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Todoist by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Todoist
Author: modbender

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Todoist CLI

Manage Todoist via the REST API v2.

Setup

Get API token: Todoist → Settings → Integrations → Developer → API token

Set environment variable:

export TODOIST_API_TOKEN="your_token_here"

Make CLI executable:

chmod +x ~/clawd/skills/todoist/scripts/todoist

CLI Location

~/clawd/skills/todoist/scripts/todoist

Quick Reference

Tasks

# List all tasks
todoist tasks

# List with filter
todoist tasks --filter "today"
todoist tasks --filter "overdue"
todoist tasks --filter "#Work"
todoist tasks --project PROJECT_ID

# Quick views
todoist today
todoist overdue
todoist upcoming

# Get single task
todoist task TASK_ID

# Add task
todoist add "Buy groceries"
todoist add "Call mom" --due tomorrow
todoist add "Meeting prep" --due "today 3pm" --priority 4
todoist add "Review PR" --project PROJECT_ID --labels "work,urgent"
todoist add "Write docs" --description "Include examples"

# Update task
todoist update TASK_ID --content "New title"
todoist update TASK_ID --due "next monday"
todoist update TASK_ID --priority 3

# Complete / reopen / delete
todoist complete TASK_ID
todoist reopen TASK_ID
todoist delete-task TASK_ID

Projects

# List projects
todoist projects

# Get project
todoist project PROJECT_ID

# Create project
todoist add-project "Work"
todoist add-project "Personal" --color blue --favorite

# Update project
todoist update-project PROJECT_ID --name "New Name"
todoist update-project PROJECT_ID --color red

# Delete project
todoist delete-project PROJECT_ID

Sections

# List sections
todoist sections
todoist sections PROJECT_ID

# Create section
todoist add-section --name "In Progress" --project PROJECT_ID

# Delete section
todoist delete-section SECTION_ID

Labels

# List labels
todoist labels

# Create label
todoist add-label "urgent"
todoist add-label "blocked" --color red

# Delete label
todoist delete-label LABEL_ID

Comments

# List comments
todoist comments --task TASK_ID
todoist comments --project PROJECT_ID

# Add comment
todoist add-comment "Need more info" --task TASK_ID

# Delete comment
todoist delete-comment COMMENT_ID

Filter Syntax

Todoist supports powerful filter queries:

Filter	Description
`today`	Due today
`tomorrow`	Due tomorrow
`overdue`	Past due
`7 days`	Due in next 7 days
`no date`	No due date
`#ProjectName`	In specific project
`@label`	Has label
`p1`, `p2`, `p3`, `p4`	Priority level
`assigned to: me`	Assigned to you
`created: today`	Created today

Combine with & (and) or | (or):

todoist tasks --filter "today & #Work"
todoist tasks --filter "overdue | p1"

Due Date Strings

Natural language due dates:

today, tomorrow, yesterday
next monday, next week
in 3 days
every day, every weekday
every monday at 9am
Jan 15, 2026-01-20
today at 3pm

Priority Levels

Value	Meaning
1	Normal (default)
2	Medium
3	High
4	Urgent

Output

All commands return JSON. Pipe to jq for formatting:

todoist tasks | jq '.[] | {id, content, due: .due.string}'
todoist today | jq -r '.[].content'

Notes

Requires curl and jq
All output is JSON for easy scripting
Task IDs are numeric strings (e.g., "8765432109")
Project IDs are also numeric strings

---name: todoist-5description: Manage Todoist tasks, projects, labels, and comments via the todoist CLI wrapper. Use when a user asks to add tasks, list todos, complete items, manage projects, or interact with their Todoist account.---# Todoist CLIManage Todoist via the REST API v2.## Setup1. Get API token: Todoist → Settings → Integrations → Developer → API token2. Set environment variable: ```bash export TODOIST_API_TOKEN="your_token_here" ```3. Make CLI executable: ```bash chmod +x ~/clawd/skills/todoist/scripts/todoist ```## CLI Location```bash~/clawd/skills/todoist/scripts/todoist```## Quick Reference### Tasks```bash# List all taskstodoist tasks# List with filtertodoist tasks --filter "today"todoist tasks --filter "overdue"todoist tasks --filter "#Work"todoist tasks --project PROJECT_ID# Quick viewstodoist todaytodoist overduetodoist upcoming# Get single tasktodoist task TASK_ID# Add tasktodoist add "Buy groceries"todoist add "Call mom" --due tomorrowtodoist add "Meeting prep" --due "today 3pm" --priority 4todoist add "Review PR" --project PROJECT_ID --labels "work,urgent"todoist add "Write docs" --description "Include examples"# Update tasktodoist update TASK_ID --content "New title"todoist update TASK_ID --due "next monday"todoist update TASK_ID --priority 3# Complete / reopen / deletetodoist complete TASK_IDtodoist reopen TASK_IDtodoist delete-task TASK_ID```### Projects```bash# List projectstodoist projects# Get projecttodoist project PROJECT_ID# Create projecttodoist add-project "Work"todoist add-project "Personal" --color blue --favorite# Update projecttodoist update-project PROJECT_ID --name "New Name"todoist update-project PROJECT_ID --color red# Delete projecttodoist delete-project PROJECT_ID```### Sections```bash# List sectionstodoist sectionstodoist sections PROJECT_ID# Create sectiontodoist add-section --name "In Progress" --project PROJECT_ID# Delete sectiontodoist delete-section SECTION_ID```### Labels```bash# List labelstodoist labels# Create labeltodoist add-label "urgent"todoist add-label "blocked" --color red# Delete labeltodoist delete-label LABEL_ID```### Comments```bash# List commentstodoist comments --task TASK_IDtodoist comments --project PROJECT_ID# Add commenttodoist add-comment "Need more info" --task TASK_ID# Delete commenttodoist delete-comment COMMENT_ID```## Filter SyntaxTodoist supports powerful filter queries:| Filter | Description ||--------|-------------|| `today` | Due today || `tomorrow` | Due tomorrow || `overdue` | Past due || `7 days` | Due in next 7 days || `no date` | No due date || `#ProjectName` | In specific project || `@label` | Has label || `p1`, `p2`, `p3`, `p4` | Priority level || `assigned to: me` | Assigned to you || `created: today` | Created today |Combine with `&` (and) or `|` (or):```bashtodoist tasks --filter "today & #Work"todoist tasks --filter "overdue | p1"```## Due Date StringsNatural language due dates:- `today`, `tomorrow`, `yesterday`- `next monday`, `next week`- `in 3 days`- `every day`, `every weekday`- `every monday at 9am`- `Jan 15`, `2026-01-20`- `today at 3pm`## Priority Levels| Value | Meaning ||-------|---------|| 1 | Normal (default) || 2 | Medium || 3 | High || 4 | Urgent |## OutputAll commands return JSON. Pipe to `jq` for formatting:```bashtodoist tasks | jq '.[] | {id, content, due: .due.string}'todoist today | jq -r '.[].content'```## Notes- Requires `curl` and `jq`- All output is JSON for easy scripting- Task IDs are numeric strings (e.g., "8765432109")- Project IDs are also numeric strings

Frequently asked questions

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