Todoist CLI

A fast, full-featured Todoist CLI written in Go.

Authentication

Get your API token from https://todoist.com/app/settings/integrations/developer

# Interactive
todoist auth

# Direct
todoist auth <your-token>

# Or set environment variable
export TODOIST_API_TOKEN=<your-token>

Tasks

# Show today's tasks (default)
todoist

# List all tasks
todoist tasks --all

# Filter tasks
todoist tasks --filter "p1"        # High priority
todoist tasks --filter "overdue"   # Overdue
todoist tasks -p Work              # By project

# Show task descriptions and comments
todoist tasks -p Work --details

# Add a task
todoist add "Buy groceries"
todoist add "Call mom" -d tomorrow
todoist add "Urgent" -P 1 -d "today 5pm" -l urgent

# Complete a task
todoist complete <task-id>
todoist done <task-id>

# Reopen completed task
todoist reopen <task-id>

# View task details
todoist view <task-id>

# Update a task
todoist update <task-id> --due "next monday"
todoist update <task-id> -P 2

# Delete a task
todoist delete <task-id>

# Move a task (Kanban workflows)
todoist move <task-id> --section "In Progress"
todoist move <task-id> --project "Work"

# Search
todoist search "meeting"

Projects

# List projects
todoist projects

# Create project
todoist projects add "New Project" --color blue

Labels

# List labels
todoist labels

# Create label
todoist labels add urgent --color red

Sections

# List sections
todoist sections -p Work

# Create section
todoist sections add "In Progress" -p Work

Comments

# View comments on a task
todoist comment <task-id>

# Add a comment
todoist comment <task-id> "This is a note"

Completed Tasks

# Show recently completed
todoist completed

# Filter by date
todoist completed --since 2024-01-01 --limit 50

JSON Output

All commands support --json for machine-readable output:

todoist tasks --json | jq '.[] | .content'

Command Reference

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | todoist | Show today's tasks | | todoist tasks | List tasks with filters | | todoist add | Create a new task | | todoist complete | Mark task complete | | todoist done | Alias for complete | | todoist reopen | Reopen completed task | | todoist delete | Delete a task | | todoist update | Update a task | | todoist move | Move task to section/project | | todoist view | View task details | | todoist search | Search tasks | | todoist projects | List/manage projects | | todoist labels | List/manage labels | | todoist sections | List/manage sections | | todoist comment | View/add comments | | todoist completed | Show completed tasks | | todoist auth | Authenticate |

Priority Mapping

| CLI | Todoist | |-----|---------| | -P 1 | p1 (highest) | | -P 2 | p2 | | -P 3 | p3 | | -P 4 | p4 (lowest) |

Notes

All commands support --json for machine-readable output