How do I connect Trello?

Open trello.com/power-ups/admin, make an app, and generate its API key on the Trello Auth tab. Paste the key into the Trello connection in ApexGenius, make a token for it on Trello, and paste the token too.

Why does Trello need a key and a token?

The key names your app. The token is your permission for that app to use your Trello account, with the access and expiration you picked. ApexGenius checks both with Trello before saving.

Can my AI change cards?

Only with a token made with Read and write. Then it can create, change, move, archive and comment on cards. Enabled writes run immediately. Turn a tool off to block calls.

What happens when the token expires?

Trello stops accepting it, and the connection asks you to reconnect. Make a new token for the same key and paste it.

Can I start with read-only access?

Yes. Make the token with Read only, and Trello refuses every change. You can also choose Read only when you add your AI agent.

Does this use the Trello MCP server?

No. ApexGenius uses the official Trello REST API with your key and token.

Trello MCP connector

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Trello MCP Connector for AI Agents

Connect your AI agents to Trello over MCP: read boards, lists, cards and comments, and create, move or comment on cards in your connected Trello account.

Connect your Trello account once in ApexGenius with an API key and token, then read boards, lists, cards, checklists and comments, and create, move, archive or comment on cards from compatible AI agents. Each AI agent needs its own ApexGenius setup.

Connect Trello Setup guide

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Trello

App connector

Available

Bring your Trello boards and reusable skills to compatible AI agents. Read boards, lists, cards and comments, then create, move or comment on cards.

25
Operations: 20
Read: 5
Write: 3
In context

Authorization: Trello API key and token
Cataloged tools: 25 discoverable
Connection scope: Every board your Trello account can see
Accounts: Connected account

Claude / ChatGPT

MCP client

ApexGenius route

Gateway context

Trello

Authorized session

Why the gateway is here

It keeps the Trello authorization, tools, and activity behind the same managed route you use for your other supported systems.

Ask it

What people ask Trello.

These questions use the Trello tools below. Start with a read after connecting your channel or account.

List my open Trello boards with their names and links. Do not create, move or change anything.Read
Which cards on the board I name are due this week, and which list is each one in?Read
Read the comments and checklist on the card I name and tell me what is left to do.Read
Move the card I name to Done and add a comment that it shipped. Show me the change first.Write

Tools

What Trello can do through ApexGenius.

The reviewed catalog contains these 25 Trello tools. Search by tool name, job, or access type.

Open the generated tool reference

Account and workspaces

get_me

Read

Read the connected Trello member.

Account and workspaces

list_member_workspaces

Read

List the workspaces you belong to.

Account and workspaces

get_workspace

Read

Read one workspace.

Account and workspaces

list_workspace_boards

Read

List the boards in a workspace.

Account and workspaces

list_workspace_members

Read

List the members of a workspace.

Boards

list_member_boards

Read

List the boards you can see.

Boards

get_board

Read

Read one board.

Boards

list_board_lists

Read

List the lists on a board.

Boards

list_board_members

Read

List the members of a board.

Boards

list_board_labels

Read

List the labels on a board.

Boards

list_board_actions

Read

Read recent board activity, comments included.

Lists and cards

search

Read

Search boards and cards by text.

Lists and cards

list_board_cards

Read

List the cards on a board.

Lists and cards

get_list

Read

Read one list.

Lists and cards

list_list_cards

Read

List the cards in a list.

Lists and cards

get_card

Read

Read one card with its dates, labels and members.

Checklists and comments

list_board_checklists

Read

List the checklists on a board.

Checklists and comments

list_card_checklists

Read

List the checklists on a card.

Checklists and comments

get_checklist

Read

Read one checklist and its items.

Checklists and comments

list_card_actions

Read

Read a card’s comments and history.

Checklists and comments

add_comment

Write

Add a comment to a card.

Change cards

create_card

Write

Create a card in a list.

Change cards

update_card

Write

Change a card’s name, description, dates, members or labels.

Change cards

move_card

Write

Move a card to another list or board.

Change cards

archive_card

Write

Archive a card, or bring it back.

Connection model

How to connect Trello.

The Trello connection belongs to your signed-in account. Any Trello-native resources stay inside that provider.

Read connection details

Before you start

A Trello account that admins a Workspace.
An API key from your own app at trello.com/power-ups/admin, and a token made for that key.

1. Connect Trello to ApexGenius

Get an API key from Trello. Open trello.com/power-ups/admin and choose New. Choose My app doesn’t use Power-Up capabilities, then fill in the name, your Workspace, the two emails and the author, and choose Create. Open the Trello Auth tab and choose Generate a new API Key. Copy the API key. Trello may ask you to accept its developer agreement on your first visit.
Open Trello in Connections. Choose Connect or Add connection, and paste the API key.
Paste your Trello API key, pick the access and how long the token lasts, then paste the token Trello shows. How to get it walks through both.Open full-size image (opens in a new tab)
Make a token for that key. Pick Read only or Read and write, and how long the token lasts. Choose Make a token on Trello, check the access Trello lists, and choose Allow. Copy the token Trello shows and paste it under the key.
Check the saved connection. Save after the check succeeds. ApexGenius checks the key and token with Trello before saving. Review the Tools tab. A Read only token makes Trello refuse every change.

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2. Choose your AI and finish setup

Each guide includes the AI setup and a first question for Trello.

ChatGPT setup →Claude setup →Codex setup →

Current governance

Know the account, tools, and result.

ApexGenius keeps the selected context and current tool surface visible, then records supported write activity for review.

Authorized context

One connection covers one Trello account and every board it can see.

Current tool surface

The token decides what Trello allows. A Read only token makes Trello refuse every change, whatever the tool settings say.

Reviewable activity

The key and token go only to api.trello.com, in the Authorization header, never in a URL.

Enabled writes run immediately. Turn a tool off to block calls.

Why a gateway

25 operations. Three tool definitions.

Your AI starts with three ApexGenius gateway tools. It discovers the Trello operations available to its authorization when a task needs them, then runs the selected operation through the gateway.

One saved provider connection

Connect Trello to ApexGenius, then authorize each AI client to use the saved connection with its own tool permissions.

Scoped per agent

Give one client read-only and the write operations never appear in its tool list at all.

Every call on the record

Which agent asked, what ran, and whether it succeeded, kept per connection for review.

Use Trello with your AI.

Choose your AI client for setup steps and examples using Trello.

FAQ

Questions people ask before connecting Trello.

How do I connect Trello?: Open trello.com/power-ups/admin, make an app, and generate its API key on the Trello Auth tab. Paste the key into the Trello connection in ApexGenius, make a token for it on Trello, and paste the token too.
Why does Trello need a key and a token?: The key names your app. The token is your permission for that app to use your Trello account, with the access and expiration you picked. ApexGenius checks both with Trello before saving.
Can my AI change cards?: Only with a token made with Read and write. Then it can create, change, move, archive and comment on cards. Enabled writes run immediately. Turn a tool off to block calls.
What happens when the token expires?: Trello stops accepting it, and the connection asks you to reconnect. Make a new token for the same key and paste it.
Can I start with read-only access?: Yes. Make the token with Read only, and Trello refuses every change. You can also choose Read only when you add your AI agent.
Does this use the Trello MCP server?: No. ApexGenius uses the official Trello REST API with your key and token.

More connectors

Explore the directory.

MCP-compatible AI agents

Codex starts in Plugins in the ChatGPT desktop app. ChatGPT Chat and Work also use Plugins, with personal setup where Developer Mode is permitted. Each AI client has its own guide and authorization requirements.

App connections

Salesforce keeps connection context. Other providers use your signed-in account.

Connect Trello. Start with a safe read.

Use the AI you already work in while ApexGenius keeps the app route visible.

Connect Trello

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Compatibility does not imply partnership.