A comprehensive automation skill for managing Basecamp projects, tasks, and team communications via Rube MCP.
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1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install basecamp-automation
2. Manual Installation
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~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
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Help me install basecamp-automation using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Basecamp Automation?
This skill enables AI agents to interact directly with Basecamp, providing a robust toolkit for project management and team collaboration. By leveraging Rube MCP, users can automate the creation of to-do lists, manage granular task assignments, post message board updates, and handle team access permissions without manual intervention. It serves as a sophisticated bridge between your AI workflows and Basecamp's collaborative environment.
Integrating this into your Openclaw Skills library allows for seamless operational efficiency across complex project structures. The skill intelligently handles Basecamp's hierarchical data model, ensuring that projects, buckets, and toolsets are correctly identified and manipulated. It is designed for developers and project managers who need to programmatically scale their organizational workflows within the Basecamp ecosystem.
Basecamp Automation Use Cases
- Automated creation of weekly to-do lists and task assignments derived from external meeting notes.
- Posting automated status updates or project announcements directly to message boards.
- Managing project permissions by programmatically granting or revoking access for team members.
- Organizing extensive task lists into color-coded groups for improved visual project tracking.
- Synchronizing project metadata and task statuses between Basecamp and other third-party tools.
How Basecamp Automation Works
- The agent initializes the session by connecting to the Rube MCP server endpoint and verifying tool availability.
- It performs a schema search to ensure the latest Basecamp API capabilities are mapped correctly.
- The agent resolves the specific project or bucket ID by listing all active projects accessible to the user.
- It navigates the project hierarchy to locate required resources like to-do sets, message boards, or specific lists.
- The skill executes requested operations, such as creating tasks with HTML-formatted descriptions and assigning them to specific user IDs.
- Success payloads, including direct application URLs, are returned to provide the user with immediate access to the modified resources.
Basecamp Automation Setup
To integrate this into your workflow, add the Rube MCP server to your client configuration:
# Add the following endpoint to your MCP client config
https://rube.app/mcp
Once added, follow these steps to authenticate:
- Verify the connection by calling the search tools function to confirm the basecamp toolkit is visible.
- Execute the connection management tool for the basecamp toolkit.
- Follow the generated OAuth link to authorize access to your Basecamp account.
- Ensure the connection status is ACTIVE before triggering project workflows.
Basecamp Automation Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data according to Basecamp's hierarchical integer-based ID system. Data is structured as follows:
| Entity | Identifier | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Project | bucket_id | The primary container for all project assets, also referred to as project_id. |
| To-do Set | todoset_id | A collection within a project that houses multiple to-do lists. |
| Message Board | message_board_id | The specific tool ID used for posting announcements and discussions. |
| Person | person_id | Unique integer ID for users, required for task assignments and access management. |
Note: All rich text fields (descriptions and message bodies) utilize HTML formatting rather than Markdown. Success responses prioritize user-facing app_urls for direct navigation.
Basecamp Automation Advanced Features
- Hierarchical ID resolution that automatically traverses project docks to find specific tool identifiers.
- Sophisticated to-do group organization supporting a fixed palette of visual color identifiers.
- Bulk user management capabilities that allow for granting, revoking, and creating users in a single request.
- Native support for HTML-based rich text to maintain professional formatting in messages and task details.
- Built-in pagination logic for handling large projects with extensive lists of people or to-dos.
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