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ClickUp

Syncs tasks, goals, and documents across your workspace and automates project updates based on external events.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native ClickUp integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right ClickUp calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your ClickUp data, across all 162 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke ClickUp access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in ClickUp, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when ClickUp is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach ClickUp.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every ClickUp action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on ClickUp, and when to use it.

Create task
Use this when you need to add a new item to a specific list or create a subtask under an existing parent task.
Create checklist
Use this to add a set of required steps or a quality assurance list to an existing task.
Create checklist item
Add a single line item to an existing checklist and assign it to a team member.
Create folder
Organize lists by creating a new folder within a specified space.
Create list
Create a new list within an existing folder to categorize specific project tasks.
Create space
Set up a top level environment with custom privacy and feature settings for a new department or client.
Create goal
Define a high level objective for the workspace to track overall progress.
Create key result
Add a measurable target to a goal to quantify success.
Add dependency
Mark a task as waiting on or blocking another task to manage project order.
Add tag to task
Apply an existing tag to a task for better filtering and reporting.
Create task comment
Post a status update or a question directly onto a task for the team to see.
Create time entry
Log hours spent on a specific task for billing or capacity planning.
Add task link
Create a relationship between two separate tasks to provide context.
Create folderless list
Create a list that exists directly in a space without being inside a folder.
Add guest to folder
Adds a guest to a folder with specified permissions; requires a clickup enterprise plan.
Add guest to list
Shares a clickup list with an existing guest user, granting them specified permissions; requires the workspace to be on the clickup enterprise plan.
Add guest to task
Assigns a guest to a task with specified permissions; requires clickup enterprise plan, and `team id` if `custom task ids` is true.
Add tags from time entries
Associates a list of specified tags with one or more time entries within a given team (workspace).
Add task to list
Adds an existing task to an additional clickup list; the "tasks in multiple lists" clickapp must be enabled in the workspace for this.
Create task attachment
Deprecated: use `create task attachment` to upload a file to a task; requires `multipart/form data`.
Get access token
Deprecated: use `get access token` instead. exchanges a clickup oauth 2.0 authorization code for an access token.
Get authorized teams workspaces
Deprecated: use `get authorized teams workspaces` instead to retrieve workspaces (teams) accessible to the authenticated user.
Get authorized user
Deprecated: use `get authorized user` instead. retrieves details of the authenticated user's clickup account.
Change tag names from time entries
Updates the name, background color, and/or foreground color for an existing time entry tag, identified by its current `name` and `team id`.
Create a time entry
Creates a new time entry for a specified team.
Create chat view comment
Posts a new comment to a specified clickup chat view; the 'view id' must correspond to an existing and accessible chat view.
Create folder view
Creates a new, highly customizable view within a specific clickup folder using its `folder id`.
Create list comment
Adds a new comment with specific text to an existing and accessible clickup list, assigns it to a user, and sets notification preferences for all list members.
Create list view
Creates a new, customizable view (e.g., list, board, calendar) within a specified clickup list, requiring an existing list id accessible by the user.
Create space tag
Creates a new tag (name, foreground color, background color) in an existing clickup space.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven operates using the permissions granted to the user who authorized the OAuth connection. If the connecting user has admin access to a space, the agent can create folders and lists within that space. If the user is a guest with limited access, the agent will receive an error when attempting to perform administrative actions. We recommend connecting via a dedicated service account with the exact level of access needed for your workflows to avoid accidental changes to space settings. This ensures that the agent cannot delete spaces or change global workspace settings unless explicitly allowed by the workspace owner.
Yes. The agent can run a sequence of calls to first create a space, then create folders within that space, and finally populate those folders with lists and tasks. This is particularly useful for agencies that use a standardized project setup. You can define a blueprint in your workflow, and the agent will execute the creation steps in order, ensuring that every new project has the same organizational hierarchy. This removes the need for manual duplication of folders or relying on basic templates that do not support dynamic naming based on client data.
ClickUp imposes rate limits on API requests to ensure platform stability. When the agent encounters a 429 Too Many Requests error, it automatically enters a retry loop using exponential backoff. This means the agent will wait a few seconds before trying again, increasing the wait time if the error persists. For most users, this happens invisibly in the background. However, if you are running massive bulk updates across thousands of tasks, you may notice a slight delay in execution. We optimize our calls by batching where possible to minimize the impact of these limits.
Ceven can add guests to tasks, folders, and lists, but this functionality is gated by your ClickUp plan. Specifically, the ability to add guests via the API requires a ClickUp Enterprise plan. If your workspace is on a lower tier, any attempt by the agent to use the add guest actions will result in a permission error from the ClickUp API. We suggest verifying your plan level before building workflows that rely on external guest collaboration to ensure the agent can successfully share the necessary views and tasks with your clients.
The agent can create time entries and read existing time tracking data. By combining this with the create key result action, you can build a workflow that automatically updates a goal as hours are logged against a project. For example, you can set a budget of 100 hours for a project and have the agent update the key result percentage every time a team member logs time. This provides a real time view of budget consumption without requiring a manual audit of time logs at the end of the week.
The agent can manage both waiting on and blocking relationships between tasks. When you tell the agent to add a dependency, it specifies whether the target task is the blocker or the dependent. This is critical for Gantt chart accuracy in ClickUp. If a workflow detects that a prerequisite task is completed in another system, the agent can automatically remove the dependency or notify the owner of the blocked task that they can now begin their work, keeping the project moving without manual intervention.
Yes, the agent can create list, board, calendar, and Gantt views at the space, folder, or list level. You can configure the grouping, sorting, and filtering settings within the workflow. This allows you to automatically generate a specific view for a client that only shows tasks assigned to them or tasks marked with a specific tag. By automating view creation, you ensure that stakeholders always have a tailored window into the project progress without needing to manually configure filters every time a new project starts.
The agent can create tasks from existing ClickUp templates. This allows you to maintain the complexity of your task checklists and custom fields within ClickUp while using Ceven to trigger the creation of those tasks based on external events. Instead of the agent having to define every single subtask and field manually, it simply calls the template ID and provides a new name for the task. This is the most efficient way to maintain consistency across projects while leveraging the automation power of the agent.

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