Todoist MCP Server
Todoist MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Todoist's task management app — creating and updating tasks, managing projects and sections, querying task lists and due dates, handling labels and filters, and integrating Todoist's personal productivity system into agent-driven task automation workflows.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
HTTPS enforced. API token — full account access, no scopes. OAuth 2.0 available. GDPR. Community MCP server.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
An agent needs to manage personal or team tasks in Todoist — for personal productivity automation, quick task capture, or daily planning.
Avoid When
You need complex project management with Gantt charts, resource management, or cross-team visibility.
Use Cases
- • Creating tasks and projects from personal productivity agents
- • Querying today's tasks and upcoming deadlines from planning agents
- • Organizing tasks into projects and sections from organization agents
- • Completing and rescheduling tasks from personal assistant agents
- • Managing labels and filters for task organization from workflow agents
- • Syncing action items from meetings into Todoist from capture agents
Not For
- • Team project management at scale (ClickUp, Asana, or Jira better suited)
- • Complex workflow automation with dependencies (use dedicated workflow tools)
- • Teams without Todoist subscription
Interface
Authentication
Todoist API token (personal, full access) or OAuth 2.0 for user-facing apps. API token provides access to all tasks and projects. No scope granularity.
Pricing
Affordable personal productivity tool. API access included. Free tier suitable for individual use. MCP server is community open source.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Rate limit at 450 req/15min — sufficient for most agent use cases
- ⚠ Task due dates use RFC 3339 format — agents must format dates correctly
- ⚠ Project IDs are integers — don't confuse with project names
- ⚠ Todoist uses a sync API and REST API — this MCP likely uses REST v2
- ⚠ Community MCP server — may not expose all Todoist features (filters, reminders)
- ⚠ Recurring tasks create new task instances — understanding recurrence behavior important
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.