Basecamp MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:525-537 (registration)

  Registration of the 'get_question_answers' tool in the listTools handler, including input schema

  {
    name: 'get_question_answers',
    description: 'Get answers on daily check-in question',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        project_id: { type: 'string', description: 'The project ID' },
        question_id: { type: 'string', description: 'The question ID' },
        page: { type: 'number', description: 'Page number for paginated response' },
      },
      required: ['project_id', 'question_id'],
    },
  },

• src/types/basecamp.ts:186-191 (schema)

  TypeScript interface defining the structure of QuestionAnswer objects returned by the tool

  export interface QuestionAnswer {
    id: string;
    content: string;
    created_at: string;
    creator: Person;
  }

• src/lib/basecamp-client.ts:424-430 (helper)

  Core helper function in BasecampClient that performs the API call to retrieve question answers

  async getQuestionAnswers(projectId: string, questionId: string, page = 1): Promise<QuestionAnswer[]> {
    const response = await this.client.get(
      `/buckets/${projectId}/questions/${questionId}/answers.json`,
      { params: { page } }
    );
    return response.data;
  }