Want to plan, triage, and capture tasks without leaving your Claude conversation? Connect Todoist to Claude via the Todoist connector for a chat-first workflow. This lets Claude read, create, and update your Todoist tasks and projects minus the context switching.
Check the system requirements
To use Claude with Todoist, check if you meet all the system requirements:
- A Claude account on any plan.
- On Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner or Primary Owner needs to enable connectors for the organization before members can add them.
- You’ll be signing in with OAuth, which authorizes Claude to access Todoist through the official Todoist connector.
Set up the integration
The Todoist connector lets Claude read and update your Todoist account directly from a conversation on web, desktop, or mobile.
Let’s start by setting up the integration:
Open the connector directory
- In Claude, click the + button in the lower-left corner of your chat.
- Click Connectors.
- Click Manage connectors.
- Click the + button next to Connectors.
Find and add Todoist
- Search for Todoist in the connector directory.
- Click Todoist.
- Click Connect.
Sign in to Todoist and approve access
- Follow the prompts to log in to your Todoist account.
- Review the requested permissions and approve access.
Once authorized, Todoist is ready to use in your Claude conversations.
What Claude will have access to
Once connected, Claude can use Todoist to:
- Read your Todoist tasks and projects.
- Create tasks and projects.
- Update tasks and projects (for example, rename, reschedule, or move to a different project).
Limitations to the Todoist Connector
Claude handles most everyday Todoist actions through the connector. Here’s what it can do today, and the few things it can’t yet:
Supported
- Read, create, update, and complete tasks and projects
- Schedule and reschedule tasks, including recurring ones
- Manage sections, labels, comments, and filters
- Assign tasks in shared projects
Not currently supported
- Placing a new project inside a workspace folder. Claude creates the project, but you’ll need to move it to the right folder manually in Todoist afterward.
- Reordering projects in the sidebar.
If you ask Claude to “change the date” on a recurring task, it may remove the repeat schedule. Say “reschedule” instead. For example, “Reschedule my Weekly Review to Friday” to keep the recurrence intact.
Examples of what you can do
Here are a few prompts that work well once you’re connected:
| Category | Example prompts |
|---|---|
| Inbox triage |
Look at my Todoist Inbox and suggest five quick wins I can finish today. Turn these messy tasks into clearer next actions, and ask me questions only where you truly need more context. |
| Weekly review support |
List my overdue tasks by project and suggest what to reschedule or drop. Show me everything due in the next 7 days and help me choose a realistic plan. |
| Project planning |
Create a project called "Website refresh" with sections for "Content," "Design," and "Launch," then add a first-pass task list. Move anything tagged "waiting" into a "Waiting for" section and add a follow-up task for next Tuesday. |
| Natural-language task capture |
"Add a task: 'Call the dentist next week' and put it in my Personal project." "Create a task for 'Submit expenses' every last Friday." |
| Add a large batch of tasks | Claude can add up to 25 tasks in a single action. For a long list, be specific: "Add all of these in a single call." Otherwise Claude may add them one by one and hit its session limit before it’s done. |
Anything you can describe clearly, Claude can usually translate into structured Todoist changes. Skim before confirming.
Privacy and data handling
When you connect Todoist to Claude, your task data is shared with both Todoist’s servers and Claude. Data handling on Todoist’s side is governed by Todoist’s privacy policy; data that enters Claude’s context (your tasks, projects, and so on) is also subject to Anthropic’s privacy policy.
For extra peace of mind, review what permissions you’ve granted at any time by visiting Todoist’s Settings > Integrations.
Disconnect Todoist from Claude
- In Claude: open Settings > Connectors, find Todoist, and click Disconnect.
- In Todoist: go to Settings > Integrations and revoke access.
Troubleshoot the integration
As you use the Todoist connector, you may encounter a technical issue or an error message in Claude. Here’s how to troubleshoot the most common issues with the Todoist connector, and how to resolve them:
Todoist doesn’t appear in the connector directory
If you’re on a Team or Enterprise plan, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable connectors for the organization before members can add them. Check with your workspace admin.
I want to connect Claude to Todoist but it keeps failing
Connection failures almost always happen during the OAuth sign-in step. Work through these in order:
- Disable strict pop-up blockers, then try signing in again.
- The connection may still have gone through even if you saw “Sorry, the page you’re looking for isn’t here anymore” right after approving access. Check Settings > Connectors in Claude, and open a new chat if Todoist appears there.
- On Team or Enterprise plans, a Claude Owner or Primary Owner has to approve the connector before it completes. You’ll see a “Requested” status until they do.
The OAuth window doesn’t open or keeps failing
Disable strict pop-up blockers for the sign-in flow and try again.
“Sorry, the page you’re looking for isn’t here anymore” after approving access
After you approve access in the Todoist sign-in window, Claude may show a “Sorry, the page you’re looking for isn’t here anymore” error on the page it opens next. The connection may still have gone through. Open Claude and go to Settings > Connectors to check whether Todoist appears as connected. If it does, open a new conversation and you’re ready to use it. If Todoist doesn’t appear, click Connect to start again from Find and add Todoist.
The connector shows “Requested” and won’t complete
This happens on Claude Team and Enterprise plans. After you click Connect, you see a “Requested” status because individual connector requests need approval from your organization’s Owner or Primary Owner inside Claude before the connection can finish. There’s nothing to approve in Todoist. Contact your Claude Owner or Primary Owner and ask them to approve the Todoist connector for your account. Once approved, return to Find and add Todoist to complete the connection.
Connect takes you to a Claude sign-up or login page
This happens when you’re not signed in to your Claude account. Sign in to Claude at claude.ai, then return to Open the connector directory and try again.
Claude says it has no Todoist tools, or the tools don’t appear
Todoist tools load at the start of each conversation, so open a new chat first if you’ve just connected or reconnected.
If a fresh chat doesn’t help:
- Check that Todoist still shows as connected in Settings > Connectors, and reconnect from Find and add Todoist above if it doesn’t.
- On the Claude apps for iOS and Android, update to the latest version. A recent update added an extra approval step, so you may need to allow Claude to discover connectors and then allow it to use Todoist again.
- Tools that still won’t load on mobile are a known issue on the Claude mobile app rather than in Todoist. Use Claude on web or desktop in the meantime. Anthropic’s support can help, since the fix needs to come from their side.
Claude created a project but it’s in the wrong place
The Todoist MCP can’t place a new project inside a workspace folder. After Claude creates the project, move it to the right folder manually in Todoist.
A recurring task lost its repeat schedule
This happens when Claude changes the date instead of rescheduling the task. For recurring tasks, say “reschedule this task to [date]” rather than “change the date.” If the recurrence was lost, set it again in the task’s date field.
Get in touch
If you have questions about using Todoist with Claude or want to learn more, get in touch with us.