Server Trello vs Pm Claude Skills
Two MCP servers from our productivity ranking, compared on live data - updated nightly, never sponsored.
Bottom line · 2026-09-18
monthly package install counts are comparable (11,947 vs 9,472); both are actively maintained, with commits inside the last month.
How they differ in kind
Server Trello focuses on: 34 documented tools with a focus on card; local stdio install. Pm Claude Skills focuses on: 🍼 New parent · 💼 Just laid off · 🌍 New to this country · 👵 Caring for a parent · 🕊️ Losing someone · 💸 Money in crisis · 🔑 Starting over · 🤖 Getting serious about AI. Environment-variable extraction: Server Trello yielded 7 variables; Pm Claude Skills yielded no variables extracted. Implementation languages differ (TypeScript vs HTML).
What each one does
Server Trello
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents full access to your Trello boards - cards, lists, checklists, attachments, comments, custom fields, and workspaces - with built-in rate limiting, type safety, and workflow-level tools you won't find in a plain API wrapper, like acceptance-criteria extraction and checklist dependency queries. 57 tools, one npx install, powered by Bun. Its 34 documented tools cover card, checklist, board, comment.
From the project's README.
Pm Claude Skills
🍼 New parent · 💼 Just laid off · 🌍 New to this country · 👵 Caring for a parent · 🕊️ Losing someone · 💸 Money in crisis · 🔑 Starting over · 🤖 Getting serious about AI. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.
From the project's README.
14 signals, side by side
| Signal | Server Trello | Pm Claude Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly installs | 11,947 | 9,472 |
| GitHub stars | 439 | 1,369 |
| Last commit | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Releases · last 90 days | 1 | 10+ |
| In the registry since | Sep 2025 | Jun 2026 |
| Registry versions | 4 | 81 |
| Documented tools | 34 | not extracted - see README |
| Env vars extracted | 7 | none extracted - see README |
| Runs | local (stdio) | local (stdio) |
| Endpoint auth | local only | local only |
| Maintenance | actively maintained | actively maintained |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript | HTML |
| Category rank | #4 of 160 | #3 of 160 |
What their tools cover
Extracted from each project's README - the tools each server hands your agent. A missing list means the README doesn't document one, not that no tools exist.
Server Trello 34 tools documented
get_checklist_items- Get all items from a checklist by name.add_checklist_item- Add a new item to an existing checklist.find_checklist_items_by_description- Search for checklist items containing specific text.get_acceptance_criteria- Get a card's (or board's) acceptance criteria, tolerating the common…get_checklist_by_name- Get a complete checklist with all items and completion percentage.update_checklist_item- Update an existing checklist item.delete_checklist_item- Delete an existing checklist item.get_cards_by_list_id- Fetch all cards from a specific list.
+26 more on the full page
Pm Claude Skills no tool list in README
Environment variables found in the READMEs
These are extracted names, not a requiredness check. Project docs may mark them optional or require other setup.
Server Trello
- TRELLO_API_KEY
- TRELLO_TOKEN
- IDEOGRAM_API_KEY
- TRELLO_BOARD_ID
- TRELLO_WORKSPACE_ID
- TRELLO_ALLOWED_WORKSPACES
- OPENAI_API_KEY
Pm Claude Skills
No environment variables were extracted from the README setup. Check the project documentation for other authentication or configuration steps.
Which one, for what
Derived from the signals above, not hands-on testing.
Pick Server Trello if…
- → you prefer a TypeScript codebase to extend or audit
- → its documented toolset fits - 34 tools including get_checklist_items, add_checklist_item
Pick Pm Claude Skills if…
- → release velocity matters - 10+ releases in 90 days vs 1
- → you prefer a HTML codebase to extend or audit
Who's behind them
Server Trello - delorenj: 1 MCP server tracked, 1 maintained, 439 combined stars.
Pm Claude Skills - mohitagw15856: 1 MCP server tracked, 1 maintained, 1,369 combined stars.
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Quick answers
Is Server Trello better than Pm Claude Skills?
The numbers don't separate them: 11,947 vs 9,472 monthly installs, and both committed within the last month. Choose on fit - execution model, extracted environment variables, endpoint authentication, and license are in the table above. Data as of 2026-09-18.
Can I use Server Trello and Pm Claude Skills together?
Yes - MCP clients accept multiple servers in one config, so you can enable both productivity servers side by side. If their tools overlap, keep the one whose toolset fits to keep your agent's tool list lean.
What environment variables do their READMEs document?
Server Trello: 7 environment variables extracted from the README setup; Pm Claude Skills: no environment variables extracted from the README setup. Extraction does not rule out other authentication or configuration steps; check each project's current documentation.
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Methodology: package-usage signal = npm/PyPI installs (last month, platform APIs) · maintenance = commit recency + release cadence (GitHub) · tool lists and environment-variable names extracted from each project's README · endpoint auth from our own nightly probes. We haven't hand-tested these servers; everything here is data as of 2026-09-18.