Use Taskhold with Warp

What you get with Warp and Taskhold

• Warp's agent claims tasks as "Warp in <repo>".
• Steps and progress on the live board while you keep using the terminal for other things.
• Questions under Needs you, answered from the board.

Connect Warp to Taskhold

1. Start the 7-day trial, open Settings > API keys and create a key for this machine. It starts with atd_sk_. One key per tool and machine lets you revoke each one on its own.
2. Open Settings > Agents > MCP servers and click + Add, or edit ~/.warp/.mcp.json.
3. Paste the entry below and start the server.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "taskhold": {
      "url": "https://taskhold.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your atd_sk_ key>" }
    }
  }
}

Tell Warp how to use the list

Warp reads project rules from AGENTS.md (or WARP.md, which wins if both exist). Add the workflow there; global rules live in Warp Drive:

## Tasks (Taskhold)

The person and I share a task list through the taskhold MCP tools. They watch a live board while I work.
- Session start: taskhold_get_current, then taskhold_updates for replies. Nothing in progress? taskhold_list status:todo and take the highest priority.
- taskhold_start before working on a task (agent: "Warp in <repo>").
- More than a couple of steps: taskhold_plan, then taskhold_start and taskhold_complete each step.
- taskhold_progress at milestones (N of M, or a percent) with a short message. Every few minutes at most.
- Need a decision: taskhold_block with one specific question, then check taskhold_updates.
- Done: taskhold_complete with what changed and how I checked it.
- A TODO or bug I'm not fixing now: taskhold_create (or taskhold_create_from_todo with file and line).

One limit to know

Warp doesn't document environment variable expansion in headers, so the key is stored as text in ~/.warp/.mcp.json. Keep it out of a project .warp/.mcp.json you commit.

What leaves your machine, and how to disconnect

Taskhold receives task titles, steps, progress messages, questions and summaries, whatever the agent or script sends. Taskhold never sends code or commands to your machine, and it doesn't read your repository.

To cut a tool off, open Settings > API keys and revoke its key. The next call fails with 401. Then remove the Taskhold entry from the tool's config so it stops trying.