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# Todoist

**TodoistTools** enables an Agent to interact with [Todoist](https://www.todoist.com/).

## Prerequisites

The following example requires the `todoist-api-python` library. and a Todoist API token which can be obtained from the [Todoist Developer Portal](https://app.todoist.com/app/settings/integrations/developer).

```shell theme={null}
uv pip install todoist-api-python
```

```shell theme={null}
export TODOIST_API_TOKEN=***
```

## Example

The following agent will create a new task in Todoist.

```python cookbook/14_tools/todoist.py theme={null}
"""
Example showing how to use the Todoist Tools with Agno

Requirements:
- Sign up/login to Todoist and get a Todoist API Token (get from https://app.todoist.com/app/settings/integrations/developer)
- uv pip install todoist-api-python

Usage:
- Set the following environment variables:
    export TODOIST_API_TOKEN="your_api_token"

- Or provide them when creating the TodoistTools instance
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.tools.todoist import TodoistTools

todoist_agent = Agent(
    name="Todoist Agent",
    role="Manage your todoist tasks",
    instructions=[
        "When given a task, create a todoist task for it.",
        "When given a list of tasks, create a todoist task for each one.",
        "When given a task to update, update the todoist task.",
        "When given a task to delete, delete the todoist task.",
        "When given a task to get, get the todoist task.",
    ],
    id="todoist-agent",
    model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.2"),
    tools=[TodoistTools()],
    markdown=True,
    debug_mode=True,
    )

# Example 1: Create a task
print("\n=== Create a task ===")
todoist_agent.print_response("Create a todoist task to buy groceries tomorrow at 10am")

# Example 2: Delete a task
print("\n=== Delete a task ===")
todoist_agent.print_response(
    "Delete the todoist task to buy groceries tomorrow at 10am"
)

# Example 3: Get all tasks
print("\n=== Get all tasks ===")
todoist_agent.print_response("Get all the todoist tasks")
```

## Toolkit Params

| Parameter   | Type  | Default | Description                                             |
| ----------- | ----- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `api_token` | `str` | `None`  | If you want to manually supply the TODOIST\_API\_TOKEN. |

## Toolkit Functions

| Function           | Description                                                                                     |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `create_task`      | Creates a new task in Todoist with optional project assignment, due date, priority, and labels. |
| `get_task`         | Fetches a specific task.                                                                        |
| `update_task`      | Updates an existing task with new properties such as content, due date, priority, etc.          |
| `close_task`       | Marks a task as completed.                                                                      |
| `delete_task`      | Deletes a specific task from Todoist.                                                           |
| `get_active_tasks` | Retrieves all active (non-completed) tasks.                                                     |
| `get_projects`     | Retrieves all projects in Todoist.                                                              |

You can use `include_tools` or `exclude_tools` to modify the list of tools the agent has access to. Learn more about [selecting tools](/tools/selecting-tools).

## Developer Resources

* View [Tools](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/libs/agno/agno/tools/todoist.py)