Howwe MCP server
Version 2026-10-22 · Last updated 22 October 2026
Connect your AI assistant to Howwe and work with your strategy where you already work. Ask about your goals and initiatives, prepare a Strategy Stand-up, create activities and report progress, all with your own Howwe permissions.
At a glance
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Server URL | https://api.howwe.io/v1/mcp |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP |
| Authentication | OAuth 2.1 through Howwe login (login.howwe.io), with your own Howwe account or your organisation's single sign-on |
| Permissions | The assistant acts as you. It sees and changes only what you can see and change in Howwe |
| Works with | Microsoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other assistants that support remote MCP servers |
| Cost | Included in your Howwe subscription |
| Support | help@howwe.io · help.howwe.io |
Before you start
- You need a Howwe account. Accounts are created by your organisation.
- Your organisation decides whether AI assistants may be connected to Howwe, and which ones. Check your organisation's policy before you connect.
- The assistant's provider processes the Howwe data you ask about under its own terms. Read How your data is handled below.
Connect your assistant
- In your assistant, add a custom connector or remote MCP server.
- Enter the server URL
https://api.howwe.io/v1/mcp. - Sign in to Howwe when the login window opens, and approve the connection.
- The first time, you are shown Howwe's Terms of Service. Continue to finish connecting.
- Ask something, for example "What are my most important goals in Howwe right now?"
To disconnect, remove the connector in your assistant's settings. Your organisation's administrator can also remove your Howwe access, which ends the assistant's access at the same time.
Examples
Prepare for the week. "Which of my activities in Howwe are due this week, and which are late?" The assistant reads your assignments and activities and lists them by deadline.
Get the picture of an initiative. "Summarise the status of the initiative Expand in Norway, including milestones and the teams contributing." The assistant reads the initiative tree with milestones, supporting initiatives and contributing teams.
Turn a meeting into action. "Create three activities for the Sales team from these notes, owned by me, due Friday." The assistant proposes the activities. You approve, and they are created in Howwe.
Report progress. "Report 1.2 MSEK as this month's actual on our goal for new ARR." The assistant finds the goal, shows what it will report, and records the value when you approve.
Prepare a Strategy Stand-up. "What did the Product team commit to at the last Strategy Stand-up, and what is done?" The assistant reads the team's most recent Strategy Stand-ups and the commitments made there.
Tools
Read tools only read data. Write tools change data in Howwe, and your assistant asks you before it uses them, according to its own settings.
Note. The tools below show what the server offers today. We add and improve tools over time, so this list may not always be complete or up to date. Your assistant always gets the current list of tools from the server when it connects.
Read
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
get_current_user |
Who you are, your organisation and your teams |
get_user_assignments |
What you own and work on |
get_strategic_plan |
Your organisation's strategic plan |
list_tenants |
The organisations you have access to |
list_teams |
Teams in an organisation |
list_users, read_users |
Find and read users |
list_initiatives, list_team_initiatives, read_initiatives |
Find and read initiatives |
read_initiative_tree |
An initiative with everything supporting it, in one call |
list_team_milestones, read_milestones |
Find and read milestones |
list_global_migs, list_team_migs, read_migs |
Find and read goals |
list_team_activities, read_activities |
Find and read activities |
list_team_aggregate_targets, read_aggregate_targets |
Find and read aggregate targets |
list_contributing_teams |
Teams contributing to an item |
list_team_acceleration_meetings |
A team's two most recent Strategy Stand-ups |
Write
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
create_initiative, update_initiative |
Create or change an initiative |
create_milestone, update_milestone |
Create or change a milestone |
create_activity, update_activity |
Create or change an activity |
create_activity_report, update_activity_report, delete_activity_report |
Report progress on an activity |
create_activity_commitment, update_activity_commitment, delete_activity_commitment |
Make or change a commitment at a Strategy Stand-up |
complete_activity_commitment, uncomplete_activity_commitment |
Mark a commitment as done or not done |
create_aggregate_target, update_aggregate_target |
Create or change an aggregate target |
report_mig_actual |
Report an actual value on a goal |
set_objective_completed |
Mark an objective as completed |
add_contributing_team, remove_contributing_team |
Add or remove a team contributing to an item |
complete_item, uncomplete_item |
Complete or reopen an item |
archive_item, unarchive_item |
Archive or restore an item |
realign_item |
Change what an item supports, such as moving a milestone to another initiative |
delete_item |
Delete an item |
Users and teams
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
create_user, update_user |
Add a user to your organisation, or change a user's name, email or language. A new user gets a welcome email at once |
add_team_member, remove_team_member |
Put a user on a team with their roles, or take them off it |
These tools follow your role in Howwe, as in the app. Only users whose role allows it can add users, change team members or change other people's details.
Every change made through the server is made by your account, appears in Howwe as your own, and follows the same rules as a change in the app. Changes are protected against overwriting: if someone else has changed an item since the assistant read it, the change is refused and the assistant reads it again.
How your data is handled
- Your permissions. The assistant can only reach what your Howwe account can reach.
- The assistant's provider. When you ask the assistant something, the Howwe data needed to answer is sent to its provider, such as Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI or Google, and handled under that provider's terms and your organisation's agreement with it. The provider is not a Howwe sub-processor.
- What Howwe records. Which tool was used, when, by which user and organisation, from which assistant, how long it took and whether it succeeded. Howwe does not record what you write to the assistant, the content you create or change, the data a tool returns, search terms or your IP address.
- Your organisation's control. An administrator can ask us at contact@howwe.io to turn off access through AI assistants for the organisation.
Read more in our Terms of Service (section 3) and Privacy Policy (section 7).
Limits and good practice
- Requests are rate limited to keep the service fast for everyone.
- AI assistants can misunderstand a request. Review what the assistant proposes before you approve a change, and check the result.
- Deleted items cannot be restored through the server. Prefer archive when you are unsure.
Support
Questions or problems: help@howwe.io or the chat at help.howwe.io. Security issues: contact@howwe.io.
Howwe Technologies AB (publ), Grev Turegatan 30, 114 38 Stockholm, Sweden.