Connect Basecamp to AI agents

Connect Basecamp to Claude, Codex, Cursor, or other AI agents for your entire team. Metorial security, governance, observability, and gives your team a unified Magic MCP url to connect.

Supported Tools

get_project

Get Project

Get detailed information about a specific Basecamp project, including its dock (available tools like message board, to-do set, schedule, campfire, vault). The dock provides IDs needed for other operations like creating messages or to-do lists.

manage_schedule_entry

Manage Schedule Entry

Create or update a schedule entry (event) in a Basecamp project's schedule. To **create**, provide the `projectId`, `scheduleId`, `summary`, `startsAt`, and `endsAt`. To **update**, provide the `projectId`, `entryId`, and the fields to change.

manage_todo

Manage To-Do

Create, update, complete, or uncomplete a to-do item in a Basecamp project. To **create** a to-do, provide the `projectId`, `todoListId`, and `content`. To **update**, **complete**, or **uncomplete** a to-do, provide the `projectId` and `todoId`. Supports assigning people, setting due dates, and adding descriptions.

send_campfire_message

Send Campfire Message

Send a message to a Basecamp Campfire (group chat). Campfires are real-time chat rooms within projects.

list_todos

List To-Dos

List to-do items from a specific to-do list within a Basecamp project. By default returns active, pending to-dos. Use `completed: true` to see completed items.

create_project

Create Project

Create a new Basecamp project with a name and optional description. The project is created with all default tools enabled.

manage_todo_list

Manage To-Do List

Create or update a to-do list within a Basecamp project. To-do lists are containers for individual to-do items. To **create**, provide the `projectId`, `todoSetId`, and `name`. To **update**, provide the `projectId`, `todoListId`, and the new `name`.

list_projects

List Projects

List all projects in your Basecamp account. Returns active projects by default; optionally filter by status to see archived or trashed projects.

manage_comment

Manage Comment

Create or update a comment on any Basecamp recording (to-do, message, document, etc.). To **create**, provide the `projectId`, `recordingId`, and `content`. To **update**, provide the `projectId`, `commentId`, and new `content`.

list_messages

List Messages

List messages from a Basecamp project's message board. Returns a paginated list of active messages.

update_project

Update Project

Update a Basecamp project's name or description. You can also trash a project to mark it for deletion (auto-deleted after 30 days).

list_todo_lists

List To-Do Lists

List all to-do lists within a project's to-do set. Returns active lists by default.

manage_message

Manage Message

Create or update a message on a Basecamp project's message board. To **create**, provide the `projectId`, `messageBoardId`, and `subject`. To **update**, provide the `projectId`, `messageId`, and the fields to change.

list_people

List People

List all people visible to the current user in the Basecamp account, or list people assigned to a specific project.

More integrations teams use with Basecamp

Slack

Slack: connect with bot OAuth or user OAuth. Send, update, delete, and schedule messages; list and cancel scheduled messages; open DMs and group DMs; manage conversations, members, files, reactions, pins, bookmarks, reminders, user groups, and user status; search messages and files with user scopes; and retrieve user, conversation, and workspace info.

Linear

Create, read, update, and delete issues across teams with support for priorities, labels, assignees, due dates, and workflow states. Manage projects that group related issues, and organize work into time-boxed cycles (sprints). Create and manage documents, comments, and file attachments. Search issues using vector similarity or rich filters. Configure teams, workflow states, and labels. Track customers and link them to issues. Subscribe to real-time webhooks for changes to issues, projects, cycles, comments, documents, and more.

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Subscribe to webhooks for list and library change notifications. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Outlook

Send, read, reply to, forward, and manage email messages in user mailboxes. Organize messages into folders, apply categories, flags, and importance levels. Manage file and item attachments. Create, update, delete, and respond to calendar events and meetings. Find available meeting times, manage attendees, handle recurrence, and work with shared or delegated calendars. Create, read, update, and delete contacts, organize them into contact folders, and manage contact photos. Manage tasks and task lists via Microsoft To Do, including due dates, reminders, recurrence, and checklist items. Subscribe to webhook notifications for changes to messages, calendar events, and contacts. Support for Focused Inbox, @-mentions, mail tips, send-on-behalf, and send-as capabilities.

Discord

Send, edit, and delete messages in channels. Manage servers (guilds), channels, roles, members, invites, webhooks, threads, scheduled events, auto moderation rules, audit logs, application commands, and custom guild emojis. Add or remove users, assign roles, kick or ban members, and receive supported message, guild, channel, member, and inbound webhook triggers.

Technical notes for Basecamp

Manage projects, to-do lists, messages, and team collaboration in Basecamp. Create and organize projects, manage to-do lists and tasks, post messages and comments, share files and documents, schedule events, and track project activity. Supports managing campfires (group chats), message boards, check-ins, and webhooks for real-time event notifications.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Basecamp to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. Can Metorial connect Basecamp to AI agents?
    Yes. Metorial connects AI agents to Basecamp through a governed integration layer, so teams can use the provider while keeping access controlled and observable.
  2. Metorial is MCP compatible and lets teams expose approved provider tools to MCP-capable agents and clients through a controlled access layer.
  3. Metorial applies policies across users, groups, providers, agents, and individual tools, then records the context around every agent interaction.
  4. Yes. Metorial records provider activity so teams can inspect tool calls, troubleshoot integrations, and give security teams the visibility they need.