Basecamp MCP connector
Connect Basecamp to Elaichi and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, or any MCP client can read and update your Basecamp projects, to-do lists, to-dos, comments, and card tables as the person who signed in, with every action logged.
- Connects over OAuth
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Which Basecamp todos are overdue across active projects?
Working in Basecamp with Elaichi
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List all Basecamp people
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Get single Basecamp person by ID
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List all Basecamp projects
How to connect Basecamp to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Basecamp MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Basecamp MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Basecamp MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Basecamp MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Basecamp MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Basecamp to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Basecamp through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Basecamp is logged.
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Operations
Set up a new project in minutes
Describe the kickoff and the agent creates the Basecamp project, adds the to-do lists your team always uses, and fills in the first round of to-dos with owners and due dates.
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Marketing
Turn a campaign brief into to-dos
Paste the brief and get a to-do list in the right Basecamp project, one to-do per deliverable, so nobody has to type the plan in by hand.
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Client services
Catch a client up on project status
Ask what changed in a client's Basecamp project this week and get a plain summary of completed to-dos, open items, and the latest comments, ready to paste into an email.
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Product
See where every card sits
Pull the cards from a Basecamp card table, ask which column is piling up, and add a new column when the workflow changes, without opening each card.
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Design
Reply to feedback in the thread
Read the comments on a to-do, draft a reply that answers each point, and post it back to Basecamp under your own name after a quick look.
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Leadership
Find who is carrying the most work
List the people in your Basecamp account, see which projects and to-dos they are assigned to, and spot the person with too much on their plate before the deadline slips.
Try asking
- “Which Basecamp todos are overdue across active projects?”
- “List todo lists in the Website Redesign project.”
- “Create a Basecamp todo for the Q3 launch checklist.”
What connecting Basecamp gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Basecamp account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Which Basecamp todos are overdue across active projects?
List todo lists in the Website Redesign project.
Create a Basecamp todo for the Q3 launch checklist.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about Basecamp todos, get real answers.
Plain language questions run against live Basecamp projects, todo lists and people.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Basecamp.
One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.
Tool catalog
104 Basecamp tools ready to call.
Projects, todos, todo lists and people are covered without custom code.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own Basecamp toolbox.
Curate a scoped Basecamp toolbox per team and hand it to them.
Shared connections
Share a Basecamp account, not its password.
Teammates work through a connection while the Basecamp credential stays hidden.
Audit log
Every Basecamp call is on the record.
When, who, what happened, type and resource for each todo and project.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Basecamp digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch projects
Basecamp
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
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✓
Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Basecamp
Queued
Automations
A schedule drafts your Basecamp digest.
Fetch todos, group them, draft a digest, approve, post back to Basecamp.
Basecamp health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the projects collection
Projects
1,284 ↓ 12%
Todos
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Projects created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Engineering 34%
Client Projects 27%
Support EMEA 21%
Marketing 18%
Collections and dashboards
Basecamp health, counted not summarized.
Four metrics, 14 days of todos created and a team breakdown, refreshed hourly.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Basecamp
All three can connect Basecamp to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Basecamp tools | Allow or restrict single Basecamp tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Basecamp call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
Basecamp tools for your AI agents
104 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Basecamp, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Questions, answered
How do I connect Basecamp to Claude?
Two steps. In Elaichi, choose Basecamp and sign in to your Basecamp account in the normal Basecamp window; it connects over OAuth, so there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Claude will ask you to sign in to Elaichi, and from then on it can work with your Basecamp projects and to-dos.
Does Basecamp work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Basecamp is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Basecamp once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Basecamp data?
It can look up people, projects, to-do lists, to-dos, comments, and card tables in Basecamp, and it can create projects, to-do lists, to-dos, comments, and card table columns or update them. In practice that means asking for a status summary of a project, turning a meeting note into to-dos with owners and due dates, or posting a reply in a comment thread. Because Basecamp has a lot of actions, short concrete asks like "add a to-do to the launch list for Priya, due Friday" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Basecamp give the AI every project in my account?
No. The agent only sees the Basecamp projects, to-dos, and comments that the person who signed in can already see, because every request runs as that person. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to reading only, or to a set of actions, but it can never grant access to a Basecamp project the person could not open themselves.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Basecamp?
Yes. In Elaichi you restrict Basecamp action by action, so you can restrict deleting projects, or restrict every change and allow reading only. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Basecamp connection when someone leaves?
When you offboard a person in Elaichi, their access to Basecamp through every AI client ends at once. If they had shared a Basecamp connection with a team, that connection keeps working for everyone else. If you want Basecamp gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and every other client at the same time.
Does the Basecamp MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Basecamp is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Basecamp?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Basecamp. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Basecamp call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Basecamp?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Basecamp: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Basecamp in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
ChatGPT
Claude
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot