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Implementation Reference

• src/clickup_mcp/tools.py:730-762 (handler)

  The core handler function for the

  async def list_tasks(
      self,
      list_id: Optional[str] = None,
      folder_id: Optional[str] = None,
      space_id: Optional[str] = None,
      statuses: Optional[List[str]] = None,
      assignees: Optional[List[int]] = None,
      include_closed: bool = False,
      **kwargs: Any,
  ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
      """List tasks with filters."""
      tasks = await self.client.get_tasks(
          list_id=list_id,
          folder_id=folder_id,
          space_id=space_id,
          statuses=statuses,
          assignees=assignees,
          include_closed=include_closed,
      )
  
      return {
          "tasks": [
              {
                  "id": task.id,
                  "name": task.name,
                  "status": task.status.status,
                  "assignees": [u.username for u in task.assignees],
                  "url": format_task_url(task.id),
              }
              for task in tasks
          ],
          "count": len(tasks),
      }

• src/clickup_mcp/tools.py:151-176 (schema)

  Input schema and description for the list_tasks tool used in MCP tool definitions.

  Tool(
      name="list_tasks",
      description="List tasks in a list, folder, or space",
      inputSchema={
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
              "list_id": {"type": "string", "description": "List ID"},
              "folder_id": {"type": "string", "description": "Folder ID"},
              "space_id": {"type": "string", "description": "Space ID"},
              "statuses": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {"type": "string"},
                  "description": "Filter by statuses",
              },
              "assignees": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {"type": "integer"},
                  "description": "Filter by assignee IDs",
              },
              "include_closed": {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "description": "Include closed tasks",
              },
          },
      },
  ),

• src/clickup_mcp/tools.py:23-57 (registration)

  Internal registration of all tools including list_tasks in the ClickUpTools class _tools dictionary, used for dispatching tool calls.

  self._tools: Dict[str, Callable] = {
      "create_task": self.create_task,
      "get_task": self.get_task,
      "update_task": self.update_task,
      "delete_task": self.delete_task,
      "list_tasks": self.list_tasks,
      "search_tasks": self.search_tasks,
      "get_subtasks": self.get_subtasks,
      "get_task_comments": self.get_task_comments,
      "create_task_comment": self.create_task_comment,
      "get_task_status": self.get_task_status,
      "update_task_status": self.update_task_status,
      "get_assignees": self.get_assignees,
      "assign_task": self.assign_task,
      "list_spaces": self.list_spaces,
      "list_folders": self.list_folders,
      "list_lists": self.list_lists,
      "find_list_by_name": self.find_list_by_name,
      # Bulk operations
      "bulk_update_tasks": self.bulk_update_tasks,
      "bulk_move_tasks": self.bulk_move_tasks,
      # Time tracking
      "get_time_tracked": self.get_time_tracked,
      "log_time": self.log_time,
      # Templates
      "create_task_from_template": self.create_task_from_template,
      "create_task_chain": self.create_task_chain,
      # Analytics
      "get_team_workload": self.get_team_workload,
      "get_task_analytics": self.get_task_analytics,
      # User management
      "list_users": self.list_users,
      "get_current_user": self.get_current_user,
      "find_user_by_name": self.find_user_by_name,
  }

• src/clickup_mcp/server.py:41-45 (registration)

  MCP server handler for listing tools, which returns the tool definitions including list_tasks.

  @self.server.list_tools()
  async def list_tools() -> List[Tool]:
      """List all available tools."""
      return self.tools.get_tool_definitions()