Super Todo MCP App

A powerful todo list manager for Creature with an interactive UI and batch operations support. Built as an MCP App (Model Context Protocol Application) with full-text search and markdown descriptions.

Features

• Interactive UI - Beautiful, real-time todo list interface displayed in Creature

• Batch Operations - Add, toggle, or remove multiple todos in a single command

• Full-Text Search - Fast search powered by SQLite FTS5

• Markdown Support - Add rich descriptions to your todos with markdown formatting

• Persistent Storage - Todos are saved and persist across sessions

• AI-Friendly - Designed to work seamlessly with Creature's AI agent

Related MCP server: todos-mcp

Installation

Quick Install for Creature Users

Install directly from GitHub:

npm install -g git+https://github.com/garethmcc/super-todo-mcp.git

Then add to your Creature MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "super-todo": {
      "command": "super-todo-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Manual Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/garethmcc/super-todo-mcp.git
cd super-todo-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the app
npm run build

Then add to your Creature MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "super-todo": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/super-todo-mcp/dist/server/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

From Creature Registry (Coming Soon)

Once submitted to the Creature registry, users will be able to:

1. Open Creature

2. Go to Settings → MCP Apps

3. Search for "Super Todo"

4. Click "Install"

Usage

Basic Commands

Once installed, you can interact with Super Todo through Creature's AI:

View your todos:

Show me my todo list

Add todos:

Add these todos: "Buy groceries", "Call dentist", "Finish report"

Toggle completion:

Mark the first todo as complete

Remove todos:

Delete all completed todos

Search todos:

Find all todos about "meeting"

Available Tools

The MCP App provides the following tools that Creature's AI can use:

• todos_list - Display all todos in the interactive list UI

• todos_add - Create one or more todo items

• todos_toggle - Toggle completion status for one or more todos

• todos_remove - Delete one or more todo items

• todos_update_description - Add or update markdown descriptions

• todos_search - Full-text search across all todos

UI Features

The interactive todo list includes:

• ✅ Check/uncheck todos with a click

• 📝 View and edit markdown descriptions

• 🔍 Real-time filtering and search

• 📊 Todo count and progress tracking

• 🎨 Clean, modern interface

Development

Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode (with hot reload)
npm run dev

# Type checking
npm run typecheck

Project Structure

super-todo-mcp/
├── src/
│   ├── server/          # MCP server code
│   │   ├── index.ts     # Main app entry point
│   │   ├── tools/       # Tool implementations
│   │   └── lib/         # Utilities and types
│   └── ui/              # React UI components
│       ├── app.tsx      # Main UI component
│       └── styles.css   # Styling
├── dist/                # Built output
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json

Building

# Build both UI and server
npm run build

# Build UI only
npm run build:ui

# Build server only
npm run build:server

Testing Locally with Creature

1. Start the dev server:

   npm run dev

2. In Creature, create a Dev MCP project pointing to http://localhost:3100/mcp

3. Make changes to the code - the UI will hot-reload automatically

Configuration

Environment Variables

• MCP_PORT or PORT - Server port (default: 3005)

Data Storage

Todos are stored using Creature's persistent storage system. Each project has its own isolated todo list.

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or higher

• Creature desktop application

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository

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

3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

5. Open a Pull Request

License

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

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a list of changes.

Support

• Issues: Report bugs or request features on GitHub Issues

• Discussions: Join the Creature community for questions and discussions

• Documentation: Visit Creature Docs for more information

Acknowledgments

Built with:

• open-mcp-app - MCP App framework

• React - UI framework

• TypeScript - Type safety

• SQLite FTS5 - Full-text search

Made with ❤️ for the Creature community