Available tools on Wrike MCP

The Wrike MCP server gives AI assistants a focused, dependable set of tools for working with your Wrike workspace. Rather than one flat catalog, the tools map to the shape of the work an assistant actually does: it orients itself, finds the right items, reads the detail, then creates, staffs, acts, and governs.

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How to read this page
Each tool is marked Read (only retrieves information) or Write (creates or changes items). Assistants chain several tools to complete a request — for example, find an item, read its detail, then comment on it.

The map — six stages of work

Stage	Focus	What it covers	Tools
1 · Orient	Cold start & navigation	Get your bearings and see what needs attention	`search_spaces`, `get_items_children`, `get_my_inbox`
2 · Find	Search & discovery	Locate the right work items and people	`search_items`, `search_users`, `get_users`
3 · Understand	Read the detail	Inspect fields, attachments, and conversation history	`get_item_details`, `get_item_comments`
4 · Intake	Turn user inputs into structured work	Create tasks, folders, and projects. Find the right request form, read its fields, and file a request; Find matching blueprints, launch pre-built work from a blueprint	`search_requestforms`, `get_requestform`, `submit_requestform`, `prefill_requestform`, `search_blueprints`, `create_item_from_blueprint`, `get_async_job`, `create_task_item`, `create_project_folder_item`
5 · Staff (Wrike Labs)	Resource Allocation	Get a proposed assignee for every task in a project, folder or set of tasks, based on availability, skills and task requirements	`recommend_resources`
6 · Act & follow through	Update & collaborate	Edit items in bulk, add attachments and post comments	`update_items`, `create_item_comment`, `prepare_attachment_upload`, `add_attachments_to_item`
7 · Configure & govern	Metadata & approvals	Work with workflows, custom fields, item types, and approvals	`search_workflows`, `search_customitemtypes`, `search_item_customfields`, `get_approvals`, `search_approvals`

🧭 Orient — cold start & navigation

Get your bearings: which spaces exist, what's inside them, and what needs your attention.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`search_spaces`	Read	List the spaces you belong to, or filter them by name.
`get_items_children`	Read	Walk the hierarchy one level at a time — drill from a space into folders, projects and tasks.
`get_my_inbox`	Read	Catch up on unread notifications: mentions, assignments, status changes and replies.

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Try asking
“What’s in my inbox that needs action today, and which project does each item belong to?”

🔎 Find — search & discovery

Locate the exact work and people you need, with natural-language search and precise filters.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`search_items`	Read	Search tasks, folders and projects by keyword; filter by assignee, status, dates and importance; scope to a space or subtree.
`search_users`	Read	Find people or groups by name — or, with no query, surface your top collaborators.
`get_users`	Read	Look up specific users by id or email, or resolve “me”.

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Try asking
“Find the active tasks assigned to me in the Marketing space that are due this week.”

📖 Understand — read the detail

Go deep on the items that matter: their fields, people, attachments and conversations.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`get_item_details`	Read	Get the full detail of up to five items at once — status, custom fields, assignees and attachments, including linked external files.
`get_item_comments`	Read	Read an item's full comment thread, with author and timestamp for each comment.

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Try asking
“Summarise the comment thread on this task into decisions, open questions and owners.”

🏗️ Intake — turn user inputs into structured work

Convert meeting notes, briefs and conversations into structured, assigned, scheduled work.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`create_task_item`	Write	Create one or many tasks; set assignee, dates, duration and status; nest them as subtasks.
`create_project_folder_item`	Write	Create folders and projects — optionally from a custom item type — and set owners, dates and status.
`search_blueprints`	Read	Find reusable Wrike blueprints
`create_item_from_blueprint`	Write	Create a new task, folder, project, custom item, or item tree from an existing Wrike blueprint.
`search_requestforms`	Read	Query available Wrike request forms
`get_requestform`	Read	Retrieve the pages, fields, options, and rules of an existing Wrike request form
`prefill_requestform`	Read	Generate a URL containing prefilled request-form values; it does not submit the form or create a Wrike item.
`submit_requestform`	Write	Submits a Wrike request form and creates the task or project configured by that form.
`get_async_job`	Read	Retrieve the current status and progress in case asynchronous creation of work from request form or blueprint takes more time.

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Try asking
“I want to run a new {website project}, here is my {brief}. Help me create it in Wrike.”

👥 Staff — intelligent resource allocation (Wrike Labs)

Decide who does the work. Your assistant proposes an assignee for every task, explains each pick, and applies them only after you approve.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`recommend_resources`	Read	Propose assignees for tasks based on availability, workload, skills and job roles; compare staffing options and see explanations, workload impact and unfilled assignments. Does not assign people or change tasks.

Before you start

Availability: Pinnacle and Apex plans. Enable “Find the best assignees with intelligent resource allocation” in Wrike Labs.
MCP v2 only: Server URL https://mcp.wrike.com/v2. Refresh or reconnect your connector so the tool appears (see the refresh table in the overview).
Your data: Recommendations are only as good as what's in the workspace. Tasks need effort estimates and dates, and people need their work schedules set up. Matching on job roles and skill and other requirements only applies to tasks assigned to job roles or where task requirements are filled in.
Limits per request: about 500 assignments and 1,000 candidate people. Staff big scopes one subproject or phase at a time.
Optional skills: show results as a dashboard in chat or a staffing board in Klaxoon.

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Try asking
“Recommend assignees for the tasks in {project}, but only from the {group name} group.”

✅ Act & follow through — update & collaborate

Move work forward: update items in bulk and keep the conversation going.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`update_items`	Write	Edit title, description, status, dates and custom fields; add or remove assignees and parents; convert an item's type; apply the same change to up to 20 items at once.
`create_item_comment`	Write	Post a comment on any task, folder or project and @-mention teammates.
`prepare_attachment_upload`	Write	Upload a file to later attach it to a work item.
`add_attachments_to_item`	Write	Attach a file uploaded by `prepare_attachment_upload` to a work item.
`add_whiteboard_to_item`	Wrike	Links an existing whiteboard to a work item.
`remove_whiteboard_from_item`	Wrike	Removes a whiteboard from a work item.

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Try asking
“Mark these three tasks complete and leave a comment tagging the owner for review.”

⚙️ Configure & govern — metadata & approvals

Understand the workspace's structure and stay on top of sign-offs.

Tool	Type	What you can do
`search_workflows`	Read	Find workflows and their custom statuses, including the status ids needed to set or filter status.
`search_customitemtypes`	Read	Find a custom item type and its id, ranked by how often it's used.
`search_item_customfields`	Read	Find custom fields by name, with their type and any select-list options.
`get_approvals`	Read	Look up approvals by id, or list the approvals on a given item — status, approvers and decisions.
`search_approvals`	Read	Filter across approvals by status, approver and due date.

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Try asking
“Which approvals are still waiting on me, and how long have they been pending?”

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See these tools in action
For end-to-end scenarios that chain these tools together — meeting-to-work, daily inbox review, weekly status reports, client QBRs and more — see Typical Use Cases of Wrike MCP. To connect a client, start from the Wrike MCP Server Overview.