Start Parabol retrospectives, standups and sprint poker; read teams/meetings/tasks; create tasks. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Parabol connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For agile teams who run retrospectives, standups and check-ins in Parabol.
Starts a new retrospective, async standup or check-in meeting for a team, with a name you choose, and returns the new meeting id.
Changes dataLists a team's meetings by type, newest first. For a retrospective, opens one to read its reflection groups, reflections and vote, topic and task counts.
Lists tasks filtered by team, user, status, archived state or a text query, so you can summarize what is active or stuck.
Creates a task for a team with a status and text and an optional assignee, or changes the text, status or assignee of an existing task.
Changes dataAdds a reflection card to a running retrospective, or a comment, including replies, to a meeting discussion.
Changes dataLists a team's members with their lead and admin roles, then sends invitations to the email addresses you give.
Changes dataThe login page asks for your Parabol personal access token.
Find it in Parabol → profile settings → personal access tokens (any user, free or paid, can create one). Your token is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"parabol": {
"url": "https://parabol.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"parabol": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://parabol.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Parabol personal access token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+ | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Parabol server only. Ask your AI to run parabol_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with parabol_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with parabol_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
parabol_get_viewerparabol_list_teamsparabol_get_teamparabol_list_team_membersparabol_list_organizationsparabol_get_organizationparabol_list_organization_usersparabol_list_meetingsparabol_get_meetingparabol_list_active_meetingsparabol_list_tasksparabol_queryparabol_create_taskparabol_update_taskparabol_create_reflectionparabol_add_commentparabol_start_retrospectiveparabol_start_checkinparabol_start_team_promptparabol_invite_to_teamparabol_graphqlparabol_usage_statusparabol_request_featureparabol_upgradeparabol_cancel_subscriptionStart a retrospective, standup or check-in. Review past meetings of a team. Find tasks by team, person or status. Create or update a task. Add reflections and comments to a meeting. See who is on a team and invite people. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Parabol. The server calls the Parabol API with your own Parabol access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Parabol personal access token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Parabol personal access token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Parabol API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Parabol.
Yes, if you approve it. 9 of the 21 Parabol tools can create or change data. The other 12 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Parabol server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run parabol_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run parabol_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run parabol_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with parabol_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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