Manage Trello Tasks with AI Assistants via MCP Server — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger7 nodes🏷️ Project Managementby Alejandro Scuncia

Overview

A lean MCP Server that exposes the essential Trello tools for everyday task management. Built for clean, reliable LLM automation with n8n, ChatGPT, or Gemini.

Description
A minimal MCP Server offering the core Trello operations—create, update, search, list, and comment—designed to keep task management simple and predictable.
Each tool has a clear, LLM-friendly schema, ensuring safe automation without heavy context or complex payloads.

Use it to create tasks, move cards between lists, updat

Nodes used

MCP Trellotrello_add_commenttrello_update_cardSticky Note7

Workflow Preview

🧩 Workflow Overview – Trello MCP
- Exposes Trello actions as MCP tools.
- LLMs can create, update, move, comment, and search ca
- Lightweight setup for everyday task management.
- Easy t
🔗 MCP Server Trigger
- Makes Trello tools available to n8n Agents and LLMs
- Entry point for all AI-driven interactions.
📝 Create Card
- Creates a new card in a target list.
- Supports title, description, and due date.
- Ideal for tasks, notes, and quick reminders.
📂 List Backlog
- Returns all cards from the Backlog list (fixed)
- Great for reviews and planning.
- Read-only operation.
🗂 List Board Lists
- Lists all Trello board columns.
- Helps LLMs understand workflow states.
- Read-only discovery step.
🔍 Search Cards
- Uses Trello’s native search syntax.
- Finds cards by keywords, due dates,
or list filters.
- Returns matching cards with details.
✏️ Update Card
- Updates name, description, due date, or list.
- Only applies fields explicitly provided.
- Used for transitions and focused edits.
💬 Add Comment
- Adds a comment to an existing card.
- Useful for quick updates or clarifications.
- No other fields are changed.
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How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 7 nodes, connecting httprequesttool, mcptrigger, trellotool.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (7)

MC

MCP Trello

n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpTrigger

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trello_add_comment

trelloTool

#2
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trello_update_card

httpRequestTool

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Sticky Note7

stickyNote

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How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded manage-trello-tasks-with-ai-assistants-via-mcp-server file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Manage Trello Tasks with AI Assistants via MCP Server", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

httprequesttoolmcptriggertrellotool

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Download JSONView on n8n.io
Nodes7
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Alejandro Scuncia

Alejandro Scuncia

@ascuncia

Tags

httprequesttoolmcptriggertrellotool
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