Create a new Todoist task with comprehensive configuration options. Supports setting task content, detailed descriptions, project and section assignment, parent-child relationships for subtasks, priority levels (1=normal to 4=urgent), natural language due dates, label assignments, task duration e...
AI agents use create_task to create or update resources in Todoist MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Todoist MCP Server environment.
This tool creates new tasks in Todoist, which is a reversible operation—tasks can be edited or deleted afterward. It modifies the user's productivity system but does not execute code, delete data irreversibly, move money, or trigger external side effects beyond task creation. The blast radius is limited to task management within Todoist.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Create a new Todoist task' and 'Returns the complete task object with all metadata upon successful creation.' The verb 'create' and the capability to set task properties (content, descriptions, assignments, labels, priority, due…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_task gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Todoist MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_task:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_task": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_task_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_task stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a new Todoist task with comprehensive configuration options. Supports setting task content, detailed descriptions, project and section assignment, parent-child relationships for subtasks, priority levels (1=normal to 4=urgent), natural language due dates, label assignments, task duration estimates, and user assignments. Returns the complete task object with all metadata upon successful creation. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Todoist MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Todoist MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_task: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Todoist MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_task is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_task rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for create_task. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
create_task is provided by the Todoist MCP Server MCP server (koki-develop/todoist-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Todoist MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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