Todoist MCP Server Extended connects your Todoist workspace with MCP-compatible AI assistants like Claude, Cline, and Windsurf, enabling natural language control of tasks and projects. Key capabilities: - **Complete task lifecycle**: Create, update, complete, delete, and search tasks using conversational language, with full support for priorities, due dates, descriptions, and project assignment - **Hierarchical organization**: Manage Todoist projects and nested sections to structure complex workflows - **Flexible categorization**: Create, assign, and filter by custom labels for powerful task classification - **Intelligent discovery**: Find tasks via partial name matching and multi-criteria filtering by project, section, date, priority, or labels - **LLM-optimized batch operations**: Built-in support for efficient bulk updates and custom parameters designed specifically for AI workflow automation

Todoist MCP Server Extended

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementation that integrates Claude - or any MCP compatible LLM if you're crafty - with Todoist, enabling natural language task management via MCP tools. The tools in this server allows Claude to interact with your Todoist tasks, projects, sections, and labels using everyday language, while also optimized for LLM workflow efficiency.

Features Overview

For a complete list of available tools as well as their usage, see tools.md.

Quick Installation Guide

Assuming you already have npm installed.

A more comprehensive installation guide can be found in the How-to Guide.

Installing via Smithery

To install Todoist MCP Server Extended for Claude Desktop via Smithery:

1. Run following command in cmd\pwsh:

    npx -y @smithery/cli install @Chrusic/todoist-mcp-server-extended --client claude

*Also compatible with cline or windsurf, by changing last parameter to --client cline or --client windsurf*

Installing via npm

1. Run following command in cmd\pwsh:

`` bash npm install -g @chrusic/todoist-mcp-server-extended

Setup
Grab a Todoist API Token
1. Log in to your Todoist account
2. Navigate to Settings → Integrations
3. Find your API token under Developer
4. Press Copy API Token
For more information about the Todoist API, visit the official Todoist API documentation.
Add MCP Server and API Token Claude Desktop Client
1. In your  claude_desktop_config.json file, paste the following json snippet between: "mcpServers":{ }:
    

2. When all put together, it should look something like this:
    

3. Claude Desktop client will then start the MCP server and load the tools on the next client (re)start.

Example Usage

Some simple suggestions on what to ask Claude. Note that sometimes you have to be *very* direct to get claude to use the tools:

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Issues and Support

If you encounter any issues or need support, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.