Install Vikunjamcp in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_VIKUNJA_URL,YOUR_VIKUNJA_USERNAME,YOUR_VIKUNJA_PASSWORD.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env VIKUNJA_URL=YOUR_VIKUNJA_URL --env VIKUNJA_USERNAME=YOUR_VIKUNJA_USERNAME --env VIKUNJA_PASSWORD=YOUR_VIKUNJA_PASSWORD --transport stdio vikunjamcp -- docker run -i --rm -e VIKUNJA_URL -e VIKUNJA_USERNAME -e VIKUNJA_PASSWORD docker.io/idjohnson/vikunjamcp:0.26 - Replace
YOUR_VIKUNJA_URL,YOUR_VIKUNJA_USERNAME,YOUR_VIKUNJA_PASSWORDwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of vikunjamcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.