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Parity Overview

Copera exposes the same workspace capabilities through four parallel surfaces. They share the underlying API, but they do not all expose every capability — some are intentionally read-only or narrower in scope.

  • Public API — the REST API, callable from any language or platform.
  • CLI — drive boards, docs, drive, and messaging from your terminal or CI.
  • MCP server — connect AI clients (Claude, Cursor, and other MCP hosts) to your workspace.
  • Native AI — a read-only board subset exposed directly to Copera's in-product AI.

Use this page to decide which surface fits your use case and to spot where a capability is missing on a given surface.

Capability matrix​

Legend: ✅ full · ◑ read-only · — none

DomainPublic APICLIMCPAI
Workspace✅✅✅—
Boards/Rows (read)✅✅✅◑
Rows (create/update/delete)✅✅✅—
Row rich-text column markdown✅✅——
Row authenticate✅✅——
Row comments + attachments✅✅✅—
Table export (async)✅✅✅—
Docs✅✅✅—
Drive (browse/download/folders)✅✅✅—
Drive multipart upload✅✅——
Channels/Messaging✅✅✅—
Search✅✅✅—
Notifications✅✅✅—
Bookings✅✅——

Native AI surface​

Copera's native AI exposes a read-only subset of the board domain — enough to look up and read structured data, but nothing that mutates the workspace. The available tools are:

  • copera_list_boards
  • copera_get_board
  • copera_list_tables
  • copera_get_table_schema
  • copera_list_rows
  • copera_get_row
  • copera_get_row_markdown

For anything beyond reading boards — writes, docs, drive, channels, search, notifications, bookings — use the Public API, CLI, or MCP server.

Known gaps​

Some capabilities are deliberately absent on the AI and MCP surfaces:

  • No MCP or AI for row rich-text column markdown — available via Public API and CLI only.
  • No MCP or AI for row authenticate — Public API and CLI only.
  • No MCP or AI for Bookings — Public API and CLI only.
  • No MCP or AI for Drive multipart upload — Public API and CLI only.
  • AI is read-only and board-only — no writes, and no non-board domains.

When a surface doesn't cover what you need, fall back to the Public API, which is the full surface.

Where to go next​