MCP Use Cases & Examples

"Show me all tasks due today, sorted by priority. 
Include any overdue tasks from yesterday."

{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "query_tasks",
    "arguments": {
      "filter": {
        "completed": false,
        "dateRange": {
          "from": "2024-01-01",
          "to": "2024-01-15"
        }
      },
      "sort": {
        "field": "priority",
        "order": "desc"
      }
    }
  }
}

"What tasks did I complete today? 
Generate a summary for my daily log."

## Daily Accomplishments - January 15, 2024
 
### Completed Tasks (7)
- ✅ [High] Review Q1 budget proposal
- ✅ [High] Client meeting preparation
- ✅ [Medium] Update project documentation
- ✅ [Medium] Code review for feature branch
- ✅ [Low] Respond to team emails
- ✅ [Low] Update calendar for next week
- ✅ [Low] File expense reports
 
### Progress Summary
- Completion rate: 70% (7/10 tasks)
- High-priority completion: 100% (2/2)
- Projects touched: Budget Planning, Client Relations, Development

"Create a weekly overview: 
1. Tasks due this week by day
2. Project milestones
3. Recurring tasks to schedule"

"Create sprint tasks for Project Alpha:
- Setup development environment (Priority 5, Due: Monday)
- Design database schema (Priority 4, Due: Tuesday)
- Implement user authentication (Priority 5, Due: Thursday)
- Write unit tests (Priority 4, Due: Friday)
- Code review and merge (Priority 3, Due: Friday)
Tag all with #sprint-01 and +ProjectAlpha"

{
  "name": "batch_create_tasks",
  "arguments": {
    "defaultFilePath": "Projects/Sprint-01.md",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "content": "Setup development environment",
        "priority": 5,
        "dueDate": "2024-01-15",
        "project": "ProjectAlpha",
        "tags": ["sprint-01"]
      },
      // ... more tasks
    ]
  }
}

"Analyze Project Alpha:
- How many tasks are complete vs incomplete?
- What high-priority items are overdue?
- What's the completion trend this month?"

## Project Alpha Status Report
 
### Overview
- Total Tasks: 47
- Completed: 31 (66%)
- In Progress: 12 (26%)
- Not Started: 4 (8%)
 
### Critical Items (Overdue + High Priority)
1. API Integration - 3 days overdue
2. Security Audit - 1 day overdue
 
### This Month's Progress
- Week 1: 5 tasks completed
- Week 2: 8 tasks completed
- Week 3: 12 tasks completed (current)
- Trend: Accelerating ↗️
 
### Recommendations
- Focus on overdue high-priority items
- API Integration blocks 3 other tasks
- Consider redistributing Week 4 workload

"Show all milestones for Q1 projects. 
Highlight any at risk of missing deadline."

"Prepare for tomorrow's client meeting:
1. Find all tasks related to ClientX
2. Identify discussion points
3. Create action items template"

## ClientX Meeting Prep - January 16, 2024
 
### Open Items (5)
- Contract renewal discussion (Due: Jan 20)
- Feature request: Dashboard customization
- Bug report: Login timeout issue
- Q1 roadmap review
- Budget allocation for add-ons
 
### Completed Since Last Meeting (3)
- ✅ Fixed data export issue
- ✅ Deployed performance improvements
- ✅ Updated documentation
 
### Suggested Agenda
1. Review completed items (5 min)
2. Address bug report (10 min)
3. Discuss feature request (15 min)
4. Q1 roadmap alignment (20 min)
5. Contract and budget (10 min)
 
### Action Items Template
- [ ] [Owner] Action description (Due: Date)
- [ ] [Owner] Action description (Due: Date)

"Create tasks from these meeting notes:
- John: Send proposal by Friday (high priority)
- Sarah: Review legal docs by next Tuesday
- Me: Update dashboard mockups by Monday
- Team: Schedule follow-up for next month
All tasks should be tagged #ClientX"

"Create weekly recurring tasks:
- Monday: Team standup prep
- Wednesday: Progress report
- Friday: Week review and planning
All should be medium priority, tagged #recurring"

"Find all tasks tagged #prototype in the Research project 
and move them to the Development project. 
Update their priority to 4."

"Mark all tasks in Sprint-01 as complete 
except those tagged #carry-over. 
Move carry-over tasks to Sprint-02."

"Create time blocks for tomorrow:
- 9:00-10:00: Deep work on API design
- 10:00-10:30: Email and messages
- 10:30-12:00: Development sprint
- 13:00-14:00: Code review
- 14:00-15:00: Team meeting
- 15:00-17:00: Feature implementation"

"Create a 2-hour focus block:
1. Set main task: Complete user authentication
2. Add subtasks:
   - Review requirements (15 min)
   - Write implementation (60 min)
   - Write tests (30 min)
   - Document changes (15 min)"

"Analyze my task completion for the past month:
- Average daily completion rate
- Most productive day of week
- Which projects take most time
- Priority distribution"

## Productivity Analysis - Last 30 Days
 
### Completion Metrics
- Total tasks completed: 127
- Average per day: 4.2 tasks
- Completion rate: 78%
 
### Best Performance
- Most productive: Tuesdays (6.1 tasks avg)
- Peak hours: 9 AM - 12 PM
- Best week: Week 2 (34 tasks)
 
### Project Distribution
1. Client Work: 45% of tasks
2. Internal Development: 30%
3. Administration: 15%
4. Learning: 10%
 
### Priority Insights
- High priority completion: 92%
- Medium priority completion: 78%
- Low priority completion: 65%
- Recommendation: Delegate more low-priority tasks

"Analyze my workload for next week:
- Which days are overloaded?
- What can be postponed?
- Suggest a balanced schedule"

"When I mention a task in my code comments like:
// TODO: Implement caching mechanism
Create a corresponding task in Obsidian with:
- Context from the file path
- Priority based on TODO/FIXME/HACK
- Tag with #code-todo"

"Create tasks from this email thread:
Subject: Project Requirements Update
- Review new requirements doc (High, Due: Friday)
- Update implementation plan (Medium, Due: Monday)
- Schedule stakeholder meeting (Low, Due: Next week)"

"For each meeting in my calendar tomorrow:
- Create a prep task 30 minutes before
- Create a follow-up task for the day after
- Tag with #meeting and the attendee names"

"From my current tasks, identify which ones could be delegated:
- Technical tasks → Dev team
- Documentation → Technical writer
- Testing → QA team
Create delegation templates for each."

"Generate team status dashboard:
- Tasks by team member
- Overdue items per person
- This week's priorities
- Blockers and dependencies"

## Team Status - Week 3
 
### Task Distribution
- Alice: 12 tasks (3 high priority)
- Bob: 8 tasks (2 high priority)
- Carol: 10 tasks (4 high priority)
- David: 7 tasks (1 high priority)
 
### ⚠️ Overdue Items
- Alice: API documentation (2 days)
- Carol: Test suite update (1 day)
 
### This Week's Priorities
1. Complete Sprint-01 deliverables
2. Client presentation preparation
3. Security audit response
4. Q2 planning kickoff
 
### Blockers
- Waiting on design approval (affects 3 tasks)
- Database migration pending (affects 5 tasks)

"My morning routine:
1. Check overdue tasks
2. Review today's calendar
3. Set 3 main priorities
4. Time block the morning
5. Create focus session for deep work"

"I'm switching from Project A to Project B:
1. Save current state of Project A tasks
2. Mark in-progress items
3. Load Project B context
4. Show Project B priorities
5. Suggest starting point"

"Weekly review process:
1. List completed tasks
2. Identify incomplete high-priority items
3. Analyze why tasks weren't completed
4. Adjust next week's priorities
5. Archive completed project tasks"

const dailyReview = `
  Show me:
  1. What I completed today
  2. What's still pending
  3. Tomorrow's priorities
  4. Any new urgent items
`;