Get bearer token not working?

[obyajra]

When using npx @teamwork/get-bearer-token, how can I fix the error below? Seems like a missing scope, but there are no options to configure it when creating a Teamwork app.

Response received:

🚀 Callback server started on port 3000
📝 Exchanging authorization code for access token...
   Using token endpoint: https://www.teamwork.com/launchpad/v1/token.json
   Token response received
   Response keys: access_token, installation, status, token_type, user
   Installation keys: id, name, url, region, logo, loginStartText, apiEndPoint, company, projectsEnabled, deskEnabled, chatEnabled, status

❌ Authentication failed:
   Failed to get user info: Not Allowed

[rafaeljusto]

Hi @obyajra , we suspect that the tool may be blocked by our firewalls, depending on where you are executing it from. We are investigating some alternatives to fix it. In the meantime, you could run the process manually via these steps:

https://apidocs.teamwork.com/guides/teamwork/app-login-flow

Alternatively, we also have a Go program to generate it:
https://github.com/Teamwork/twapi-go-sdk/blob/main/session/oauth2.go

go install github.com/teamwork/twapi-go-sdk/examples/oauth2@latest
$GOBIN/oauth2 -client-id=... -client-secret=...

I will update this discussion once we get a resolution regarding the script issue you reported.

[rafaeljusto]

@obyajra A new version (1.1.0) of @teamwork/get-bearer-token was released and should include the fix.

Could you check again?

npx @teamwork/get-bearer-token

[obyajra]

Thanks for the updates @rafaeljusto. Updating to 1.1.0 solved the generation of the bearer token.

However, MCP still doesn't work, but I think it's another issue/discussion. MCP server log below for reference:

[2025-09-04 10:50:28.878][info]    [Teamwork]Starting server Teamwork
[2025-09-04 10:50:30.215][info]    [Teamwork]Connection state: Running
[2025-09-04 10:50:30.464][error]   [Teamwork]Connection state: Error: Streamable HTTP error: Failed to open SSE stream: 
[2025-09-04 10:50:30.464][error]   [Teamwork]Connection state: Error: Streamable HTTP error: Failed to open SSE stream: 
[2025-09-04 10:50:31.821][info]    [Teamwork]Discovered 64 tools
[2025-09-04 10:50:34.075][info]    [Teamwork]Discovered 64 tools
[2025-09-04 10:51:52.529][error]   [Teamwork]Connection state: Error: Error POSTing to endpoint (HTTP 401): Unauthorized

[2025-09-04 10:51:52.529][error]   [Teamwork]Error calling tool twprojects-list_projects: Error POSTing to endpoint (HTTP 401): Unauthorized

MCP Config:

    "Teamwork": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer tkn.v1_xxxxxx..."
      }
    }

[obyajra]

I just tried using VSCode, and MCP works fine.

The error above is related to PHPStorm and the GitHub Copilot extension, and may be outside the scope of the project.

[rafaeljusto]

I tested it here, and it also works on PHPStorm with the CoPilot plugin, but there's a small configuration difference:

{
  "servers": {
    "Teamwork": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com/",
      "requestInit": {
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer tkn.v1_xxxxxx..."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Note that we need the requestInit JSON object level. Oddly, they don't have a config standard for the same plugin in different IDEs.

[obyajra]

requestInit did the trick. Thanks a lot @rafaeljusto! 🍻