Todoist MCP for AI agents
Agents read Todoist MCP at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.
About Todoist MCP
Todoist MCP lets agents read, create, update, organize, and complete tasks and projects through Todoist's hosted Streamable HTTP server.
What an agent can do in Todoist MCP
Every Todoist MCP action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.
Runs at once (reads)
Looks things up in Todoist MCP without asking first. 23 actions.
- Export-project-templateExport an existing project as a Todoist template, either as CSV content or as a shareable URL. Use it to duplicate a project, share its structure, or hand the CSV to import-project-template. To read a
- FetchFetch the full contents of a task or project by its ID. The ID should be in the format "task:{id}" or "project:{id}".
- Fetch-objectFetch a single task, project, comment, or section by its ID. Use this when you have a specific object ID and want to retrieve its full details. Set includeChildren to also get its direct subtasks or s
- Find-activityRetrieve activity logs to monitor and audit changes in Todoist. Shows events from all users by default (use initiatorId to filter by specific user). To answer what someone completed in a period, inclu
- Find-commentsFind comments by task, project, or get a specific comment by ID. Exactly one of taskId, projectId, or commentId must be provided.
- Find-completed-tasksGet completed tasks in a date range. For "what did I complete/get done" questions, use find-activity instead — it reports completion events, including every occurrence of a recurring task, which this
- Find-filtersList all personal filters or search for filters by name. Filters are saved custom views that use query syntax to organize tasks (e.g. "today & p1", "#Work & overdue").
- Find-labelsList personal labels and shared labels. Personal labels have full metadata (id, name, color, order, isFavorite) and support pagination and name search (partial, case insensitive). Shared labels are la
- Find-project-collaboratorsFind Todoist users (collaborators, teammates) by name or email to look up their user ID. Use this whenever the user asks to find, look up, or identify a person — e.g. "find Carrie's user ID", "who is
- Find-projectsList all projects or search for projects by name. By default only active projects are returned; use archivedStatus ('archived' or 'all') to include archived projects. When searching or when archivedSt
- Find-remindersFind reminders by task ID (returns all reminder types), or get a specific reminder by its ID. Use reminderId for time-based reminders and locationReminderId for location reminders.
- Find-sectionsSearch for sections by name or other criteria in a project. When searching, uses server-side search to avoid fetching all sections.
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- Find-tasksFind tasks by text search, project/section/parent container, responsible user, labels, a raw Todoist filter string, or a saved filter by ID or name (filterIdOrName). At least one filter must be provid
- Find-tasks-by-dateGet tasks by date range. startDate='today' includes overdue items. Default responsibleUserFiltering='unassignedOrMe' excludes others' tasks.
- Get-overviewGet a Markdown overview. If no projectId is provided, shows all projects with hierarchy and sections (useful for navigation). If projectId is provided, shows detailed overview of that specific project
- Get-productivity-statsGet comprehensive productivity statistics including daily/weekly completion breakdowns, goal streaks (current, last, max), karma score and trends, and historical karma data. Useful for productivity an
- Get-project-activity-statsGet daily and optional weekly task completion counts for a project over a configurable time window (1-12 weeks). Useful for identifying completion trends and patterns.
- Get-project-healthGet a comprehensive health assessment for a project including completion progress, health status (EXCELLENT, ON_TRACK, AT_RISK, CRITICAL), and optional detailed context with project metrics and task-l
- Get-workspace-insightsGet aggregated health and progress insights across all projects in a workspace. Accepts workspace name or ID, with optional project ID filtering. Useful for a cross-project health overview.
- List-workspacesGet all workspaces for the authenticated user. Returns workspace details including ID, name, plan type (STARTER/BUSINESS), user role (ADMIN/MEMBER/GUEST), link sharing settings, guest permissions, cre
- SearchSearch across tasks and projects in Todoist. Returns a list of relevant results with IDs, titles, and URLs.
- User-infoGet comprehensive user information including user ID, full name, email, timezone with current local time, week start day preferences, current week dates, daily/weekly goal progress, and user plan (Fre
- View-attachmentView a file attachment from a Todoist comment. Pass the fileUrl from a comment's fileAttachment field. Supports images (returned inline), text files (returned as text), and binary files like PDFs (ret
Held for approval by default (changes and sends)
Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 24 actions.
- Add-commentsAdd multiple comments to tasks or projects, optionally notifying collaborators. Each comment must specify either taskId or projectId.
- Add-filtersAdd one or more new personal filters. Filters are saved custom views using query syntax to organize tasks.
- Add-labelsAdd one or more new personal labels.
- Add-projectsAdd one or more new projects.
- Add-remindersAdd reminders to tasks. Supports three types: "relative" (minutes before due), "absolute" (specific date/time), or "location" (geofence-triggered). Each reminder must specify a taskId.
- Add-sectionsAdd one or more new sections to projects.
- Add-tasksAdd one or more tasks to a project, section, or parent. Supports assignment to project collaborators.
- Analyze-project-healthTrigger a new health analysis for a project. Use this when the health data is stale or you want a fresh assessment. The analysis may take time to complete — use get-project-health afterward to see upd
- Complete-tasksComplete one or more tasks by their IDs.
- Delete-objectDelete a project, section, task, comment, label, filter, reminder, or location_reminder by its ID. Projects can be deleted whether active or archived (find archived ones via find-projects with archive
- Import-project-templateImport a template into an existing project, adding its tasks, sections and comments to whatever is already there. Source it by template ID/URL or by passing CSV content from export-project-template. T
- Manage-assignmentsBulk assignment operations for multiple tasks. Supports assign, unassign, and reassign operations with atomic rollback on failures.
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- Project-managementArchive or unarchive a project by its ID.
- Project-moveMove a project between personal and workspace contexts.
- Reorder-objectsReorder sibling projects or sections, and optionally move projects to a new parent. For projects: set order to reorder siblings, and/or set parentId to move under a new parent (use "root" for top leve
- Reschedule-tasksReschedule tasks to new dates while preserving recurring schedules. Unlike update-tasks (which replaces the entire due string and can wipe recurrence), this tool changes only the date, keeping recurre
- Uncomplete-tasksUncomplete (reopen) one or more completed tasks by their IDs.
- Update-commentsUpdate multiple existing comments with new content.
- Update-filtersUpdate one or more existing personal filters with new values.
- Update-labelsUpdate one or more existing labels. Personal labels (identified by ID) can have their name, color, order, and favorite flag updated. Shared labels (identified by name) can only be renamed.
- Update-projectsUpdate multiple existing projects with new values.
- Update-remindersUpdate existing reminders. Each reminder must specify its type ("relative", "absolute", or "location") and ID. Only include fields that need to change.
- Update-sectionsUpdate multiple existing sections with new values.
- Update-tasksUpdate existing tasks including content, dates, priorities, and assignments. Send only the fields that change.
Changes wait in Needs you
Changes and sends in Todoist MCP are held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
Todoist MCP questions
Can an agent change data in Todoist MCP on its own?
Not by default. Changes and sends in Todoist MCP are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
What can an agent read in Todoist MCP?
This connector lists 23 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.
How does Todoist MCP connect?
It connects with dcr oauth. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.