Microsoft Planner capabilities are now part of the new Work IQ APIs which reached general availability on June 16, 2026.

The Microsoft Planner MCP Server is part of Work IQ MCP and makes it easier to connect Planner capabilities into agent-driven workflows. It allows agents to manage and automate work across plans. These capabilities extend Planner into end-to-end work management workflows, where agents can take action on plans and handle routine coordination. Designed for building custom agents, the Planner MCP Server connects planning, execution, and tracking across tools. As agents take on day-to-day coordination, teams can spend less time managing tasks and more time focusing on higher-impact decisions.

Core capabilities

The Work IQ MCP provides a unified set of tools that allow agents to interact with Microsoft 365 entities through a single endpoint. As part of this interface, the Planner MCP Server enables new ways to help manage and automate work.

Core capabilities include:

• Manage and automate work across plans: Create new plans and tasks, update existing ones, and understand the state of work. This includes scenarios such as status reporting, workload visibility, and automated updates.
• Connect work across Microsoft 365: Use shared context from Planner, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more to coordinate work across tools and workflows
• Built for secure, enterprise workflows: All actions are permission-trimmed and policy-enforced under the signed-in user’s Entra ID context.

The Planner MCP Server helps eliminate the complexity of custom integrations and unlocks new possibilities for agentic automation. By unifying Planner with other Microsoft 365 data, organizations can now connect work management into their intelligent workflows across teams and departments.

Example scenarios

Planner can be accessed through a conversational experience for creating, updating, and reviewing plans and tasks, as well as understanding the state of work through natural language queries. Custom agents can then be built to support organizational needs, helping automate common scenarios and repetitive workflows.

Examples of support scenarios include:

• On-demand status reporting: Summarize progress, risks, and blockers across plans and teams.
• Cross-plan workload views: Aggregate tasks and assignments for resource management.
• Automated plan updates: Create, update, or archive plans and tasks based on triggers.
• Automated follow-ups: Schedule reminders, assign tasks, and track completion across Planner and Teams.

Getting started

To begin leveraging the Planner MCP Server, enable the Work IQ API in your tenant. Leverage Copilot extensibility guidance to enhance your AI solutions with Work IQ APIs and follow these step-by-step instructions to get started.

• Install and set up GitHub Copilot CLI.
• Install the Work IQ Plugin: Follow the instructions to install the Work IQ plugin. Once the installation is done, restart GitHub Copilot CLI.
• Verify that the MCP server and skills are loaded running ‘/mcp’ and ‘/skills’ commands on your console.
• You are all set. You can now start playing with your Planner data. For example, try prompts such as:
  • Show me my Planner plans.
  • View my tasks that are due this week.
  • Find high-priority overdue tasks from my plans.
  • Based on my latest email thread with Adrian, update my Compliance Audit Plan.

Be sure to follow best practices for delegated permissions, admin consent, and Copilot licensing.

Limitations

The Planner MCP Server currently supports basic plans. Premium capabilities such as dependencies, task history, and custom fields are not yet available. It is available through GitHub Copilot in VS Code and GitHub Copilot CLI. Support for Copilot Studio, Agent 365 SDK/CLI, and Microsoft Foundry is in progress.

Provide feedback

We can’t wait to hear how you use the Planner MCP Server to transform work management. Please share your experience in the comments below. We also encourage you to share any feature requests by adding your ideas to the Planner Feedback Portal.

Thank you for being part of our journey and helping us shape the future of work management with AI!

Learn more

• Read the recent blog post, “Announcing the new Work IQ APIs.”
• See licensing details for Work IQ API.
• Check out the Planner help & learning page to learn more about Planner.
• Visit the Microsoft 365 roadmap for feature descriptions and estimated release dates for Planner.

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