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Todoist

Syncs your project tasks and deadlines into automated workflows, converts incoming communications into actionable items, and keeps your task lists updated based on external triggers.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Todoist integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Todoist 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 Todoist data, across all 76 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Todoist 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 Todoist, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Todoist is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

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

Supported tools

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

Create task
Use this when you need to add a new item to a list with a specific due date, priority level, or project assignment.
Close task
Mark a task as completed using its unique ID. Use this to trigger downstream completion workflows.
Get all tasks
Pull every active task across the account to analyze current workload or generate a daily summary.
Update task
Modify the content, due date, or priority of an existing task after its ID is confirmed.
Create project
Use this to start a new project container for a specific goal or client work.
Get all projects
Pull a full list of all existing projects to find the correct ID for task routing.
Create section
Group tasks under a new heading within a project to organize different phases of work.
Get all sections
Pull the internal structure of a specific project to see how tasks are categorized.
Create comment
Add a note or a piece of context to a specific task or project for team collaboration.
Get all comments
Retrieve the full conversation history for a task to provide context to an AI agent.
Create label
Use this to add a new organizational tag for filtering tasks across different projects.
Get all labels
Pull all personal labels to ensure new tasks are tagged with existing categories.
Delete task
Permanently remove a task and all associated subtasks from the system.
Reopen task
Change a completed task back to active state when a requirement is not fully met.
Update project
Change the name, color, or order of a project to maintain organization.
Get task
Pull full metadata for a single task by ID to check its current state before updating.
Add Workspace
Tool to create a new workspace in todoist. use when you need a separate workspace to organize projects. generates uuid and temp id automatically.
Delete Label
Tool to delete a specific label. use when you need to permanently remove an unused label by its id after confirming it's not in use. example: "delete label with id 2298391482".
Delete Project
Tool to delete a specific todoist project. use when you need to permanently remove a project by its id.
Delete Section
Tool to delete a specific section. use when you need to permanently remove an unused section by its id after confirming it's not in use. example: "delete section with id 82181370".
Get Backups
Tool to list all available backup archives for the user. use when you need to retrieve and review all existing backups.
Get Comment
Tool to retrieve details of a specific comment by its comment id. use when you need full information (content, timestamp, or attachment) about a known comment.
Get Label
Tool to retrieve a specific label by its id. use when you need detailed info about a label after you have its id.
Get Project
Tool to retrieve a specific project by its id. use when you have a project id and need its metadata before display or update.
Get Section
Tool to retrieve a specific section by its id. use when you have a section id and need its metadata before display or update.
Get Special Backups
Tool to list special backup archives for the user. use when you need to retrieve all project backups for the authenticated user after creating or managing projects.
List Archived Workspace Projects
Tool to list all archived projects in a workspace. use when you need to retrieve archived workspace projects with optional filters or pagination.
List Filters
Tool to list all filters for the authenticated user. use when you need to retrieve the current set of custom filters.
List Pending Workspace Invitations
Tool to list pending invitation emails in a workspace. use when you need to check which email invites are still pending acceptance in a workspace.
Update Comment
Tool to update a specific comment's content. use when you need to correct or clarify an existing comment after confirming its id and the new text.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven uses OAuth 2.0 to connect to your Todoist account. When you initiate the connection, you are redirected to the official Todoist authorization page where you grant permission for Ceven to manage your tasks, projects, and labels. Once you approve, Todoist sends a secure token back to Ceven. We store this token using industry standard encryption. We never see or store your Todoist password. You can revoke this access at any time through your Todoist account settings under the integrations menu, which will immediately stop all agent activity in your account.
Yes. The agent can read and write across any project you have access to. By using the Get all projects action, the agent first identifies the correct project ID and then routes tasks or comments to that specific location. If a project does not exist for a specific workflow, the agent can use the Create project action to build a new structure on the fly. This allows for dynamic organization where the agent creates a new project for every new client or deal that enters your CRM system.
Ceven is subject to the Todoist API rate limits. For most users, this is not an issue, but very high volume accounts may encounter the 429 Too Many Requests error if they attempt to sync thousands of tasks in a few seconds. To handle this, Ceven implements an exponential backoff strategy. This means if the agent hits a rate limit, it will automatically pause and retry the request after a short delay. You will not lose data, but you might notice a slight lag in task updates during massive bulk imports.
Yes. The agent can create and manage subtasks by associating a new task with a parent task ID. When pulling data, the agent can see the hierarchy of tasks within a project. This is particularly useful for complex workflows where a high level goal needs to be broken down into smaller actionable steps. The agent can check off subtasks individually or mark an entire parent task as complete, depending on how you define the logic in your workflow.
Ceven can read and write labels to ensure your tasks remain organized. The agent can pull all existing labels to avoid creating duplicates and can apply multiple labels to a single task based on the context of the trigger. While the agent can list your custom filters to understand how you view your data, it cannot create new filters via the API because Todoist restricts filter creation to the user interface for security and performance reasons.
Yes. By utilizing Todoist webhooks, Ceven can be notified the instant a task is created, completed, or rescheduled. This allows for real time reactions. For example, when you mark a task as complete in the Todoist mobile app, Ceven can immediately trigger a Slack notification to your team or update a row in a Google Sheet. This removes the need for the agent to constantly poll the API for changes, making the workflow feel instantaneous.
If a project is deleted, any subsequent attempts by the agent to add tasks to that project ID will return a 404 Not Found error. Ceven is designed to handle this gracefully. The agent will catch the error and can be configured to either notify you that the project is missing or automatically create a new project with the same name to resume the workflow. This ensures that your automation does not simply crash when manual changes are made to your project structure.
Ceven accesses whatever the authenticated user can see. If you are using a Todoist Business account, the agent can interact with shared team projects as long as your user account has the necessary permissions to edit those projects. If you have read only access to a team project, the agent will be able to pull tasks for reporting but will receive an error if it attempts to create or modify a task within that specific project.

Alternatives to Todoist

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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