🚀 OmniFocus MCP Enhanced

🌟 NEW: Native Custom Perspective Access with Hierarchical Display!

Transform OmniFocus into an AI-powered productivity powerhouse with custom perspective support

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Enhanced Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for OmniFocus featuring native custom perspective access, hierarchical task display, AI-optimized tool selection, and comprehensive task management. Perfect integration with Claude AI for intelligent workflows.

🆕 Latest Release

• v1.6.8 - Added stable task move support via move_task and edit_item (newProjectId/newProjectName/newParentTaskId/newParentTaskName/moveToInbox) with duplicate-name protection and cycle-prevention checks.
• v1.6.6 - Added full Planned Date support (create/edit/read/filter/sort/export), including plannedDate/newPlannedDate and updated task displays.

✨ Key Features

🌟 NEW: Native Custom Perspective Access

• 🎯 Direct Integration - Native access to your OmniFocus custom perspectives via Perspective.Custom API
• 🌳 Hierarchical Display - Tree-style task visualization with parent-child relationships
• 🧠 AI-Optimized - Enhanced tool descriptions prevent AI confusion between perspectives and tags
• ⚡ Zero Setup - Works with your existing custom perspectives instantly

🏗️ Complete Task Management

• 🏗️ Complete Subtask Support - Create hierarchical tasks with parent-child relationships
• 🔍 Built-in Perspectives - Access Inbox, Flagged, Forecast, and Tag-based views
• 🚀 Ultimate Task Filter - Advanced filtering beyond OmniFocus native capabilities
• 🎯 Batch Operations - Add/remove multiple tasks efficiently
• 📊 Smart Querying - Find tasks by ID, name, or complex criteria
• 🔄 Full CRUD Operations - Create, read, update, delete tasks and projects
• 📅 Time Management - Due, defer, planned dates, estimates, and scheduling
• 🏷️ Advanced Tagging - Tag-based filtering with exact/partial matching
• 🤖 AI Integration - Seamless Claude AI integration for intelligent workflows

📦 Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

# One-line installation
claude mcp add omnifocus-enhanced -- npx -y omnifocus-mcp-enhanced

Alternative Installation Methods

# Upgrade to latest
npm install -g omnifocus-mcp-enhanced@latest

# Global installation
npm install -g omnifocus-mcp-enhanced
claude mcp add omnifocus-enhanced -- omnifocus-mcp-enhanced

# Local project installation
git clone https://github.com/jqlts1/omnifocus-mcp-enhanced.git
cd omnifocus-mcp-enhanced
npm install && npm run build
claude mcp add omnifocus-enhanced -- node "/path/to/omnifocus-mcp-enhanced/dist/server.js"

📋 Requirements

• macOS 10.15+ - OmniFocus is macOS-only
• OmniFocus 3+ - The application must be installed and running
• OmniFocus Pro - Required for custom perspectives (new features in v1.6.0)
• Node.js 18+ - For running the MCP server
• Claude Code - For MCP integration

🎯 Core Capabilities

1. 🏗️ Subtask Management

Create complex task hierarchies with ease:

// Create subtask by parent task name
{
  "name": "Analyze competitor keywords",
  "parentTaskName": "SEO Strategy",
  "note": "Focus on top 10 competitors",
  "dueDate": "2025-01-15",
  "estimatedMinutes": 120,
  "tags": ["SEO", "Research"]
}

// Create subtask by parent task ID
{
  "name": "Write content outline",
  "parentTaskId": "loK2xEAY4H1",
  "flagged": true,
  "estimatedMinutes": 60
}

2. 🔍 Perspective Views

Access all major OmniFocus perspectives programmatically:

# Inbox perspective
get_inbox_tasks {"hideCompleted": true}

# Flagged tasks
get_flagged_tasks {"projectFilter": "SEO Project"}

# Forecast (next 7 days)
get_forecast_tasks {"days": 7, "hideCompleted": true}

# Tasks by tag
get_tasks_by_tag {"tagName": "AI", "exactMatch": false}

3. 🚀 Ultimate Task Filter

Create any perspective imaginable with advanced filtering:

# Time management view (30min tasks due this week)
filter_tasks {
  "taskStatus": ["Available", "Next"],
  "estimateMax": 30,
  "dueThisWeek": true
}

# Deep work view (60+ minute tasks with notes)
filter_tasks {
  "estimateMin": 60,
  "hasNote": true,
  "taskStatus": ["Available"]
}

# Planned work view (tasks planned for today)
filter_tasks {
  "plannedToday": true,
  "sortBy": "plannedDate"
}

# Project overdue tasks
filter_tasks {
  "projectFilter": "Website Redesign",
  "taskStatus": ["Overdue", "DueSoon"]
}

4. 🌟 NEW: Native Custom Perspective Access

Access your OmniFocus custom perspectives with hierarchical task display:

# 🌟 NEW: List all your custom perspectives
list_custom_perspectives {"format": "detailed"}

# 🌳 NEW: Project tree view (default)
get_custom_perspective_tasks {
  "perspectiveName": "今日工作安排",  # Your custom perspective name
  "displayMode": "project_tree",    # project_tree | task_tree | flat
  "hideCompleted": true
}

# Global task tree (legacy showHierarchy=true equivalent)
get_custom_perspective_tasks {
  "perspectiveName": "Today Review",
  "displayMode": "task_tree"
}

# Flat list (legacy groupByProject=false equivalent)
get_custom_perspective_tasks {
  "perspectiveName": "Weekly Planning",
  "displayMode": "flat"
}

Why This Is Powerful:

• ✅ Native Integration - Uses OmniFocus Perspective.Custom API directly
• ✅ Tree Structure - Visual parent-child task relationships with ├─, └─ symbols
• ✅ Project-First Grouping - Project header first, then nested subtasks
• ✅ Readable Metadata - Full notes and #tags in tree output
• ✅ AI-Friendly - Enhanced descriptions prevent tool selection confusion
• ✅ Professional Output - Clean, readable task hierarchies

5. 🎯 Batch Operations

Efficiently manage multiple tasks:

{
  "items": [
    {
      "type": "task",
      "name": "Website Technical SEO",
      "projectName": "SEO Project",
      "note": "Optimize technical aspects"
    },
    {
      "type": "task",
      "name": "Page Speed Optimization",
      "parentTaskName": "Website Technical SEO",
      "estimatedMinutes": 180,
      "flagged": true
    },
    {
      "type": "task",
      "name": "Mobile Responsiveness",
      "parentTaskName": "Website Technical SEO",
      "estimatedMinutes": 90
    }
  ]
}

🛠️ Complete Tool Reference

📊 Database & Task Management

1. dump_database - Get OmniFocus database state
2. add_omnifocus_task - Create tasks (enhanced with subtask support)
3. add_project - Create projects
4. remove_item - Delete tasks or projects
5. edit_item - Edit tasks or projects (now supports task moves: project/parent/inbox)
6. move_task - Move an existing task to project/parent task/inbox
7. batch_add_items - Bulk add (enhanced with subtask support)
8. batch_remove_items - Bulk remove
9. get_task_by_id - Query task information

🔍 Built-in Perspective Tools

1. get_inbox_tasks - Inbox perspective
2. get_flagged_tasks - Flagged perspective
3. get_forecast_tasks - Forecast perspective (due/deferred/planned task data included)
4. get_tasks_by_tag - Tag-based filtering
5. filter_tasks - Ultimate filtering with unlimited combinations

🌟 Custom Perspective Tools (NEW)

1. list_custom_perspectives - 🌟 NEW: List all custom perspectives with details
2. get_custom_perspective_tasks - 🌟 NEW: Access custom perspective with hierarchical display

📊 Analytics & Tracking

1. get_today_completed_tasks - View today's completed tasks

Batch move feature roadmap (future): docs/roadmap/2026-02-25-batch-move-tasks-plan.md

🚀 Quick Start Examples

Basic Task Creation

# Simple task
add_omnifocus_task {
  "name": "Review quarterly goals",
  "projectName": "Planning",
  "dueDate": "2025-01-31",
  "plannedDate": "2025-01-28"
}

Advanced Task Management

# Create parent task
add_omnifocus_task {
  "name": "Launch Product Campaign",
  "projectName": "Marketing",
  "dueDate": "2025-02-15",
  "tags": ["Campaign", "Priority"]
}

# Add subtasks
add_omnifocus_task {
  "name": "Design landing page",
  "parentTaskName": "Launch Product Campaign",
  "estimatedMinutes": 240,
  "flagged": true
}

Task Move Operations

# Move task to a project
move_task {
  "id": "task-id-123",
  "targetProjectName": "Planning"
}

# Move task under another task
move_task {
  "id": "task-id-123",
  "targetParentTaskId": "parent-task-id-456"
}

# Move task back to inbox
move_task {
  "id": "task-id-123",
  "targetInbox": true
}

Task move safety rules:

• Name lookups fail fast on duplicates and ask you to use IDs.
• Destination must be exactly one type: project OR parent task OR inbox.
• Moving a task into itself/its descendants is blocked to prevent cycles.

You can also move with edit_item and combine move + field updates:

edit_item {
  "itemType": "task",
  "id": "task-id-123",
  "newProjectName": "Planning",
  "newName": "Review tmux workflow",
  "newFlagged": true
}

Smart Task Discovery

# Find high-priority work
filter_tasks {
  "flagged": true,
  "taskStatus": ["Available"],
  "estimateMax": 120,
  "hasEstimate": true
}

# Today's completed work
filter_tasks {
  

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