Work-management MCP servers compared: Asana vs monday.com vs Linear vs Notion vs Atlassian

The official hosted MCP servers for five work-management tools (Asana, monday.com, Linear, Notion and Atlassian's Jira/Confluence server), compared on endpoint, auth, read-only options, tool exposure, admin controls and what you can self-host.

Type: Comparison
Author: Agentica Author
Published: 2026-10-26
Last verified: 2026-10-26

mcp
remote-mcp
project-management
task-management
oauth
read-only
work-management

Comparison

Work-management MCP servers compared: Asana vs monday.com vs Linear vs Notion vs Atlassian
Entry	Covers	Endpoint	Auth	Read-only option	How tools are exposed	Admin controls	Self-host / open source
Asana MCP Server	Asana Work Graph: tasks, projects, sections, status and reports	https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp (Streamable HTTP). The beta https://mcp.asana.com/sse is deprecated, with a documented shutdown date of 05/11/2026	OAuth with your Asana account; some clients need a client ID and secret from Asana's integration guide	Not documented on the MCP page	Standard tools/list; Asana points to its API changelog for tool changes	Enterprise+ and Legacy Enterprise: allow or block each MCP client app via app management; other tiers ask Asana Support	None documented; hosted only
monday.com MCP	Boards, items, groups, columns, updates, users and teams, WorkForms; optional Apps Framework tools and beta dynamic GraphQL tools	https://mcp.monday.com/mcp (hosted)	OAuth via the monday MCP marketplace app (with workspace controls), or a Bearer API token; local server takes MONDAY_TOKEN	Local server --read-only flag (not compatible with dynamic API tools)	Fixed tool set; --mode apps swaps in Apps Framework tools; --enable-dynamic-api-tools adds all_monday_api (beta, off by default)	Workspace controls through the marketplace app (limit access to specific workspaces)	Yes: @mondaydotcomorg/monday-api-mcp and agent-toolkit, MIT
Linear MCP Server	Issues, projects, comments and other Linear objects (find, create, update)	https://mcp.linear.app/mcp (Streamable HTTP); https://mcp.linear.app/sse is a deprecated fallback	OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration, or a Bearer OAuth token or Linear API key	Yes: https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly, or request only the read OAuth scope, or use a read-only API key	Standard tool list	Okta enterprise-managed authorization for MCP (after SAML via Okta)	None documented; hosted only
Notion MCP	Search Notion and connected sources; read, create and update pages; create databases	https://mcp.notion.com/mcp (remote, hosted by Notion)	OAuth; the client acts with the content you can access in the selected workspace	Not documented on the overview or setup pages	Standard tool list (see Notion's Supported tools page)	Workspace owners manage MCP clients in Settings; restricting which clients members can connect needs Enterprise; Admin API can list and revoke connections	makenotion/notion-mcp-server (MIT) exists but gets limited support; Notion recommends the remote server
Atlassian Rovo MCP Server	Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket Cloud, Compass, Loom, Goals, Projects, Teams and Teamwork Graph	https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp (Atlassian Cloud); also listed in the MCP Registry as com.atlassian	OAuth 2.1 or API token, per product (JSM is API-token only, Compass OAuth only)	Permission groups (read_, write_, search_*) that admins grant or revoke; delete_jira and manage_jira are off by default	A few primary tools plus on-demand discovery of the rest; ?tools=all returns a flat paginated list for gateways	Org admins grant or revoke permission groups; admin-enabled destructive groups; API-token auth must be enabled by an admin	Server is cloud-hosted; the repo (Apache-2.0) holds plugins, skills and registry metadata

Verdict: All five are vendor-hosted and use OAuth, so the choice is mostly made by which tool your team already uses. If you want to hand an agent read access only, Linear (a /readonly endpoint or read scope) and Atlassian (admin-granted read permission groups) give you the clearest controls. monday.com is the only one with a full open-source local server and a --read-only flag. Asana and Notion document admin client controls but no read-only mode on the pages we checked. Plan around Asana's SSE shutdown if your client still uses the beta URL.

Project and work trackers are where agents pick up assignments and report progress, so they are among the first MCP servers teams connect. All five vendors here run an official hosted MCP server. You add a URL to your client and sign in with OAuth, and the agent acts with your permissions. They differ in what they let you restrict.

For how to add a remote server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others, see Connect an agent to a remote MCP server. For clients that only speak stdio, mcp-remote bridges to these URLs, and Linear, Atlassian and monday.com all show it in their docs.

Setup in one line

Every server here takes the same shape of command in Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http linear    https://mcp.linear.app/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http notion    https://mcp.notion.com/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http atlassian https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp

Then run /mcp in a session to finish the OAuth flow. Asana (https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp) and monday.com (https://mcp.monday.com/mcp) use the same pattern in any client that supports Streamable HTTP and OAuth. Asana notes that some clients also need a client ID and secret.

What matters for agents

Least privilege. An agent that only summarizes work shouldn't be able to close issues. Linear is the simplest: point it at /mcp/readonly and the agent only ever sees read tools. You can also request only the read scope. Atlassian organizes tools into permission groups (read_jira, write_jira, search_confluence, ...) that org admins grant or revoke. Destructive delete_jira and manage_jira are disabled until an admin turns them on. monday.com's self-hosted server has a --read-only flag. The Asana and Notion pages we checked don't document a read-only mode. With those two, scope the agent through the user account it signs in as.

Headless agents. OAuth in a browser is fine on a laptop but awkward in CI or a background worker. Linear accepts a Bearer API key or OAuth token directly, which also lets an agent act as a Linear app user. Atlassian accepts API tokens, and they are the only option for Jira Service Management tools. monday.com accepts a Bearer token on the hosted endpoint, and its local server takes MONDAY_TOKEN. For the identity side of this, see Agent identity and MCP auth compared.

Context budget. Atlassian's server exposes only a few primary tools and lets the client discover the rest on demand, which keeps tool definitions out of your context window. MCP gateways that need every tool up front can append ?tools=all. monday.com goes the other way with an opt-in all_monday_api tool that writes arbitrary GraphQL. It is powerful, but it needs full API access, so don't enable it for an untrusted agent.

Admin visibility. Notion workspace owners can see and manage connected MCP clients, and organization owners can list and revoke members' connections via the Admin API. Restricting which clients members may connect needs the Enterprise plan. Asana Enterprise+ admins can allow or block each MCP client app. Linear supports Okta enterprise-managed authorization for MCP clients.

Deprecations. Asana's beta SSE endpoint (https://mcp.asana.com/sse) is deprecated, and Asana's docs give a shutdown date of 05/11/2026. Linear's /sse endpoint is also a deprecated fallback. Use the Streamable HTTP URLs above in new setups.

Self-hosting

Only monday.com ships a full open-source server you can run yourself (npx @mondaydotcomorg/monday-api-mcp, MIT). Notion's open-source notion-mcp-server (MIT) still exists, but Notion says it gets limited support and recommends the hosted server. Atlassian's GitHub repo (Apache-2.0) packages the hosted server as plugins and skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI and Agent Plugins clients, but the server itself runs on Atlassian Cloud. Asana and Linear are hosted only.

To put several of these behind one governed endpoint with shared logging and per-tool policies, see MCP gateways compared.

Directory entries in this comparison

Asana MCP Server: Asana's hosted remote MCP server (V2, Streamable HTTP, OAuth) giving AI clients access to tasks, projects and the Asana Work Graph.
monday.com MCP: monday.com's hosted MCP server (OAuth) plus an open-source local MCP server and agent toolkit for working with boards, items and the monday.com API.
Linear MCP Server: Linear's hosted remote MCP server for accessing your Linear workspace from MCP clients.
Notion MCP: Notion's hosted remote MCP server that lets MCP clients search, read and write in your Notion workspace.
Atlassian Rovo MCP Server: Atlassian's official remote MCP server securely connecting Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket and more to AI clients.
mcp-remote: npx tool that lets an MCP client that only supports local stdio servers connect to a remote MCP server, including OAuth flows.
Model Context Protocol (MCP): Open protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools, data sources and prompts via MCP servers.
MCP Authorization (OAuth 2.1 for MCP): The MCP specification's transport-level authorization flow for HTTP-based MCP servers, based on a subset of OAuth 2.1 and related RFCs.

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Sources

Asana: Using Asana's MCP Server, accessed 2026-10-26
monday.com MCP (GitHub README), accessed 2026-10-26
monday MCP landing page, accessed 2026-10-26
Linear docs: MCP server, accessed 2026-10-26
Notion MCP overview, accessed 2026-10-26
Connect to Notion MCP, accessed 2026-10-26
Atlassian MCP Server (GitHub README), accessed 2026-10-26