---
name: "projects_list"
area: "projects"
title: "List projects"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/projects_list"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/projects"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/projects_list"
---

# List projects (`projects_list`)

Every project with how many tasks are in each status.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

To find a project's key, or see how work is spread.

## Say this to your agent

> Which projects are running, and how much is left in each?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `include_archived` | boolean | no |  |  | `false` |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `projects_list` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/projects` with these arguments:

```json
{}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/projects_list \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "projects_list",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "projects": [
      {
        "key": "SALE",
        "name": "Autumn sale",
        "description": "Everything for the sale from October 24 to 31.",
        "statuses": [
          {
            "name": "Backlog",
            "kind": "backlog"
          },
          {
            "name": "To do",
            "kind": "unstarted"
          }
        ],
        "archived": false,
        "tasks": {
          "Backlog": 0,
          "To do": 5,
          "In progress": 0,
          "Done": 0,
          "Canceled": 0
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

`result`: projects: each with its key, name, description, statuses and the tasks in each status.

## Errors

This tool has no errors of its own.

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [projects_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/projects_create.md): Creates a board of tasks with a short key that numbers them, and its own statuses if you like. $0.001 a call.
- [projects_board](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/projects_board.md): A project as a board: each status with its tasks in order. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [tasks_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_create.md): Adds a task to a project, numbered like SALE-13, with status, priority, assignee, labels, due date, CRM links or a parent. $0.01 a call.
- [tasks_update](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_update.md): Changes a task: status, assignee, priority, labels, due date, title, description, CRM links or its place in the column. $0.01 a call.
- [tasks_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_list.md): Open tasks across projects or in one, most urgent first, filtered by status, assignee, label, priority, due date or words. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [tasks_get](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_get.md): One task in full: description, links, subtasks, comments and history. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [tasks_comment](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_comment.md): Adds a comment in Markdown to a task's thread. $0.01 a call.
- [tasks_delete](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_delete.md): Deletes a task and its subtasks for good. Free.