saga-mcp MCP Server
Jira-like project tracker for AI agents with SQLite, full task hierarchy, and dashboard
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Published as saga-mcp on npm. Runs locally.
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13 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 10.
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[Question] Web ui for observability
Hello! Thanks for sharing your work.
Any plans for a web UI to make task observability available to users?
Read the thread · 2026-08-27 · open · external user · 6 comments
[Submission] saga-mcp — Anthropic MCP Directory Review
Hi @spranab,
Thank you for submitting saga-mcp to the Anthropic MCP Directory. We've completed our review and have a few items that need to be addressed before we can proceed.
Required
Add LICENSE file — Both
manifest.jsonandpackage.jsondeclare MIT, but noLICENSEfile exists in the repository.Add icon.png — A 512x512 PNG icon is needed for directory presentation. Place it in the repository root.
Resubmit bundle from latest version — The submitted bundl
Read the thread · 2026-02-26 · closed · external user · 6 comments
[Idea] Reduce context pressure with mcp-fusion — group saga's 23 tools into one
Hi 👋
First off, great work on saga-mcp. The structured SQLite-backed hierarchy with full activity logging is exactly the kind of persistent memory layer AI agents need.
I wanted to share a framework that might be worth exploring as saga-mcp grows: mcp-fusion.
The problem it addresses
Saga currently exposes 23 individual tools (project_create, project_update, epic_create, task_batch_update, etc.). Each tool definition burns tokens i
Read the thread · 2026-02-22 · closed · external user · 4 comments
MCP Directory Review — Items to Address
MCP Directory Review
Hi! We're reviewing saga-mcp for inclusion in the Anthropic MCP Directory. During our review, we identified a few items that need to be addressed before we can publish.
1. Missing LICENSE file
The manifest declares "license": "MIT" but the repository has no LICENSE file. Please add an MIT LICENSE file to the root of the repo.
2. Missing icon.png
An icon.png is required for display in the MCP Directory listing. Please add a square icon (recommended 512x512
Read the thread · 2026-02-26 · closed · external user · 1 comment
Add source file linking to tasks
Problem
Tasks describe what to do, but there's no structured way to associate them with specific source files, line ranges, or commits. When an AI agent picks up a task, it has to rediscover which files are relevant.
Current State
There's a source_ref field on tasks but it's a single reference. For real development work, a task often touches multiple files.
Proposed Solution
Extend source_ref to support multiple file references:
API Changes
task_create/task_update
Read the thread · 2026-02-23 · closed · 1 comment
Most recent
Add time tracking with automatic duration logging
Problem
Tasks have estimated_hours and actual_hours fields, but there's no automatic tracking. AI agents mark tasks in_progress and done but never record how long they actually took.
Proposed Solution
Automatically calculate duration from status transitions in the activity log.
Implementation
When a task transitions:
todo→in_progress: record start timestampin_progress→done: calculate elapsed time, write toactual_hoursin_progress→blocked→ `in_p
Read the thread · 2026-02-23 · closed · 0 comments
Add threaded discussions on tasks
Problem
Notes are standalone entities. There's no way to have a threaded conversation about a specific task — e.g., "tried approach X, didn't work because Y, switching to Z."
Proposed Solution
Add a comment entity type tied to tasks (and optionally epics).
API
comment_create(task_id, content)— add a comment to a taskcomment_list(task_id)— list all comments on a task, chronological- Include comments in
task_getresponse
Schema
CREATE TABLE comments (
[Read the thread](https://github.com/spranab/saga-mcp/issues/5) · 2026-02-23 · closed · 0 comments
### Add task dependency tracking
## Problem
There's no way to express that one task depends on another. Sequencing lives in the user's head (or the AI agent's context), not in the tracker.
## Proposed Solution
Add a `depends_on` field to tasks — an array of task IDs that must be `done` before this task can start.
### API Changes
- `task_create` and `task_update`: accept optional `depends_on: [task_id, ...]`
- `task_list`: return `blocked_by` showing which dependencies are incomplete
- Auto-set task status to `blocked` when
[Read the thread](https://github.com/spranab/saga-mcp/issues/4) · 2026-02-23 · closed · 0 comments
### Add JSON import/export for project data
## Feature Request
Add tools to export and import project data as JSON, enabling backup, migration, and seeding from existing sources.
### Context
From community feedback — users want to seed a tracker from existing repo milestones/labels, or sync data to GitHub Issues/Jira later.
### Possible approach
- `tracker_export` — Dump full project (or all projects) as a single JSON object with all epics, tasks, subtasks, notes
- `tracker_import` — Load a JSON file to create/merge project data
- Keep
[Read the thread](https://github.com/spranab/saga-mcp/issues/2) · 2026-02-22 · closed · 0 comments
### Add source_ref field to tasks for linking to code
## Feature Request
Add a dedicated `source_ref` field to tasks for linking to specific code locations (repo, file path, line range, commit).
### Context
From community feedback — tasks should be able to point at the exact place work happened, beyond what's possible with the free-form `description` field.
### Possible approach
- Add `source_ref` TEXT column to tasks table (JSON object with `repo`, `path`, `line_range`, `commit`)
- Include in `task_get` and `task_list` output
- Allow setting vi
[Read the thread](https://github.com/spranab/saga-mcp/issues/1) · 2026-02-22 · closed · 0 comments
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