milk-mcp: Give Claude Code a Memory with Remember The Milk
Hey RTM community! I've been a longtime user, and I just open-sourced something I'm genuinely excited about: milk-mcp — a TypeScript MCP server that uses RTM as persistent memory and task management for Claude Code sessions.
👉 https://github.com/donkitchen/milk-mcp
## The problem it solves ##
Claude Code sessions are ephemeral. Close a session, and all that context — what you were building, what decisions you made, what bugs you spotted — is gone. You end up re-explaining your project every single time. milk-mcp fixes this by anchoring Claude's memory to your RTM account.
## How it works ##
For each project, milk-mcp automatically creates 5 dedicated RTM lists:
✅ TODO — active tasks for the current session
📋 Backlog — deferred and future work
🐛 Bugs — logged with reproduction steps
🏛️ Decisions — architectural choices recorded with rationale
🔁 Context — session handoff notes so Claude picks up right where you left off
Starting a session is as simple as "Let's work on MyProject" — Claude calls rtm_session_start, loads your open TODOs and latest context, and you're off. At the end, "Let's wrap up" triggers rtm_session_end and saves everything for next time.
## Why RTM? ##
Honestly? Because it's the best task manager ever made and I've used it for years 😄 But also because the API is clean, the free tier works great, and now my RTM account does double duty as both my personal task list and my AI's external brain.
Setup takes about 5 minutes — Node.js 18+, your RTM API credentials, one auth script, and one claude mcp add command.
Would love stars, feedback, and contributors. Let's keep building the RTM + AI future! 🥛✨
👉 https://github.com/donkitchen/milk-mcp
## The problem it solves ##
Claude Code sessions are ephemeral. Close a session, and all that context — what you were building, what decisions you made, what bugs you spotted — is gone. You end up re-explaining your project every single time. milk-mcp fixes this by anchoring Claude's memory to your RTM account.
## How it works ##
For each project, milk-mcp automatically creates 5 dedicated RTM lists:
✅ TODO — active tasks for the current session
📋 Backlog — deferred and future work
🐛 Bugs — logged with reproduction steps
🏛️ Decisions — architectural choices recorded with rationale
🔁 Context — session handoff notes so Claude picks up right where you left off
Starting a session is as simple as "Let's work on MyProject" — Claude calls rtm_session_start, loads your open TODOs and latest context, and you're off. At the end, "Let's wrap up" triggers rtm_session_end and saves everything for next time.
## Why RTM? ##
Honestly? Because it's the best task manager ever made and I've used it for years 😄 But also because the API is clean, the free tier works great, and now my RTM account does double duty as both my personal task list and my AI's external brain.
Setup takes about 5 minutes — Node.js 18+, your RTM API credentials, one auth script, and one claude mcp add command.
Would love stars, feedback, and contributors. Let's keep building the RTM + AI future! 🥛✨
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