What is zoho-projects-mcp CLAUDE.md?

A project guide for an MCP server that connects AI assistants to Zoho Projects, a work-management service for projects, tasks, issues, milestones, and users.

Use it when developing or running the integration, choosing local or remote server mode, setting environment variables, or testing the Zoho connection.

It explains how to build, run, test, and configure the server, including the Zoho access details it needs.

How qpiai/zoho-projects-mcp configures Claude Code

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zoho-projects-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

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CLAUDE.md · 121 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 121 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Zoho Projects API integration. It enables AI assistants to interact with Zoho Projects for managing portals, projects, tasks, issues, milestones, and users.

Development Commands

Build & Run

npm run build - Compile TypeScript to JavaScript (output to dist/)
npm run dev - Watch mode compilation
npm start - Run the compiled stdio server (for local MCP clients)
npm run start:http - Run the HTTP/SSE server (for remote access)
npm run dev:http - Development mode for HTTP server with watch
npm test - Run connection test using test-connection.js
npm run setup - Run setup.sh script

Environment Setup

Required Variables (for both transports)

ZOHO_ACCESS_TOKEN - OAuth access token (expires after 1 hour)
ZOHO_PORTAL_ID - Portal ID for API requests
ZOHO_API_DOMAIN - API domain (defaults to https://projectsapi.zoho.com)

HTTP Server Variables (optional, for remote access)

HTTP_PORT - Port for HTTP server (defaults to 3001)
ALLOWED_ORIGINS - Comma-separated list of allowed CORS origins (defaults to http://localhost:3000)
ALLOWED_HOSTS - Comma-separated list of allowed hosts for DNS rebinding protection (defaults to 127.0.0.1,localhost)

API domains by region:

Architecture

Core Structure

Dual transport support:
- src/index.ts - stdio transport for local MCP clients (Claude Desktop, etc.)
- src/http-server.ts - HTTP/SSE transport for remote access
Class-based design: ZohoProjectsServer class encapsulates all functionality
Transport options:
- stdio: Standard I/O transport for local/same-machine MCP clients
- HTTP with SSE: StreamableHTTPServerTransport for remote access with session management
HTTP client: Native fetch API for Zoho API calls

Read the full file on GitHub · 121 lines

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zoho-projects-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository qpiai/zoho-projects-mcp (9 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,251 tokens to every session, about $0.0063 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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