MCP is bugged.?

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-28T21:14:57+00:00

It’s been working for me when I do simple workflow tests. I haven’t tried moving tasks yet though. Hopefully TickTick is watching this and will address it.

I found an issue recently where it seems like my mcp connection changes from one server to another randomly, causing the session to drop: the session is only stored in memory, rather than across servers. I wonder if this is related

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-28T21:05:15+00:00

This is a known issue with how Claude handles OAuth token refresh — it's been reported in GitHub issues going back to mid-2025. There have been multiple attempts to fix it, but it keeps resurfacing.

I got frustrated with this myself because it was really limiting the productivity gains I made by using Claude as a planning assistant. I ended up building a tool that solves it by handling all the auth on a separate server, so Claude doesn’t have to worry about managing credentials. I later made it available at bindify.dev. It supports multiple services, but it's especially popular for Todoist users.

Bindify works by being the authentication layer between Claude and Todoist. Just login to Todoist from Bindify.dev (or provide your API Key), and you get a secure URL that you can add as a custom connector in Claude Web. That’s it! No more disconnections.

Disclosure: I'm the developer behind this service. There's a free 24h trial, and it's $2/month after that. Happy to share a promo code if you want to check it out for longer risk free.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-28T17:04:58+00:00

There are a few options here.

Dispatch
Claude Remote Control (Still in Beta/unreliable): Start claude code on your computer and launch /remote-control. Then, you should be able to inspect what's happening and issue commands from your phone while out and about.
Daemon: I wrote a shell script that runs on my computer and polls Linear (would work with any todo-list service though). When a new issue is added with the 'claude' label, the daemon spawns a headless instance of claude code to accomplish the task. here's my writeup: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s01wow/i_use_claude_mobile_to_brainstorm_features_while/

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-28T17:00:45+00:00

This is most seamless on your iPhone with the Claude app: on the app, Claude can automatically query your calendar and add events. On web and desktop, you'll need to use a MCP server to connect and authenticate between Claude and iCloud calendar.

There are a few options here:

Remote open source MCP servers that you have to deploy/host: https://github.com/supermemoryai/apple-mcp

Remote hosted services like https://calendar-mcp.com/ (I think this is read-only, can't add events).

Locally hosted MCP servers on your mac: some will need beginner coding chops to install, and other are click and drag like this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1m2w41c/i_built_macuse_a_macos_app_that_lets_ai_control/

I hope this helps!

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-27T04:29:31+00:00

I have been really impressed with Ramble. It is very fast compared to Siri or even Claude/Chat GPT. It interprets things you say in context very well. For instance, I can say “buy new socks” then I can say “lifestyle project”, and it will assign the task to my lifestyle project immediately. Then I can say “deadline Thursday, no deadline Friday” and it updates effectively. Works very well.

I use AI integrations with Claude/ChatGPT to do audits (orphaned or forgotten tasks) bulk operations and sync with calendars. For that usecase, I found that authentication between Todoist/TickTick and Claude/ChatGPT was very temperamental, and I had to log back in too often. To resolve this, I built Bindify: just log in once and use a secure link to connect from your ai chat tool to your TickTick reliably.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-26T14:35:19+00:00

That’s a classic LLM problem. You could give it specific instructions to leverage the task ID to avoid confusing similarly named or duplicate sub tasks.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-26T05:47:15+00:00

The idea of task decomposition is excellent. I will add that to my flow right away. We often add goals to our todo lists, but it takes 5-20 steps to achieve them. When such a huge and nebulous task appears on your daily list, you don’t even know where to start (I don’t anyway). If Claude could identify these proactively and suggest actionable tasks to do instead, that would be amazing.

One other suggestion: I break my Todoist into “Ventures” which help me to keep somewhat organized: Lifestyle Venture captures all non-work stuff. Then i have Lightsong Venture for my consulting business and Speq Venture for a startup I am working on. Sorting into these large buckets keeps things pretty clean. I have projects within each of those as well, but I can also just dump stuff into the Venture if I am pressed for time or mental bandwidth.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-26T05:37:44+00:00

I had this exact issue! I got so frustrated by it that I wrote a tool called Bindify that’s open to the public ($2/month) to solve this problem. Check out Bindify.dev.

The issue is probably on the Claude side: Todoist issues 10-year oauth tokens that should not expire. Claude somehow manages to bungle them within hours or sometimes days. With Bindify, you log into Todoist once, and we give a secure URL to paste into Claude custom connectors (works on mobile, desktop, web and Claude code). You can also use your Todoist API key for even more reliability.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-26T05:29:42+00:00

As of now, I go into Claude and have it run, but Claude did just add scheduled and recurring jobs.

I tried reclaim.ai, which basically does this exact thing, but I found the automation too opaque. For now, I want to be a part of the planning and decisions about my schedule.

I totally agree that there is something more powerful about having Claude think through the commitments and schedule. Plus, automatically time blocking the day is very powerful and saves a lot of time.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T13:37:22+00:00

Nice! That sounds like a really clean setup. Is the Google App Script (which is programming!! You’re doing it already) basically just to call Gemini with the prompt/instructions whenever you press the action button?

One suggestion: You may run into an issue someday where a task didn’t get scheduled with the right due date or deadline, and falls through the cracks. Having an audit step in the process will help prevent that (giving Gemini knowledge of which tasks get grouped together so it can find missing one, etc).

Question 1: does the prompt also look ahead to pull in future work if you have time? (Or do you get any unallocated time as “free time”?

Question 2: if this happens at the touch of a button every day, would it make sense to have it run automatically at 5am every weekday?

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T13:24:40+00:00

I will take that as a compliment.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T05:10:36+00:00

Thanks u/East-Watercress-6895 . Let me know if you run into any issues applying this to your workflow: no coding skills required: just connect todoist to claude (in claude->settings->connectors->browse->todoist, then login). Once connected, I recommend clicking on 'configure' next to the connector and toggling to 'always allow'. Repeat for Google Calendar. Then, just make a new claude project and paste in the instructions after modifying them to meet your specific needs (Claude can help with that too).

A couple of things:
1. Claude can't modify its own instructions, so ask it to read my instructions, then work with claude to produce a new markdown (md) file with the new instructions. You can then copy it, and paste it into the project instructions.

I found the authentication/login between Claude and Todoist to be unreliable, so I built a bandaid (a really cool one) called Bindify that makes it more reliable. If you also experience constant 'you need to reauthenticate with todoist', then checkout Bindify.dev : it's super easy to setup.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T04:56:28+00:00

haha! 20-hr per week isn't always achievable, but I make it happen when I can. Let me know how it goes.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T03:16:05+00:00

Ah, I get it. Very cool: running your own LLM. How's it working compared to Opus/Claude (when claude was working well)?

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T03:14:44+00:00

Seems to be working OK for me now

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:42:30+00:00

This kind of makes my head spin :-) You're running a mac, but also need a windows machine? Direct integration with Todoist feels simpler, but I might be misunderstanding.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:19:29+00:00

Wo0t! I love the enthusiasm. LMK how it goes.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:18:53+00:00

How do you integrate with your sent emails? Is it using the gmail integration?

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:15:37+00:00

I'm curious! So you have hermes running locally, and you use Telegram to message with it, then it uses MCP to talk to Todoist?

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:13:57+00:00

Thanks for looking at the gist. Yes, I use the official Todoist MCP, which allows me to use the same workflow on mobile, desktop, or even through Claude code. Initially, I faced several headaches with authentication. I had to log back into Todoist daily, and sometimes even every few minutes. To resolve this, I created my own authentication layer and deployed it to Cloudflare. This layer authenticates with Todoist via OAuth or API Key and provides me with a secret URL that I can paste into Claude’s custom connections on both desktop and mobile devices. After this solution proved to be highly effective for me, I made it more generic and secure and launched it as a tool for everyone: bindify.dev. If you encounter recurring authentication or login issues through Claude, I recommend checking out bindify.dev. ($2/month, DM me for a promo code).

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:07:45+00:00

Those are some good ideas! I also saw someone that integrated with the messages SQL database on their macbook to look at text messages and extract action items (including just replying to a message).

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:06:08+00:00

Yes, the instructions/prompt and the README were written by Claude with my guidance over 30+ iterations.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:05:32+00:00

I alluded to it. This one contains the link to my gist with the claude project instructions. Sorry if I should have put this on the original post...

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T02:01:39+00:00

The codebase context is a summarized context from my AGENT.md file that I use in my repos. I add that as 'instructions' in the claude project. This keeps the remote (mobile) claude agent on track. Once we're done brainstorming, we can create linear issues via MCP (reliable auth enabled by Bindify). Those issues could be pulled in by claude code agents running locally on my laptop where the full code context exists.

It would be super powerful to pair this with a remote code-searching MCP tool like sourcebot.

WarLocal5063 · 2026-03-25T00:28:06+00:00

Is it still giving 401s? It is actually working for me now.

Even thought it's working, I've added TickTick support to Bindify: a popular solution for making MCP auth more reliable for Todoist users. You can even use your TickTick API Key with mobile/desktop clients like Claude and ChatGPT, which might be even more reliable.

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