# parabol MCP Server

Start Parabol retrospectives, standups and sprint poker; read teams/meetings/tasks; create tasks.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 21 tools directly. Verified.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp)

**GitHub popularity:** 0 stars on [m190/usefulapi-mcp](m190/usefulapi-mcp), recorded 2026-09-14.

## Status

Pod connected to parabol on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 1411ms.

It identifies itself as `parabol-mcp` version 1.0.1, speaking streamable-http. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 21 tools when it connected:

- `get_viewer`
- [`list_teams`](/mcp/tool/list-teams)
- [`get_team`](/mcp/tool/get-team)
- [`list_team_members`](/mcp/tool/list-team-members)
- [`list_organizations`](/mcp/tool/list-organizations)
- [`get_organization`](/mcp/tool/get-organization)
- `list_organization_users`
- [`list_meetings`](/mcp/tool/list-meetings)
- [`get_meeting`](/mcp/tool/get-meeting)
- `list_active_meetings`
- [`list_tasks`](/mcp/tool/list-tasks)
- `parabol_query`
- [`create_task`](/mcp/tool/create-task)
- [`update_task`](/mcp/tool/update-task)
- `create_reflection`
- [`add_comment`](/mcp/tool/add-comment)
- `start_retrospective`
- `start_checkin`
- `start_team_prompt`
- `invite_to_team`
- `parabol_graphql`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://parabol.usefulapi.io/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parabol": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://parabol.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used parabol yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find parabol, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "parabol",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=parabol' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/parabol.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/parabol.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

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