todoist-cli

What This Skill Does

The todoist-cli skill provides a powerful command-line interface for OpenClaw to interact with the Todoist productivity platform. It enables the AI to act as a personal task manager, allowing for the retrieval, creation, modification, and organization of tasks, projects, labels, and sections. By leveraging this skill, OpenClaw can seamlessly maintain your to-do lists, track overdue items, set priorities, and keep projects structured without requiring you to switch between browser tabs or manual application management.

Installation

You can install this skill directly via the ClawHub CLI using the following command:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/buddyh/todoist-cli

Ensure that you have your Todoist API token ready. Once installed, authenticate using todoist auth or by setting the TODOIST_API_TOKEN environment variable in your OpenClaw runtime configuration.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for users who thrive in terminal-centric workflows or need an automated assistant to manage their workload. Key use cases include:

• Automated Daily Briefings: Have OpenClaw list your "today" view every morning at 8:00 AM.
• Rapid Task Capture: Quickly add tasks while in the middle of a coding session or terminal workflow.
• Kanban Maintenance: Move items between sections like 'In Progress' or 'Review' without manual drag-and-drop.
• Audit Trails: Retrieve completed tasks from specific date ranges to generate progress reports.
• Data Pipeline Integration: Pipe task outputs into other CLI tools using the --json flag to build custom reports or dashboards.

Example Prompts

1. "What are my priority tasks for today, and are any of them overdue?"
2. "Add a new task: 'Submit quarterly budget report' due tomorrow at 5pm with high priority and add the label 'finance'."
3. "Move task 12345 to the 'In Progress' section under the 'Q1 Projects' board."

Tips & Limitations

• Efficiency: Always use the --json flag if you are building secondary scripts, as it ensures consistent machine-readable data.
• Priorities: Remember that the CLI maps -P 1 to the highest priority (p1) and -P 4 to the lowest (p4).
• Limitations: Large-scale project migrations or bulk deletions should be performed carefully, as CLI actions are immediate and typically lack an 'undo' buffer within this specific wrapper. Ensure your API token has sufficient scope for the operations you intend to automate.