Task Master is a feature-rich AI task management MCP server supporting multiple AI providers and editors, offering a complete workflow from PRD to task tracking. Its strengths are easy integration and diverse tools, but its non-official nature, license restrictions, and reliance on external AI services are factors to consider.
Task Master (task-master-ai) is an AI-driven task management system designed for AI-assisted development, integrating seamlessly with editors like Cursor, Lovable, Windsurf, and Roo. It provides task management tools via MCP, supporting parsing requirements from PRDs, generating task lists, tracking progress, managing dependencies, and leveraging AI for research and loop execution. The system supports multiple AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Perplexity, etc.) and allows optimizing tool loading through environment variables (e.g., TASK_MASTER_TOOLS) to reduce context window usage.
{
"mcpServers": {
"task-master-ai": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"task-master-ai"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_KEY_HERE",
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_KEY_HERE",
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENROUTER_KEY_HERE",
"XAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_XAI_KEY_HERE",
"MISTRAL_API_KEY": "YOUR_MISTRAL_KEY_HERE",
"GROQ_API_KEY": "YOUR_GROQ_KEY_HERE",
"AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_AZURE_KEY_HERE",
"OLLAMA_API_KEY": "YOUR_OLLAMA_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}