MCP integration | How to Favro

The MCP integration lets AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor work in Favro for you. Ask your assistant in plain words to find a card, write a comment or set up a board, and it does it in Favro. Your assistant works as you: it can only see and do what you can in Favro, and only what you allow when you connect.

Turn on the integration

The integration is on by default for new organizations. If it is off in yours:

Open the app menu and select Administration.
Go to Apps and integrations.
Find MCP and turn it on.

Connect Claude

In Claude, open Customize in the sidebar and select Connectors.
Select Add, then Add custom connector.
Enter Favro as the name and https://favro.com/mcp as the URL, then select Continue.
Keep the detected options, Sign in now and Use Claude's published identity, and select Add.
Select Connect and sign in to Favro in the window that opens.

The same steps apply in Claude Desktop, including Claude Code in it.

Claude Code in the terminal: run claude mcp add --transport http favro https://favro.com/mcp, then run /mcp and choose Authenticate.

Connect ChatGPT

Favro is coming to the ChatGPT app directory. Until then, ChatGPT can connect to Favro as a custom app in developer mode, with the address https://favro.com/mcp. See OpenAI's guide: Developer mode and MCP apps in ChatGPT.

Connect Codex

In Codex, open Settings and select Plugins.
Select Add, then Add MCP server.
Enter Favro as the name, choose Streamable HTTP, enter https://favro.com/mcp as the URL and select Save.
Select Authenticate next to favro and sign in to Favro.

Codex in the terminal: run codex mcp add favro --url https://favro.com/mcp, then codex mcp login favro.

Connect Cursor

Cursor signs in with a Favro API token.

In Favro, open My profile, select API Tokens and create a token. Copy it.
Turn your email address and the token into one encoded value. In a terminal, run: printf '%s' 'you@example.com:your-api-token' | base64
In Cursor, open Cursor Settings, select Customize in the sidebar, then MCPs, and select New MCP Server.
Add this to the file that opens, with the encoded value in place of the placeholder, and save:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "favro": {
         "url": "https://favro.com/mcp",
         "headers": {
           "Authorization": "Basic PASTE_THE_ENCODED_VALUE_HERE"
         }
       }
     }
   }

Favro is then listed under MCPs with its tools.

Connect other assistants

Any assistant that supports MCP can connect. Add a remote MCP server with this address and sign in to Favro when asked:

https://favro.com/mcp

If your assistant cannot sign in with an account, use a Favro API token instead, as described for Cursor above.

What your assistant can do

When you connect, Favro asks what your assistant may do:

Read Favro data: see your cards, boards, collections, comments and members.
Search Favro data: search your cards.
Write Favro data: create, change and delete cards, boards and collections.

To change your choice later, disconnect Favro in your assistant and connect again.

In Cursor, a Read only API token lets your assistant read and search only. A normal token lets it do everything.

Supported tools

These are the tools your assistant can use. They may change over time as the integration grows.

Read tools

These tools only look at your data and never change it.

Tool	What it does
`get_card`	Gets a card with its details
`get_cards`	Lists the cards on a board, in a column or in a collection
`get_my_cards`	Lists the cards on your to-do list
`get_card_activity`	Lists what happened to a card
`get_board`	Gets a board with its columns
`get_boards`	Lists boards
`get_collection`	Gets a collection
`get_collections`	Lists collections
`get_comments`	Lists the comments on a card
`get_user`	Gets a member of your organization
`get_users`	Lists the members of your organization
`get_groups`	Lists the user groups of your organization

Search tools

Searching needs the Search Favro data permission.

Tool	What it does
`search_cards`	Searches cards by text

Write tools

These tools create, change or delete data. They need the Write Favro data permission.

Tool	What it does
`create_card`	Creates a card
`update_card`	Changes a card
`add_card_to_board`	Puts a card on another board as well
`move_card`	Moves a card to another board
`remove_card_from_board`	Takes a card off a board
`delete_card`	Deletes a card
`add_comment`	Adds a comment to a card
`add_attachment`	Attaches a file to a card or a comment
`create_board`	Creates a board
`update_board`	Changes a board
`create_collection`	Creates a collection
`update_collection`	Changes a collection