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Summary
Drive Todoist (personal/team task manager) from any AI agent: projects, tasks, comments, labels, sections. 12 tools, Bearer token auth, REST API v2.
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Example prompts for Todoist
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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Todoist + Cursor
Drive Todoist (personal/team task manager) from any AI agent: projects, tasks, comments, labels, sections. 12 tools, Bearer token auth, REST API v2.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
TODOIST_API_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
Setup:
- Sign in to https://todoist.com → top-right avatar → Settings → Integrations → Developer → API token → Copy.
- Set
TODOIST_API_TOKENto it.
Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${TODOIST_API_TOKEN}. The token is per-user; everything done with it appears as that user's actions. Personal API tokens never expire.
Hierarchy: Project → Section (optional) → Task → Sub-task. Tasks can also live directly in a project without a section. The Inbox is a special project (inbox_project=true).
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:
{
"mcpServers": {
"anythingmcp": {
"url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
"headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
}
}
}
- Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
- Save the file and restart Cursor.
- Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify
Todoistis listed and "Connected". - Start chatting — all
Todoisttools are now invokable.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
todoist_get_projects | List all projects the user can access |
todoist_create_project | Create a new project |
todoist_get_active_tasks | List active (non-completed) tasks with filters |
todoist_get_task | Fetch a single task by ID |
todoist_create_task | Create a task |
todoist_update_task | Update a task |
todoist_complete_task | Mark a task as completed |
todoist_reopen_task | Reopen a previously-completed task |
todoist_delete_task | Permanently delete a task |
todoist_get_comments | List comments on a project OR a task |
todoist_create_comment | Add a comment to a project or task |
todoist_get_labels | List the user's personal labels |
FAQ
Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.
Next steps
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