Claude Productivity MCP Server

A lightweight local MCP server that gives Claude practical productivity tools.

What it does

Claude can call these tools:

• create_note — Save a markdown note

• list_notes — List all notes

• read_note — Read a specific note

• search_notes — Search notes by keyword

• add_todo — Add a todo item

• list_todos — List todos

• complete_todo — Mark a todo as done

• count_words — Word / character count

• slugify — Turn text into a URL-friendly slug

All data is stored locally in a data/ folder next to the server. No external APIs or accounts needed.

Related MCP server: Notes MCP Server

Quick start

1. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/johnny-glitch12/claude-productivity-mcp.git
   cd claude-productivity-mcp

2. Install the MCP SDK:

   pip install "mcp[cli]"

3. Run the server (for testing):

   python server.py

Connect to Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "productivity": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/full/path/to/claude-productivity-mcp/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The tools should appear.

Connect to Claude Code

claude mcp add productivity -- python /full/path/to/claude-productivity-mcp/server.py

Example prompts for Claude

• "Create a note called Meeting Ideas with these bullet points..."

• "List my todos"

• "Search my notes for the word project"

• "Turn this title into a slug: My Cool Project Idea"

MIT License. Contributions welcome.