Plane

Open-source project management with the Builder's own MCP server: 30 tools over work items, cycles, modules and more.

AdaptableOperable Business appWeb app Hybrid TypeScriptPython MCP server License: AGPL-3.0

Work items, cycles, modules, views, pages and analytics for small teams, self-hosted under AGPL or on Plane Cloud. makeplane/plane-mcp-server is the Builder's MCP, runnable locally over stdio with an API key or remotely at mcp.plane.so with OAuth, built on the official plane-sdk. Project management rather than CRM, so a partial fit for this vertical.

Use it when

I want our agent to file and triage work items from support conversations without paying per seat
I need Jira-style cycles and modules for a five-person team on our own box

Gotchas

Self-host runs six services (API, web, worker, Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ, MinIO)
AGPL for Community; Commercial self-hosted edition is separate
Legacy per-operation tool names still resolve, but seven were replaced by tool-and-action pairs
Project management, not CRM: no contacts or pipeline

Last activity Sep 2, 2026. Fit: adaptable 2, operable 3.

Editions

Community (self-hosted) · Free open source

Clonegit clone https://github.com/makeplane/plane
ImageContainer

Cloud Free · Free closed source

HostedOpen the hosted app

Cloud paid and self-hosted Commercial · Free closed source

HostedOpen the hosted app

For agents: JSON · Markdown

Adaptable: what is yours to change

Make it yours

Config only21 things to edit

The .env.example is short: SITE_ADDRESS, database and Redis credentials, RabbitMQ, and storage (USE_MINIO or AWS_S3_*). OPENAI_API_KEY and GPT_ENGINE switch on AI in pages. Everything else (projects, states, labels, workflows) is configured in-product by instance admins. For the MCP server, PLANE_API_KEY, PLANE_WORKSPACE_SLUG and PLANE_BASE_URL point it at your instance.

Env vars: SITE_ADDRESS POSTGRES_DB POSTGRES_USER POSTGRES_PASSWORD REDIS_HOST RABBITMQ_HOST RABBITMQ_USER RABBITMQ_PASSWORD USE_MINIO AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY OPENAI_API_KEY GPT_ENGINE FILE_SIZE_LIMIT API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT PLANE_API_KEY PLANE_WORKSPACE_SLUG PLANE_BASE_URL
Config files: .env.example docker-compose.yml
Prompt files: none
Accounts you need: Plane Cloud account (cloud edition)S3-compatible storage (self-host)OpenAI (optional)

Source

github.com/makeplane/plane
AGPL-3.0 license
Last commit Sep 2, 2026
58,797 stars

Also: makeplane/plane-mcp-server

Operable: what an agent can drive

Interface

OfficialMCP serverpublished by the builderremote or local

How an agent can drive an Operable Listing, in five levels: native (built for the agent as the primary interface), official (the Builder ships an agent interface), wrapped (a third party wraps the software's API), config (an agent can only drive it by editing files), gui (screen control only). An interface is official only when it is published by the same organization that ships the software. GUI-level Listings are allowed and sorted last.

Docs: github.com/makeplane/plane-mcp-server
Tools: workitem cycle module project page customer release get_pql_reference

Reach

Partial coverage. 5 of 9 jobs reachable through the stated interface.

Job	Through the interface	Evidence
Create, list, search and update work items	Reachable	workitem tool with create/list/count actions and PQL queries (plane-mcp-server README)
Run cycles	Reachable	cycle tool with actions including archive
Split work into modules	Reachable	README: tools cover modules
Manage projects	Reachable	README: read and manage projects; manage_project_archive legacy name
Track releases and customers	Reachable	README: releases, customers listed among the 30 resources
Write and organize pages	Undetermined	Not named in the README summary; check plane_mcp/tools/README.md
Save and share views	Undetermined	Not named in the README summary
Read analytics and burn-down	Undetermined	Not named in the README summary
Configure instance settings (God mode)	Not reachable	Instance admin is a web UI for self-hosters; not an API resource

Code stack

Languages: TypeScriptPython
Frameworks: React RouterDjango
Package manager: pnpm + pip
Database: PostgreSQLRedisRabbitMQMinIO/S3
Hosting target: Docker ComposeKubernetes
Built: Human-written (recorded, never ranked)

Model stack

Providers: OpenAI (optional)
Models: none
Keys you need: OPENAI_API_KEY OPENAI_API_BASE GPT_ENGINE
Prompts live in: none

Skills

Repo tooling for Plane contributors: branch naming, pull requests, release notes, translation.

Kind: contributor
Paths: .claude/skills/*/SKILL.md

Evidence and confidence

Field	Where it was seen	Confidence
formFactor	README: web app, Docker and Kubernetes self-host	95%
executionModel	OPENAI_API_KEY and GPT_ENGINE in .env.example; AI in Pages per README	75%
operability	makeplane/plane-mcp-server README: 30 tools, 204 operations, stdio and mcp.plane.so, same GitHub org	95%
effort	.env.example with 30 named vars	85%
editions	README: free Plane Cloud account, self-host docs; AGPL license on GitHub	70%
active	GitHub pushedAt 2026-09-02 on both repos	–
reach		75%

Open questions

Cloud plan prices and Commercial self-host price
Do the MCP tools cover pages, views and analytics? Read plane_mcp/tools/README.md
License of plane-mcp-server itself

Sources

github.com/makeplane/plane sourcing:smb-ops-crm:vendor
github.com/makeplane/plane-mcp-server sourcing:smb-ops-crm:vendor