Brief + Todoist Integrations

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Supported triggers and actions

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- Project nameRequired
- Task titleRequired
- Task details
Action
Write
- Project
  Leave it blank if you want to get completed tasks from all your projects.
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
New Project
Triggers when a new project is created.
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- TaskRequired
  Either search for a task, or select a task.
Action
Write
- TaskRequired
  The task to add the comment to.
- CommentRequired
Action
Write

- NameRequired
Action
Write
- TaskRequired
  Either search for an existing task, or "Use a Custom Value" and select the "Task ID" from a previous step.
- TitleRequired
- Assigned To
  Assign this task to the selected person.
- Due Date (Human Formatted)
  Supports human readable dates like "today" or "next friday". Read full datetime help here. If you are passing along a date from another calendar or todo system, you might try Due Date (Raw Formatted) instead!
- Due Date (Raw Formatted)
  This is a field that will get interpreted directly before being sent to Todoist, best used when using a datetime value from another calendar or todo system!
- Priority
  The priority of the task (this is usually a number between 1 and 4).
- Labels
  Any labels to add to this new task.
Action
Write

- NameRequired
Action
Search
- Email AddressRequired
Action
Search
- NameRequired
Action
Search or write

- Group NameRequired
- Message textRequired
Action
Write
- ProjectRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- ProjectRequired
- E-Mail AddressRequired
  The person to be invited to the project.
Action
Write
- TaskRequired
  Either search for an existing task, or "Use a Custom Value" and select the "Task ID" from a previous step.
- SectionRequired
  Destination Section. The Task becomes the last task in the section.
Action
Write
- ProjectRequired
  The project to add the comment to.
- CommentRequired
Action
Write
- Project
  The default is your inbox project.
- TitleRequired
- Note
  Use this to store additional extra text for this task. A note can be unlimited in size.
- Section
  Select any Section in any Project. Overrides Project field if the selected Section is not in the selected Project.
- Assigned To
  Assign this task to the selected person.
- Due Date (Human Formatted)
  Supports human readable dates like "today" or "next friday". Read full datetime help here. If you are passing along a date from another calendar or todo system, you might try Due Date (Raw Formatted) instead!
- Due Date (Raw Formatted)
  This is a field that will get interpreted directly before being sent to Todoist, best used when using a datetime value from another calendar or todo system!
- Priority
  The priority of the task (this is usually a number between 1 and 4).
- Labels
  Any labels to add to this new task.
Action
Write
- Api Docs Info
  API docs for Todoist are located here https://developer.todoist.com/
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
  Requests can only be made to domains associated by this application.
- Query String Parameters
  These params will be URL-encoded and appended to the URL when making the request.
- Headers
  Authentication headers are included automatically
- Additional Request Headers
  Zapier will apply these optional headers and values to the request in addition to any headers created as part of the authentication mechanism.
- Body
  Zapier will pass this along raw. If you would like to provide complex JSON, try a "Code by Zapier" step to build the structure and pass it along here. For example, {"foo": "bar"} is perfectly valid.
Action
Write
- NameRequired
  Only supports searching by name. More advanced searches - such as using Todoist filters - are not supported.
- Project
  Search for tasks within the selected project. If left blank, then all projects are searched.
Action
Search
- NameRequired
Action
Search or write
- NameRequired
  Only supports searching by name. More advanced searches - such as using Todoist filters - are not supported.
- Project
  The default is your inbox project.
- TitleRequired
- Note
  Use this to store additional extra text for this task. A note can be unlimited in size.
- Section
  Select any Section in any Project. Overrides Project field if the selected Section is not in the selected Project.
- Assigned To
  Assign this task to the selected person.
- Due Date (Human Formatted)
  Supports human readable dates like "today" or "next friday". Read full datetime help here. If you are passing along a date from another calendar or todo system, you might try Due Date (Raw Formatted) instead!
- Due Date (Raw Formatted)
  This is a field that will get interpreted directly before being sent to Todoist, best used when using a datetime value from another calendar or todo system!
- Priority
  The priority of the task (this is usually a number between 1 and 4).
- Labels
  Any labels to add to this new task.
Action
Search or write

How Brief + Todoist Integrations Work

Step 1: Authenticate Brief and Todoist.
30 seconds
Step 2: Pick one of the apps as a trigger, which will kick off your automation.
15 seconds
Step 3: Choose a resulting action from the other app.
15 seconds
Step 4: Select the data you want to send from one app to the other.
2 minutes
That’s it! More time to work on other things.

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Connect Brief + Todoist

About Brief

Brief is a team collaboration tool enabling team members to prioritize and focus on important tasks while minimizing distractions.

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About Todoist

Managing millions of tasks, Todoist is an online task management app and todo list. It has Web, iPhone, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Outlook flavors (and more!).

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Brief + Todoist Integrations

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Create Task

Task titleRequired

Task details

New Completed Task

Project

New Project

Mark Task as Completed

TaskRequired

Add Comment to Task

TaskRequired

CommentRequired

Create Project

NameRequired

Update Task

TaskRequired

TitleRequired

Assigned To

Due Date (Human Formatted)

Due Date (Raw Formatted)

Priority

Labels

Find Project

NameRequired

Find User

Email AddressRequired

Find or Create project.

NameRequired

Send Message

Group NameRequired

Message textRequired

New Incomplete Task

ProjectRequired

Invite User to Project

ProjectRequired

E-Mail AddressRequired

Move Task to Section

TaskRequired

SectionRequired

Add Comment to Project

ProjectRequired

CommentRequired

Create Task

Project

TitleRequired

Note

Section

Assigned To

Due Date (Human Formatted)

Due Date (Raw Formatted)

Priority

Labels

API Request (Beta)

Api Docs Info

HTTP MethodRequired

URLRequired

Query String Parameters

Headers

Additional Request Headers

Body

Find Task

NameRequired

Project

Find or Create project.

NameRequired

Find or Create Item

NameRequired

Project

TitleRequired

Note

Section

Assigned To

Due Date (Human Formatted)

Due Date (Raw Formatted)

Priority

Labels

About Brief

Related categories