Explain the problem as you see it
Tana is trying to be the one workspace to rule them all, for docs and project management.
Anthropic’s MCP protocol has emerged as a standard for integrating external knowledgebases (like docs and project management repositories!) with LLM chat apps and agents, like Cline and the Claude desktop app
You can already integrate Tana alternatives like Linear and GitHub Issues with MCP. Tana not having this makes it worse off for using Tana as a docs and project management repository since I can’t use it together with AI agents
Why is this a problem for you?
I use Tana to track my projects and write notes, largely for software projects.
I want to be able to use my notes and task specifications outside of Tana as context to LLM-powered agents, like Cline.
Suggest a solution
Develop a first-party MCP server for Tana
4 Comments
The Tana MCP is a nice step, although the big limitation here is in the Tana API. Until there's a Tana API that can not just input but can actually read and interact with a whole Tana knowledge graph, we will be unable to have a true Tana MCP server. This seems to be the biggest thing holding Tana back from truly being the Everything OS they aspire to be.
I agree. It is absolutely the aching Achilles heal by now.
The fluidity of the MCP ecosystem is where the race will continue, and everything will move forward radiating from that "cloud".
No single app can compete with this. On the contrary, every app that connects its functions and data well with it, will have it as a big force multiplier.
But first of all is the crucial step of a proper API. MCP or not.
I've gotten really into using Tana lately, but have only just discovered the complete lack of a full API which I just assumed would be there. At this point in how old Tana is that has to be deliberate, and it's a HUGE red flag for me that Tana wants to suck up all my knowledge and not let it out...