Claude Google Tasks Connector: Connect Tasks to Claude
Yes. Add the Carly connector to Claude, connect Google, and Claude can manage your Google Tasks, then set up triggers right from the chat: when this happens, add a task. “When a client emails asking for something, add it to my Google Tasks with a due date.” You type it once in Claude. Carly runs it every time, whether Claude is open or not.
Where Claude and Google Tasks fall short today
- There’s no Google Tasks connector. Claude’s Google connectors cover Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. Google Tasks isn’t one of them, so Claude can’t see your task lists out of the box.
- The DIY route is a Google Cloud project. The most popular community server, gtasks-mcp, asks you to create a Google Cloud project, enable the Tasks API, configure an OAuth consent screen, create a client ID, download a key file and rename it. Another, mcp-googletasks, has you register a localhost redirect URI.
- And then it breaks. gtasks-mcp has open issues going back to 2025 for Windows auth failures, where the key file path resolves to “C:\C:\…”. Hosted shortcuts still need Node.js and a full restart of Claude Desktop.
- Nothing happens when work comes in. A client asks for something by email, a meeting ends with three action items, a task goes overdue: Claude waits for someone to ask.
How Carly fixes it
- Two minutes, no Cloud console. Add the Carly connector, sign in with Google, done.
- Works everywhere Claude does. Claude.ai, Desktop, Cowork and Claude Code, on Mac or Windows.
- Triggers. Carly adds, updates and completes tasks the moment something happens, and on any schedule you set.
- Everything else. Carly connects to thousands of apps, so a task can come from Gmail, Slack, a form or a call, and a finished task can email the client.
How to connect Google Tasks to Claude
- Add Carly to Claude. Click Get the Carly connector, then Connect, and sign in.
- Connect Google in Carly. Go to Integrations and sign in with Google. Tasks, Gmail and Calendar come with it.
- Tell Claude what should happen, and when. Carly sets up the workflow and runs it from then on.
Triggers you can set up from Claude
Type these into Claude. Each one becomes a trigger that runs in the cloud, whether or not you’re in the chat:
- “When a client emails asking for something, add it to my Google Tasks with a due date.”
- “When a meeting ends, turn the action items into tasks and assign the dates.”
- “When I star an email in Gmail, add it as a task due tomorrow.”
- “Every morning at 7, text me today’s tasks and anything overdue.”
- “When a task is overdue by two days, move it to the top and remind me.”
- “Every Friday at 4, email me what I finished this week.”
Steps that don’t need AI run as free Zapier-style workflows.
Ask Claude about your tasks
Carly also lets Claude work your task lists in the chat:
- “What’s due this week across all my lists?”
- “Add ‘send Claire the Databricks proposal’ due Thursday.”
- “Move everything in Inbox that mentions Adobe to the Clients list.”
- “Mark the three invoice tasks done and email Michael that they’re paid.”
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FAQ
Does Claude work with Google Tasks?
Not on its own. Add the Carly connector to Claude and connect Google to Carly, and Claude can read, add and complete your tasks.
Do I need a Google Cloud project?
No. That’s only for the do-it-yourself MCP servers. With Carly you sign in with Google.
Can Claude add tasks automatically?
Yes, through Carly. Tell Claude “when a client emails asking for something, add it to my tasks,” and Carly does it every time, even when Claude is closed.
Is there a ChatGPT version?
Yes, the same setup works with the Carly plugin in ChatGPT. See ChatGPT + Google Tasks.
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