SmartTask MCP Server + ChatGPT Integration

The SmartTask MCP Server allows you to connect your SmartTask workspace directly with ChatGPT, enabling ChatGPT to securely access your tasks, projects, comments, reports, and activities through natural language.

With this integration, you can:

✅ Get project and task summaries
✅ Fetch specific tasks
✅ Review task activities and updates
✅ Create and update tasks
✅ Add comments to tasks
✅ Analyze work across teams, users, and projects
✅ Interact with SmartTask directly from ChatGPT

What is MCP?

MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is a standard that allows AI assistants like ChatGPT to securely connect with external applications such as SmartTask.

Through MCP, ChatGPT can interact with your SmartTask workspace in real time using natural language commands.

Step 1: Create an OAuth Client in SmartTask

Before connecting SmartTask with ChatGPT, you first need to create an OAuth2 client inside SmartTask.

Navigate to OAuth2 Clients

Inside SmartTask:

• Go to Settings
• Open OAuth2 Clients
• Click Create New Client

You will need to configure the following details.

Client Name

Example:

SmartTask

Logo URL

Add SmartTask logo URL - https://auth-backend.smarttask.io/images/logo/icon-512x512.webp

Auth Type

Select:

Client Secret

This means ChatGPT will authenticate using the OAuth2 client ID and client secret generated from SmartTask.

Backend Redirect URI

To get the redirect URI, you first need to create the SmartTask app inside ChatGPT.

Step 2: Create SmartTask App in ChatGPT

Open ChatGPT and follow these steps:

• Click More Apps
• Go to Apps
• Open Settings
• Go to Advanced Settings
• Enable Developer Mode
• Create a new application

Application Details

Use the following details:

Application Name:

SmartTask

Icon:

Use the SmartTask logo.

Description:

You can leave this blank or add a short description.

Example:

Connect SmartTask with ChatGPT to manage tasks, projects, comments, and work summaries using natural language.

MCP Server URL

Enter your SmartTask MCP endpoint URL.

Example:

https://mcp.smarttask.io/mcp

Authentication

Select:

OAuth2

Then open the advanced OAuth2 configuration.

ChatGPT will generate a Callback URL.

Copy this callback URL.

Step 3: Add ChatGPT Callback URL in SmartTask

Go back to the SmartTask OAuth2 client setup.

Paste the ChatGPT callback URL into the Backend Redirect URIs field.

Then create the OAuth2 client.

Once the client is created, open the configuration and note down:

• Client ID
• Client Secret

These will be used while completing the ChatGPT app configuration.

Step 4: Complete OAuth2 Configuration in ChatGPT

Go back to the SmartTask app configuration in ChatGPT.

Paste the following details:

• OAuth2 Client ID
• OAuth2 Client Secret

Then create the application.

Once the application is created, ChatGPT will ask you to log in and authorize access to your SmartTask account.

After successful authentication, SmartTask will be connected to ChatGPT.

Step 5: Use SmartTask Inside ChatGPT

After setup:

• Open any ChatGPT conversation
• Ensure the SmartTask app is enabled
• Start interacting naturally

Example:

Hey SmartTask, can you give me a summary of last month?

ChatGPT will call the SmartTask MCP Server, fetch the relevant information, and return a summary directly inside the conversation.

Example Use Cases

1. Get Work Summary

Example prompt:

Hey SmartTask, can you give me a summary of last month?

ChatGPT can summarize:

• Completed work
• Ongoing work
• Delayed tasks
• Activities across projects
• Overall work progress

You can also ask for breakdowns.

Example:

Can you give me a summary by projects?

or

Can you give me a summary by users?

This helps you quickly understand what happened across your team without manually going through multiple dashboards.

2. Fetch Specific Tasks

Example prompt:

Can you fetch ACMT task from Inquiries?

ChatGPT can:

• Search for matching tasks
• Fetch task details
• Retrieve descriptions
• Show related project information
• Display available task context

This is useful when you want to quickly find a task without navigating through SmartTask manually.

3. Review Task Activities

Once a task is fetched, you can ask:

Give me a summary of activities done on this task.

ChatGPT can retrieve and summarize:

• Comments
• Status changes
• Assignee updates
• Due date changes
• Recent activities
• Task progress

This makes it easy to understand what has happened on a task so far.

4. Create and Update Tasks

The SmartTask MCP Server also supports actions.

You can use ChatGPT to:

• Create tasks
• Update task assignees
• Change due dates
• Add comments
• Associate tasks with projects

Example prompts:

Create a task for website redesign.

Assign this task to Rahul.

Move the due date to next Friday.

Add a comment saying the client approved the design.

Supported SmartTask MCP Capabilities

Currently supported capabilities include:

• Organization selection
• Project search
• Group search
• Task search
• Task retrieval
• Task summaries
• Activity retrieval
• Task creation
• Task updates
• Commenting on records

Example Prompts

Reporting

Give me a summary of all work completed this month.

Show project-wise task breakdown.

Show user-wise workload summary.

Task Queries

Find the onboarding task for ABC client.

Fetch overdue tasks from Marketing project.

Task Activities

What updates happened in this task recently?

Show comments added in the last 7 days.

Task Actions

Create a task for website redesign.

Assign this task to Rahul.

Move the due date to next Friday.

Add a comment saying the client approved the design.

Security & Authentication

The SmartTask MCP Server uses OAuth2 authentication to ensure secure access.

• Users explicitly authorize ChatGPT
• Access is scoped to the authenticated SmartTask user
• Authentication is handled securely through OAuth2
• Client ID and client secret are used for app authentication
• Access can be revoked anytime from SmartTask OAuth2 client settings

Conclusion

With the SmartTask MCP Server, ChatGPT becomes an intelligent operational assistant for your organization.

You can:

• Understand project progress
• Retrieve task information instantly
• Review activities and comments
• Create and update work
• Analyze work across teams and projects
• Interact with SmartTask entirely through natural language

without manually navigating through dashboards, menus, or reports.