MCP Server Feature Request: Expose create_section and instantiateProject endpoints

English Forum Developers & API
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Hi Asana team and community,

We’ve been using the Asana MCP server (mcp.asana.com) with Claude to automate project setup — creating projects, tasks, and portfolio assignments. It’s been a great time-saver, but we’ve run into two gaps that significantly limit what we can automate end-to-end.

Missing tools we’d like to see added:

  1. asana_create_section — wrapping POST /sections. Currently there’s no way to create sections via the MCP, so all tasks land in the default untitled section. We have to organize them manually in the Asana UI after every automated project creation.
  2. asana_instantiate_project_template — wrapping POST /project_templates/{project_template_gid}/instantiateProject. We have a standard project template with pre-built sections and tasks. Being able to instantiate it via the MCP would reduce our entire project setup from 40+ sequential API calls to a single call.

Both endpoints already exist in the Asana REST API — we’re just asking for them to be surfaced through the MCP server. Has anyone found a workaround in the meantime, and is this on the roadmap?

Thanks in advance.

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Welcome, @Kathleen_Shealy,

Don’t forget to click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the Vote button at the top-left (as I just did); that’s the quickest and most effective way to express your support for a request.

Thanks,

Larry

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I actually moved this to the English Forum > Developers & API forum section; I know there are no votes available there but it’s where the Asana folks responsible for the MCP Server will be paying most attention.

cc: @Dominik_Brdak @Mikhail_Melikhov @John_Baldo @KevinBlanco

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Thank you! Where it needs to go so the right people are looking at it. These are definitely the things that would allow me to create more seamless processes using ai.

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Hi @Kathleen_Shealy ! Creating sections is currently supported as part of the project creation tool, you should be able to ask your agent to create the required sections when creating the project.

Support for creating projects and tasks from templates is definitely on the radar and has been raised before. No commitments or timelines at this point, but I’ll make sure this feedback is captured.