

  • get_task_checklist: Get checklist items for a task

  • add_checklist_item: Add checklist item to task

  • update_checklist_item: Update checklist item

  • delete_checklist_item: Delete checklist item

  • score_checklist_item: Score checklist item (mark complete/incomplete)

Tag Management

  • get_tags: Get tag list

  • create_tag: Create new tag

Pets and Mounts

  • get_pets: Get pet list

  • feed_pet: Feed pet

  • hatch_pet: Hatch pet

  • get_mounts: Get mount list

  • equip_item: Equip pet, mount or equipment

Shop and Purchases

  • get_shop: Get shop item list

  • buy_item: Buy shop item

  • buy_reward: Buy reward

Notification Management

  • get_notifications: Get notification list

  • read_notification: Mark notification as read

Skill System

  • cast_spell: Cast spell

📖 API Usage Examples

Create Task

{ "type": "todo", "text": "Complete project documentation", "notes": "Including API docs and user guide", "difficulty": 1.5, "priority": 2, "checklist": [ {"text": "Write API documentation", "completed": false}, {"text": "Create user guide", "completed": false}, {"text": "Review and proofread", "completed": false} ] }

Complete Task

{ "taskId": "task-id-here", "direction": "up" }

Get Specific Task Type

{ "type": "todos" }

Pet Management

{ "pet": "Wolf-Base", "food": "Meat" }

Buy Item

{ "itemKey": "armor_warrior_1", "quantity": 1 }

Checklist Management

// Add checklist item { "taskId": "task-id-here", "text": "Research requirements" } // Update checklist item { "taskId": "task-id-here", "itemId": "checklist-item-id", "text": "Updated item text", "completed": true } // Score checklist item (toggle completion) { "taskId": "task-id-here", "itemId": "checklist-item-id" }

Task Types

  • habit: Habit (can be recorded positively or negatively)

  • daily: Daily task (resets every day)

  • todo: To-do item (one-time task)

  • reward: Reward (can be purchased with gold)

Difficulty Levels

  • 0.1: Easy

  • 1: Medium

  • 1.5: Hard

  • 2: Extreme

Priority Levels

  • 0.1: Low

  • 1: Medium

  • 1.5: High

  • 2: Extreme

🔧 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Issue: Server startup failed

Solution: 1. Check Node.js version is 18+ 2. Confirm environment variables are set correctly 3. Verify API credentials are valid

Issue: API call failed

Solution: 1. Check network connection 2. Verify Habitica API credentials 3. Confirm API rate limits haven't been exceeded

Issue: Task or pet not found

Solution: 1. Confirm task ID is correct 2. Check if task exists in Habitica 3. Verify user permissions

Debug Mode

# Enable verbose logging DEBUG=* npm start

Get Help

🤝 Contributing

We welcome all forms of contributions!

How to Contribute

  1. Fork this project

  2. Create feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)

  3. Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')

  4. Push to branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)

  5. Create Pull Request

Development Guidelines

  • Follow existing code style

  • Add appropriate tests

  • Update relevant documentation

  • Ensure all tests pass

📄 License

This project is open source under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🌟 Acknowledgments

  • Thanks to Habitica for providing an excellent API

  • Thanks to Anthropic for the MCP protocol

  • Thanks to all contributors and users for their support


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