spranab/saga-mcp

Overview

A Jira-like project tracker implemented as an MCP server for AI agents. It uses SQLite for storage and provides 22 tools for full project hierarchy management, activity logging, and a dashboard.

Best for

Best for
Developers building AI agents that need a simple, embeddable project tracking system

Use cases

• Enabling AI agents to create and manage tasks, subtasks, and projects
• Integrating structured project tracking into AI workflows without external services
• Building an autonomous project management assistant with activity logging

How to use

Install

npm install -g saga-mcp

Tools exposed

• DB_PATH
• tracker_init
• tracker_dashboard
• project_create
• project_list
• project_update
• epic_create
• epic_list
• epic_update
• task_create
• task_list
• task_get
• task_update
• task_batch_update
• subtask_create
• subtask_update
• subtask_delete
• comment_add
• comment_list
• template_create

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "saga": {\n      "command": "npx",\n      "args": ["-y", "saga-mcp"],\n      "env": {\n        "DB_PATH": "/absolute/path/to/your/project/.tracker.db"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

A Jira-like project tracker implemented as an MCP server for AI agents. It uses SQLite for storage and provides 22 tools for full project hierarchy management, activity logging, and a dashboard.

25 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-21. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Enabling AI agents to create and manage tasks, subtasks, and projects
• Integrating structured project tracking into AI workflows without external services
• Building an autonomous project management assistant with activity logging

Pros

• Self-contained SQLite backend requires no external database setup
• 22 tools cover a broad range of project management operations
• Designed specifically for AI agent consumption via MCP

Cons

• Low community adoption (25 stars) implies limited testing and support
• SQLite may become a bottleneck in multi-agent or high-throughput scenarios
• Lacks integration with popular project management platforms like Jira or Trello

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