How to connect Asana to Claude Code

1. 1. Enable Asana in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Asana MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add the server over HTTP

   Add --scope user to use it in every project.

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   claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>

3. 3. Sign in

   Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Asana tools.

• Get Project: Retrieve full details for a project including members, followers, custom fields, and settings.
• List Workspaces: List all workspaces accessible to the authenticated user.
• List Projects: List projects in a workspace, optionally filtered by team or archived status.
• Update Project: Update an existing project's name, notes, dates, color, layout, archived status, or privacy setting.
• Update Task: Update an existing task's properties.
• List Subtasks: List all subtasks of a given task.
• List Goals: List goals in a workspace, team, or portfolio.
• List Comments: List stories (comments and activity) on a task.
• Search Tasks: Search for tasks in a workspace using various filters like text, assignee, projects, tags, completion status, and date ranges.
• Create Section: Create a new section in a project.
• Get Goal: Get full details for a goal including its metric, notes, and followers.
• Get User: Get details for a specific user by their GID, or use "me" to get the authenticated user's profile.
• Create Tag: Create a new tag in a workspace.
• List Tags: List all tags in a workspace.
• List Tasks: List tasks filtered by exactly one of projectId, sectionId, or assigneeId (with workspaceId).
• And 20 more on the Asana MCP server page.

• Asana tools appear as mcp__metorial__<tool>. Use that name in permission rules to allow or deny a tool.
• Run /mcp to see whether Metorial is connected and to sign in again.
• Claude Code warns when a tool result passes 10,000 tokens and caps it at 25,000 by default. Raise the cap with MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS.
• Pre-approve trusted Asana tools with allow rules in your settings so Claude Code stops asking each time.

claude mcp list shows "Needs authentication"

Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.

A teammate sees "Pending approval"

Servers shared through a project .mcp.json need approval. Run claude in the project and approve Metorial when asked.

Large tool results are cut off

Claude Code limits MCP tool output to 25,000 tokens by default. Raise it with the MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.

Based on the Claude Code MCP documentation.