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Sign in to Asana. Before you begin, make sure you have:

  • An Asana account with access to the developer console.
  • Membership in every Asana workspace you plan to select under Specific workspaces.
  • If your Enterprise+ or Legacy Enterprise organization uses App management, confirmation from an organization super admin that the V2 MCP client is allowed before users authorize it.
  • Access to your organization’s approved password manager.

Open the developer console

  1. Select your profile photo in the top-right corner.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Select Apps.
  4. Select View developer console.

This opens the developer console, where you create the app. You can also open it directly at https://app.asana.com/0/my-apps.

Create the MCP app

  1. Select Create new app.
  2. Enter a recognizable app name, such as Speakeasy AI Control Plane.
  3. Select MCP app as the app type.
  4. Select Create app.
  5. Copy the generated Client ID into your approved password manager.
  6. Copy the generated Client secret into your approved password manager.

Configure the OAuth redirect

  1. Select OAuth in the left sidebar.
  2. Under Redirect URLs, select + Add redirect URL.
  3. In Add redirect URL, enter https://app.getgram.ai/mcp/remote_login_callback in Redirect URL.
  4. Select Add.

Configure workspace distribution

Select Manage distribution in the left sidebar.

For an internal deployment limited to named workspaces:

  1. Under Distribution method, select Specific workspaces.
  2. Select + Add workspace.
  3. Choose an intended workspace from the dropdown.
  4. Select Add.
  5. Repeat the workspace steps for every workspace whose users should connect.
  6. Select Save changes.

To let users from any Asana workspace authorize the app:

  1. Under Distribution method, select Any workspace.
  2. Select Save changes.

If authorization says the app is explicitly blocked, an organization super admin must unblock it:

  1. Return to Asana.
  2. Select your profile photo.
  3. Select Admin console.
  4. Select Apps.
  5. Select Manage apps.
  6. Select Connected apps.
  7. Select the associated MCP client app.
  8. Select Unblock.

Add the server in Speakeasy

  1. In the Speakeasy AI Control Plane sidebar, under Connect, select Sources.
  2. Select Add Source.
  3. Choose 3rd-party server.
  4. On the MCP Catalog page, find Asana using Search MCP servers….
  5. Select View.
  6. Select Add.
  7. In Add to Project, select Add to Project.

This creates the hosted MCP server and opens its Overview page.

Connect your credentials

Do not enter a scope during this setup.

  1. From the server’s Overview, open Settings.
  2. Under Authentication, select Use Discovered when offered; otherwise, select Configure Manually.
  3. In Attach Remote Identity Provider, set Client Type to Manual.
  4. Confirm that Redirect URI matches the https://app.getgram.ai/mcp/remote_login_callback value entered in Configure the OAuth redirect.
  5. Paste the Client ID saved in Create the MCP app into Client ID.
  6. Paste the Client secret saved in Create the MCP app into Client Secret (optional).
  7. Select Attach Identity Provider.

This guide covers setup only. For anything beyond it — billing, tool behavior, limits — see Asana’s MCP documentation at https://developers.asana.com/docs/using-asanas-mcp-server.