Claude-skill-registry-data mcp-setup

MCP server configuration, troubleshooting, and Todoist REST API workarounds

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry-data

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry-data "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/data/mcp-setup-terrytong-git-astrabashcontrol-bac" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-data-mcp-setup && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: data/mcp-setup-terrytong-git-astrabashcontrol-bac/SKILL.md

source content

MCP Server Configuration

Configuration Locations

User-level config:
```
~/.claude/settings.json
```
(required for VSCode extension)
Project-level config:
```
.mcp.json
```
(may not be loaded by VSCode extension)
Environment file:
```
~/.claude/.env
```
(copy from project
```
.env
```
)

Important Setup Notes

Node.js Required: Install via
```
brew install node
```
(needed for all MCP servers using npx)
Use Full Paths: VSCode may not have Homebrew in PATH, so use
```
/opt/homebrew/bin/npx
```
instead of just
```
npx
```
No Variable Interpolation: The
```
${VAR}
```
syntax does NOT work in
```
~/.claude/settings.json
```
. You must hardcode actual token values.
Restart Required: After changing
```
~/.claude/settings.json
```
, fully quit VSCode (Cmd+Q) and reopen. A simple reload may not pick up changes.
OAuth for Google Services: First run of gdrive/gcal will open browser for authentication. Tokens cached in
```
~/.mcp-gdrive/
```
or similar.

MCP Server Packages

Server	Package	Env Variable
todoist	`@abhiz123/todoist-mcp-server`	`TODOIST_API_TOKEN`
notion	`@notionhq/notion-mcp-server`	`NOTION_TOKEN`
ccg-bot	`@modelcontextprotocol/server-slack`	`SLACK_BOT_TOKEN`
astra-bot	`@modelcontextprotocol/server-slack`	`ASTRA_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN`
gdrive	`@isaacphi/mcp-gdrive`	`GOOGLE_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS` (path to OAuth keys)
gcal	`@anthropic/mcp-gcal`	`GCAL_OAUTH_PATH` (path to OAuth keys)
github	`@modelcontextprotocol/server-github`	`GITHUB_TOKEN`

Note: The gdrive package is

@isaacphi/mcp-gdrive

, NOT

@anthropic/mcp-gdrive

(that one doesn't exist on npm).

Example ~/.claude/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdrive": {
      "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@isaacphi/mcp-gdrive"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS": "/Users/terrytong/Documents/CCG/ToolProj/gcp-oauth.keys.json"
      }
    },
    "todoist": {
      "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@abhiz123/todoist-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "TODOIST_API_TOKEN": "your-actual-token-here"
      }
    },
    "notion": {
      "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@notionhq/notion-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "NOTION_TOKEN": "your-actual-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Troubleshooting MCP

Error	Solution
"Failed to connect"	Check Node.js: `/opt/homebrew/bin/node --version`
401 Unauthorized	Tokens cached from old config. Fully restart VSCode
Package not found	Search npm: `/opt/homebrew/bin/npm search mcp <service>`
OAuth issues	Run manually: `GOOGLE_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS=<path> /opt/homebrew/bin/npx -y @isaacphi/mcp-gdrive`

Pre-install packages globally:

/opt/homebrew/bin/npm install -g @isaacphi/mcp-gdrive @abhiz123/todoist-mcp-server

Todoist REST API Workaround

The Todoist MCP tool often returns 401 errors. Use the REST API directly via curl instead:

# Create a task (source .env first to get TODOIST_API_TOKEN)
source /Users/terrytong/Documents/CCG/ToolProj/.env && curl -s -X POST "https://api.todoist.com/rest/v2/tasks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TODOIST_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "Task title here",
    "project_id": "2363714490",
    "due_string": "today"
  }'

# Delete a task
source /Users/terrytong/Documents/CCG/ToolProj/.env && curl -s -X DELETE "https://api.todoist.com/rest/v2/tasks/{task_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TODOIST_API_TOKEN"

# Get tasks
source /Users/terrytong/Documents/CCG/ToolProj/.env && curl -s "https://api.todoist.com/rest/v2/tasks?project_id=2363714490" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TODOIST_API_TOKEN"

Key: Always

source .env

before curl commands since MCP servers don't pick up bash exports.