// Manage Todoist tasks, projects, labels, filters, sections, comments, reminders, and workspaces via the `td` CLI. Use when the user wants to view, create, update, complete, or organize Todoist items, or mentions tasks, inbox, today, upcoming, projects, labels, or filters.
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| name | todoist-cli |
| description | Manage Todoist tasks, projects, labels, filters, sections, comments, reminders, and workspaces via the `td` CLI. Use when the user wants to view, create, update, complete, or organize Todoist items, or mentions tasks, inbox, today, upcoming, projects, labels, or filters. |
| compatibility | Requires the td CLI (@doist/todoist-cli) to be installed and authenticated via 'td auth login'. |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"author":"Doist","version":"1.62.1"} |
td <command> --help for available subcommands, flags, and usage examples where provided.td <command> --help for exact flags when you already know the command family.id:..., or a Todoist web URL as a reference.td task <ref>, td project <ref>, td workspace <ref>, td comment <ref>, and td notification <ref> default to view.--project, --task, and --workspace.p1 highest (API 4) through p4 lowest (API 1).curl the fileUrl and then Read the downloaded file — the vision pipeline can reject an image and leave it pinned in context, which breaks the rest of the session. Fetch with td attachment view <file-url> (or --json) when you actually need the content; the base64 output is plain text and safe to keep in context. Skip the fetch entirely unless the user asked for visual analysis — the Name, Size, and Type fields are usually enough.--json, but other output and pagination flags vary by family. Many list commands support subsets of --ndjson, --full, --raw, --limit <n>, --all, --cursor <cursor>, or --show-urls; check td <command> --help for the exact surface.--json to return the created or updated entity.--dry-run to preview actions without executing them.--yes.--quiet / -q suppresses success messages. Create commands still print the bare ID for scripting (e.g. id=$(td task add "Buy milk" --quiet)).--no-spinner, --progress-jsonl, -v/--verbose, --accessible, --quiet, --user <id|email>.td auth login
td auth login --read-only
td auth login --additional-scopes=app-management
td auth login --read-only --additional-scopes=app-management
td auth login --additional-scopes=backups
td auth login --read-only --additional-scopes=backups
td auth login --additional-scopes=app-management,backups
td auth token
td auth status
TOKEN=$(td auth token view)
TOKEN=$(td auth token view --user you@example.com)
td auth logout
Opt-in OAuth scopes are requested via --additional-scopes=<list> (comma-separated). Run td auth login --help for the full list. Currently supported:
app-management — adds the dev:app_console scope (manage your registered Todoist apps — rotate secrets, edit webhooks, etc.). Required by td apps list and td apps view.backups — adds the backups:read scope (list and download Todoist backups). Required by td backup list and td backup download.Combine freely with --read-only to keep data access read-only while still granting an opt-in scope (e.g. td auth login --read-only --additional-scopes=backups). When a command fails for lack of a scope, the error suggests a re-login command that preserves whichever flags were originally used.
Tokens are stored in the OS credential manager when available, with fallback to ~/.config/todoist-cli/config.json. TODOIST_API_TOKEN takes precedence over stored credentials.
td auth token view writes the stored token to stdout for use in scripts. Always capture it into a shell variable (e.g. TOKEN=$(td auth token view)) — never invoke it bare in an agent transcript or piped to a shell that echoes its output, since that would leak the secret. Honors --user <id|email> for multi-account installs and refuses when TODOIST_API_TOKEN is set in the environment (the token is already available there).
The CLI can hold credentials for multiple Todoist accounts at once.
td auth login # adds the account; first one becomes default
td user list # all stored accounts (with default marker)
td user list --json # array of accounts with auth metadata (--ndjson also supported)
td user use <id|email> # set the default account (alias: td user default)
td user current # show the active account
td user remove <id|email> # delete an account (and its token)
td --user <id|email> task list # one-off override for any command
td auth logout --user <id|email> # log out a specific account
Resolution order: --user <ref> > user.defaultUser from config > the only stored account. With multiple accounts and no default, commands error and ask for --user (or td user use). <ref> matches an exact id or email (case-insensitive on email). TODOIST_API_TOKEN still bypasses the resolver entirely.
td today, td inbox, td upcoming, td completed, td activitytd task list/view/add/quickadd/update/reschedule/move/complete/uncomplete/delete/browse (alias: td task qa for quickadd)td project list/view/create/update/archive/unarchive/archived/delete/move/join/browse/collaborators/permissionstd project progress/health/health-context/activity-stats/analyze-healthtd label ..., td filter ..., td section ..., td folder ..., td workspace ...td comment ..., td notification ..., td reminder ...td template ..., td attachment view <file-url>, td backup ...td hc locales/search/viewtd stats, td settings ..., td config view, td user ..., td completion ..., td view <todoist-url>, td doctor, td update, td changelogtd apps list/view (requires td auth login --additional-scopes=app-management)td backup list/download (requires td auth login --additional-scopes=backups)Tasks, projects, labels, and filters can be referenced by:
id:xxx - Explicit IDhttps://app.todoist.com/app/task/buy-milk-8Jx4mVr72kPn3QwB or https://app.todoist.com/app/project/work-2pN7vKx49mRq6YhT)Some commands require id: or URL refs (name lookup unavailable): task uncomplete, section archive/unarchive/update/delete/browse, comment update/delete/browse, notification view/accept/reject.
Reminder commands that take an ID (reminder get/update/delete, reminder location get/update/delete) only accept id:xxx or raw IDs — URLs are not supported for reminders.
td today
td inbox --priority p1
td upcoming 14 --workspace "Work"
td completed list --since 2024-01-01 --until 2024-01-31
td completed list --search "meeting notes"
td activity --type task --event completed
td task add "Buy milk" --due tomorrow
td task quickadd "Buy milk tomorrow p1 #Shopping"
td task qa "Review PR @urgent +Alice"
td task list --project "Work" --label "urgent" --priority p1
td task view "Buy milk"
td task add "Plan sprint" --project "Work" --section "Planning" --labels "urgent,review"
td task update "Plan sprint" --deadline "2026-06-01" --assignee me
td task reschedule "Plan sprint" 2026-03-20T14:00:00
td task move "Plan sprint" --project "Personal" --no-section
td task complete "Plan sprint"
td task uncomplete id:123456
td task delete "Plan sprint" --yes
td task browse "Plan sprint"
Choosing between task add and task quickadd:
td task quickadd (alias td task qa) uses Todoist's natural-language parser. Inline syntax covers dates ("tomorrow at 2pm"), priority (p1–p4), project (#Project), labels (@label), sections (/Section), and assignee (+Person on shared projects). Prefer quickadd when all task attributes can be expressed inline and you do not need to set additional structured fields — it's one call and no name-resolution lookups are required.td task add when you need flags that Quick Add syntax can't express (--deadline, --description, --parent, --duration, --uncompletable, --order), when the text is being composed programmatically, or when you need explicit id: / URL references for project/section/parent.td task quickadd supports --stdin, --json, and --dry-run only; everything else is embedded in the text.td add <text> is a human shorthand for td task quickadd — same parser, same flag surface (--stdin, --json, --dry-run). Agents should prefer td task quickadd / qa for discoverability alongside the other task subcommands.Useful task flags:
--stdin on task add reads the task description from stdin; on task quickadd (and the top-level td add) it reads the full natural-language text from stdin.--parent, --section, --project, --workspace, --assignee, --labels, --due, --deadline, --duration, and --priority cover most task workflows.td task complete --forever stops recurrence; td task update --no-due clears the due date and --no-deadline clears deadlines; td task move --no-parent and --no-section detach from hierarchy.td project list --personal
td project list --search "Road"
td project archived
td project view "Roadmap" --detailed
td project collaborators "Roadmap"
td project create --name "New Project" --color blue
td project update "Roadmap" --favorite
td project update "Roadmap" --folder "Engineering"
td project update "Roadmap" --no-folder
td project archive "Roadmap"
td project unarchive "Roadmap"
td project move "Roadmap" --to-workspace "Acme" --folder "Engineering" --visibility team --yes
td project join id:abc123
td project delete "Roadmap" --yes
td project progress "Roadmap"
td project health "Roadmap"
td project health-context "Roadmap"
td project activity-stats "Roadmap" --weeks 4 --include-weekly
td project analyze-health "Roadmap"
td project archived-count --workspace "Acme"
td project permissions
td workspace list
td workspace view "Acme"
td workspace projects "Acme"
td workspace users "Acme" --role ADMIN,MEMBER
td workspace insights "Acme" --project-ids "id1,id2"
td workspace create --name "Acme"
td workspace update "Acme" --description "Acme Inc." --dry-run # admin-only
td workspace delete "Old WS" --yes # admin-only
td workspace user-tasks "Acme" --user alice@example.com
td workspace activity "Acme" --json
td workspace use "Acme" # persist a default; omitted refs on other workspace commands fall back to it
td workspace use --clear # forget the stored default
td folder list "Acme"
td folder view "Engineering"
td folder create "Acme" --name "Engineering"
td folder update "Engineering" --name "Platform" --workspace "Acme"
td folder delete "Engineering" --workspace "Acme" --yes
td label list
td label list --search "bug"
td label view "urgent"
td label create --name "urgent" --color red
td label update "urgent" --color orange
td label delete "urgent" --yes
td label browse "urgent"
td label rename-shared "oldname" --name "newname"
td label remove-shared "oldname" --yes
td filter list
td filter view "Urgent work"
td filter create --name "Urgent work" --query "p1 & #Work"
td filter update "Urgent work" --query "p1 & #Work & today"
td filter delete "Urgent work" --yes
td filter browse "Urgent work"
td section list "Roadmap"
td section list --search "Planning"
td section list --search "Planning" --project "Roadmap"
td section create --project "Roadmap" --name "In Progress"
td section update id:123 --name "Done"
td section archive id:123
td section unarchive id:123
td section delete id:123 --yes
td section browse id:123
Shared labels can appear in td label list and td label view, but standard update and delete actions only work for labels with IDs. Use td label rename-shared and td label remove-shared for shared labels.
td comment list "Plan sprint"
td comment list "Roadmap" --project
td comment add "Plan sprint" --content "See attached" --file ./report.pdf
td comment update id:123 --content "Updated text"
td comment delete id:123 --yes
td comment browse id:123
td attachment view "https://files.todoist.com/..."
td notification list --unread
td notification view id:123
td notification accept id:123
td notification reject id:123
td notification read --all --yes
td reminder list "Plan sprint"
td reminder list --type time
td reminder add "Plan sprint" --before 30m
td reminder update id:123 --before 1h
td reminder delete id:123 --yes
td reminder get id:123
td reminder location add "Plan sprint" --name "Office" --lat 40.7128 --long -74.0060 --trigger on_enter --radius 100 # radius in meters
td reminder location update id:456 --radius 200 # radius in meters
td reminder location delete id:456 --yes
td reminder location get id:456
td attachment view prints text attachments directly and encodes binary content as base64. Use --json for metadata plus content. Prefer this over curl + Read on Todoist file URLs — for images in particular, Read will try to decode the file through the vision pipeline, and if that fails the image stays pinned in conversation context and every retry hits the same error.
td comment view flags image attachments with a Hint line pointing at td attachment view. In --json mode the hint is written to stderr so stdout stays parseable — watch the tool output, not just the JSON body.
td hc
td hc --help
td hc locale --set-default pt-br
td hc search "filters" --ndjson # one article per line for scripts (--json also supported)
td hc view https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-filters-V98wIH
td hc queries the Todoist online Help Center. Run td hc --help for locale discovery, article search, and article viewing details. td hc locale --set-default <locale> persists a preferred locale in ~/.config/todoist-cli/config.json under hc.defaultLocale; the --locale flag on individual subcommands still overrides it. td hc view accepts id:N, raw numeric article IDs, get.todoist.help URLs, and public www.todoist.com/help/articles/... marketing URLs (resolved to the underlying Zendesk article via slug search).
td template export-file "Roadmap" --output template.csv
td template export-url "Roadmap"
td template create --name "New Project" --file template.csv --workspace "Acme"
td template import-file "Roadmap" --file template.csv
td template import-id "Roadmap" --template-id product-launch --locale fr
td backup list
td backup download "2024-01-15_12:00" --output-file backup.zip
The backup command surface requires the backups:read OAuth scope — re-run td auth login --additional-scopes=backups to grant it. Without the scope, calls fail with an AUTH_ERROR whose hint preserves any previously used flags (e.g. a read-only user sees td auth login --read-only --additional-scopes=backups).
td apps list
td apps list --json
td apps view "Todoist for VS Code"
td apps view id:9909
td apps view 9909
td apps view id:9909 --json
td apps view id:9909 --include-secrets
td apps view id:9909 --json --include-secrets
td apps update id:9909 --add-oauth-redirect https://example.com/callback
td apps update id:9909 --remove-oauth-redirect https://example.com/callback --yes
The apps command surface manages the user's registered Todoist developer apps (integrations). All apps subcommands require the dev:app_console OAuth scope — re-run td auth login --additional-scopes=app-management to grant it. Without the scope, calls fail with a MISSING_SCOPE error pointing at the same hint.
td apps list plain output leads with the display name and follows it with (id:N) (self-describing in --accessible mode), then an indented Client ID: <client_id> line, then the description. --json / --ndjson dump the full app payload (id, clientId, displayName, status, userId, createdAt, serviceUrl, oauthRedirectUri, description, icons, appTokenScopes).
td apps view <ref> accepts a name (fuzzy/case-insensitive), id:N, or a raw numeric id. Plain output shows display name as a header, then a labelled key/value block (id, status, users, created date, service URL, OAuth redirect, token scopes, icon URL, client id) followed by the description. Webhook configuration is always fetched (getAppWebhook — callback URL is user-supplied, not a secret). When --include-secrets is set, the command additionally fetches the app's secrets (client_secret), verification token, test token, and distribution token.
td apps update <ref> --add-oauth-redirect <url> appends an OAuth redirect URI to the app, and --remove-oauth-redirect <url> takes one off (requires --yes to actually mutate, like td task delete). The two flags are mutually exclusive — pass one at a time. The URI is validated before any API call: https://<host>, http(s)://localhost[:port][/path], http(s)://127.0.0.1[:port][/path], or a custom-scheme URI (e.g. myapp://callback) are accepted; javascript, data, file, vbscript, and ftp custom schemes are rejected. Removals skip validation so users can clean up legacy malformed URIs. Adding a URI already set on the app fails with ALREADY_EXISTS; removing a URI that isn't on the app exits 0 with a message and makes no API call. Supports --dry-run and --json.
The OAuth client_id is public and always shown. The four sensitive credentials — client secret, verification token, test access token, distribution token — are hidden by default. In plain mode each of those lines renders a (hidden — pass --include-secrets to reveal) hint; in --json / --ndjson the clientSecret, verificationToken, distributionToken, and testToken keys are omitted from the payload entirely. With --include-secrets, the values are rendered / emitted normally — in that mode a non-existent test token reads as (not created). Webhook configuration is always included when configured (callback URL, event list, version); a missing webhook renders as (not configured) in plain output and null in JSON.
td stats
td stats goals --daily 10 --weekly 50
td stats vacation --on
td settings view
td settings update --timezone "America/New_York" --time-format 24 --date-format intl
td settings themes
td config view
td config view --json
td config view --show-token
td completion install zsh
td completion uninstall
td view https://app.todoist.com/app/task/buy-milk-abc123
td view https://app.todoist.com/app/today
td doctor
td doctor --offline
td doctor --json
td update --check
td update --check --json
td update --channel
td update switch --stable
td update switch --pre-release --json
td changelog --count 10