todoist-automation

Todoist Automation via Rube MCP

Automate Todoist operations including task creation and management, project organization, section management, filtering, and bulk task workflows through Composio's Todoist toolkit.

Prerequisites

• Rube MCP must be connected (RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS available)
• Active Todoist connection via RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS with toolkit todoist
• Always call RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS first to get current tool schemas

Setup

Get Rube MCP: Add https://rube.app/mcp as an MCP server in your client configuration. No API keys needed — just add the endpoint and it works.

1. Verify Rube MCP is available by confirming RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS responds
2. Call RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS with toolkit todoist
3. If connection is not ACTIVE, follow the returned auth link to complete Todoist OAuth
4. Confirm connection status shows ACTIVE before running any workflows

Core Workflows

1. Create and Manage Tasks

When to use: User wants to create, update, complete, reopen, or delete tasks

Tool sequence:

1. TODOIST_GET_ALL_PROJECTS - List projects to find the target project ID [Prerequisite]
2. TODOIST_GET_ALL_SECTIONS - List sections within a project for task placement [Optional]
3. TODOIST_CREATE_TASK - Create a single task with content, due date, priority, labels [Required]
4. TODOIST_BULK_CREATE_TASKS - Create multiple tasks in one reque