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Todoist ships an official, hosted MCP server at ai.todoist.net, so any MCP-compatible AI can read, create, and update your tasks. Here's what the Todoist MCP actually does, how to set it up, where it stops — and how to run Todoist work that doesn't need a chat window open.
Todoist pricing in 2026: the free Beginner plan, Pro at $5/mo, and Business at $8/user/mo. What each tier adds, the reminders catch, and whether Todoist is free.
The best AI automation tools for Todoist, ranked by how much real work they take off your plate. Connect Todoist to email, calendar, and 200+ tools without building flowcharts.
Todoist's free Beginner plan caps you at 5 personal projects, 5 collaborators, 3 filters, 1 week of activity history, 5 MB uploads, and 300 tasks per project.
Things 3 is a calm, pay-once Apple-only task app; Todoist is cross-platform with powerful filters and collaboration. Here's which to pick in 2026.
Todoist is a fast, ready-made task manager; Notion is an all-in-one workspace where tasks live with docs and databases. Here's which to pick in 2026.
Google Tasks is free and baked into Gmail and Calendar; Todoist is a full-featured cross-platform task manager. Here's which one to use in 2026.
TickTick bundles a calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro timer; Todoist stays clean with strong natural-language input. Here's which to-do app to pick.
Add and manage labels in Todoist to tag tasks by context: create labels with @, apply them across projects, organize with favorites, and filter your task list by label.
Connect Todoist to Google Calendar for two-way sync: set it up in Integrations, control which tasks sync, and fix tasks that aren't showing on your calendar.
Create subtasks in Todoist by indenting tasks under a parent: add them with Tab, drag to nest, collapse and expand, and understand how completing parents and subtasks works.
Set recurring tasks in Todoist using natural language: daily, weekly, weekday, monthly, and 'every!' completion-based repeats — plus how to edit, skip, and end a recurrence.
Set time-based and location-based reminders in Todoist, turn on automatic reminders for timed tasks, choose notification channels, and fix reminders that aren't firing.
Build custom filters in Todoist with query syntax: combine labels, dates, projects, and priorities using &, |, and ! operators — with ready-to-copy filter examples.
Use Todoist's natural language Quick Add to set dates, times, projects, labels, priorities, and assignees as you type — with the full symbol cheat sheet and examples.
Use sections in Todoist to group tasks within a project: add and rename sections, reorder and move tasks between them, and turn sections into board columns.
A complete guide to using Todoist: capturing tasks with Quick Add, organizing with projects and sections, labels, filters, priorities, recurring tasks, and a simple daily workflow.
Use Todoist templates to spin up ready-made projects: browse the template gallery, import a template into a project, and export your own as a file or shareable link.