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list-todo-task-lists

list-todo-task-lists
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Retrieve Microsoft To Do task lists and their IDs for task operations. Use the returned IDs to access or manage tasks in Microsoft 365.

Instructions

Get a list of the todoTaskList objects and their properties.

đź’ˇ TIP: Lists all To Do task lists. Returns todoTaskList-id needed for all task operations. The default list is typically called 'Tasks'.

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
topNoPage size (Graph $top). Start small (e.g. 5–15) so responses fit the model context; raise only if needed. For more rows, use @odata.nextLink from the response instead of a very large $top.
skipNoItems to skip for pagination.
filterNoOData filter expression.
skiptokenNoNext page: the @odata.nextLink from the previous response. Keep the other arguments the same.
fetchAllPagesNoFollow @odata.nextLink and merge up to 100 pages into one response. Can return enormous payloads—only when the user explicitly needs a full export. Prefer a small $top first, then paginate or narrow with $filter.
includeHeadersNoInclude response headers (including ETag) in the response metadata
excludeResponseNoExclude the full response body and only return success or failure indication

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed9 schema fields changedv0.170.1
    • removedInput schema / properties / count
      Removed value: -{
      -  "description": "Set true to enable advanced query mode (ConsistencyLevel: eventual). Required for complex $filter on flag/flagStatus or contains(). The response then includes @odata.count, the total for the filtered collection, which can exceed the items returned when fetchAllPages hits its page/item cap.",
      -  "type": "boolean"
      -}
    • removedInput schema / properties / expand
      Removed value: -{
      -  "anyOf": [
      -    {
      -      "type": "string"
      -    },
      -    {
      -      "items": {
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "type": "array"
      -    }
      -  ],
      -  "description": "Navigation properties to inline, e.g. attachments on a message or event. Only navigation properties can be expanded: expanding a non-navigation property such as a message body fails with \"Parsing OData Select and Expand failed\". Request ordinary fields with $select instead. Some APIs accept only one relationship per request, so prefer a single value. Some relationships support nested selection, e.g. children($select=id,name)."
      -}
    • changedInput schema / properties / fetchAllPages / description
      Previous value: -"Follow @odata.nextLink and merge up to 100 pages into one response. Can return enormous payloads—only when the user explicitly needs a full export. Prefer a small $top first, then paginate or narrow with $filter/$search."New value: +"Follow @odata.nextLink and merge up to 100 pages into one response. Can return enormous payloads—only when the user explicitly needs a full export. Prefer a small $top first, then paginate or narrow with $filter."
    • changedInput schema / properties / filter / description
      Previous value: -"OData filter expression. Add $count=true for advanced filters (flag/flagStatus, contains()). Cannot combine with $search."New value: +"OData filter expression."
    • removedInput schema / properties / orderby
      Removed value: -{
      -  "anyOf": [
      -    {
      -      "type": "string"
      -    },
      -    {
      -      "items": {
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "type": "array"
      -    }
      -  ],
      -  "description": "Sort expression, e.g. receivedDateTime desc"
      -}
    • removedInput schema / properties / search
      Removed value: -{
      -  "description": "KQL search query in one pair of double quotes; directory (users/groups) instead quotes each clause with no outer pair. Cannot combine with $filter.",
      -  "type": "string"
      -}
    • removedInput schema / properties / select
      Removed value: -{
      -  "anyOf": [
      -    {
      -      "type": "string"
      -    },
      -    {
      -      "items": {
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "type": "array"
      -    }
      -  ],
      -  "description": "Comma-separated fields to return, e.g. id,subject,from,receivedDateTime"
      -}
    • changedInput schema / properties / skip / description
      Previous value: -"Items to skip for pagination. Not supported with $search."New value: +"Items to skip for pagination."
    • changedInput schema / properties / top / description
      Previous value: -"Page size (Graph $top). Start small (e.g. 5–15) so responses fit the model context; raise only if needed. Use $select to return fewer fields per item. For more rows, use @odata.nextLink from the response instead of a very large $top."New value: +"Page size (Graph $top). Start small (e.g. 5–15) so responses fit the model context; raise only if needed. For more rows, use @odata.nextLink from the response instead of a very large $top."
  2. Changed2 schema fields changedv0.166.0
    • changedInput schema / properties / count / description
      Previous value: -"Set true to enable advanced query mode (ConsistencyLevel: eventual). Required for complex $filter on flag/flagStatus or contains()."New value: +"Set true to enable advanced query mode (ConsistencyLevel: eventual). Required for complex $filter on flag/flagStatus or contains(). The response then includes @odata.count, the total for the filtered collection, which can exceed the items returned when fetchAllPages hits its page/item cap."
    • changedInput schema / properties / expand / description
      Previous value: -"Navigation properties to inline, e.g. attachments on a message or event. Only navigation properties can be expanded: expanding a non-navigation property such as a message body fails with \"Parsing OData Select and Expand failed\", and an unsupported value may be ignored rather than reported. Request ordinary fields with $select instead."New value: +"Navigation properties to inline, e.g. attachments on a message or event. Only navigation properties can be expanded: expanding a non-navigation property such as a message body fails with \"Parsing OData Select and Expand failed\". Request ordinary fields with $select instead. Some APIs accept only one relationship per request, so prefer a single value. Some relationships support nested selection, e.g. children($select=id,name)."
  3. Changed11 schema fields changedv0.154.2
    • addedInput schema / properties / expand / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "type": "string"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "items": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "type": "array"
      +  }
      +]
    • removedInput schema / properties / expand / items
      Removed value: -{
      -  "type": "string"
      -}
    • removedInput schema / properties / expand / type
      Removed value: -"array"
    • addedInput schema / properties / orderby / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "type": "string"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "items": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "type": "array"
      +  }
      +]
    • removedInput schema / properties / orderby / type
      Removed value: -"string"
    • addedInput schema / properties / select / anyOf
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "type": "string"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "items": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "type": "array"
      +  }
      +]
    • removedInput schema / properties / select / type
      Removed value: -"string"
    • addedInput schema / properties / skip / minimum
      Added value: +0
    • changedInput schema / properties / skip / type
      Previous value: -"number"New value: +"integer"
    • addedInput schema / properties / top / minimum
      Added value: +0
    • changedInput schema / properties / top / type
      Previous value: -"number"New value: +"integer"
  4. Changed1 schema field changedv0.154.0
    • changedInput schema / properties / skiptoken / description
      Previous value: -"Opaque cursor for the next page, taken from the previous response. Copy the $skiptoken value out of @odata.nextLink (or paste the whole nextLink URL — the token is extracted from it) and resend it with the SAME $filter/$select/$expand/$top as the first call. Use this to walk pages one at a time instead of fetchAllPages. Omit it for the first page."New value: +"Next page: the @odata.nextLink from the previous response. Keep the other arguments the same."
  5. Changed2 schema fields changedv0.153.0
    • changedInput schema / properties / search / description
      Previous value: -"KQL search query — wrap value in double quotes. Cannot combine with $filter."New value: +"KQL search query in one pair of double quotes; directory (users/groups) instead quotes each clause with no outer pair. Cannot combine with $filter."
    • addedInput schema / properties / skiptoken
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Opaque cursor for the next page, taken from the previous response. Copy the $skiptoken value out of @odata.nextLink (or paste the whole nextLink URL — the token is extracted from it) and resend it with the SAME $filter/$select/$expand/$top as the first call. Use this to walk pages one at a time instead of fetchAllPages. Omit it for the first page.",
      +  "type": "string"
      +}
  6. Changed1 schema field changedv0.134.4
    • changedInput schema / properties / expand / description
      Previous value: -"Expand related entities"New value: +"Navigation properties to inline, e.g. attachments on a message or event. Only navigation properties can be expanded: expanding a non-navigation property such as a message body fails with \"Parsing OData Select and Expand failed\", and an unsupported value may be ignored rather than reported. Request ordinary fields with $select instead."
  7. Changed1 schema field changedv0.131.2
    • changedInput schema / additionalProperties
      Previous value: -falseNew value: +true
  8. Addedv0.114.0
  9. Removedv0.112.2
  10. Addedv0.110.0
  11. Removedv0.108.0
  12. Changed16 schema fields changedv0.96.0
    • changedInput schema / properties / count / description
      Previous value: -"Include count of items"New value: +"Set true to enable advanced query mode (ConsistencyLevel: eventual). Required for complex $filter on flag/flagStatus or contains()."
    • changedInput schema / properties / fetchAllPages / description
      Previous value: -"Automatically fetch all pages of results"New value: +"Follow @odata.nextLink and merge up to 100 pages into one response. Can return enormous payloads—only when the user explicitly needs a full export. Prefer a small $top first, then paginate or narrow with $filter/$search."
    • changedInput schema / properties / filter / description
      Previous value: -"Filter items by property values"New value: +"OData filter expression. Add $count=true for advanced filters (flag/flagStatus, contains()). Cannot combine with $search."
    • changedInput schema / properties / orderby / description
      Previous value: -"Order items by property values"New value: +"Sort expression, e.g. receivedDateTime desc"
    • removedInput schema / properties / orderby / items
      Removed value: -{
      -  "type": "string"
      -}
    • changedInput schema / properties / orderby / type
      Previous value: -"array"New value: +"string"
    • changedInput schema / properties / search / description
      Previous value: -"Search items by search phrases"New value: +"KQL search query — wrap value in double quotes. Cannot combine with $filter."
    • changedInput schema / properties / select / description
      Previous value: -"Select properties to be returned"New value: +"Comma-separated fields to return, e.g. id,subject,from,receivedDateTime"
    • removedInput schema / properties / select / items
      Removed value: -{
      -  "type": "string"
      -}
    • changedInput schema / properties / select / type
      Previous value: -"array"New value: +"string"
    • changedInput schema / properties / skip / description
      Previous value: -"Skip the first n items"New value: +"Items to skip for pagination. Not supported with $search."
    • removedInput schema / properties / skip / minimum
      Removed value: -0
    • changedInput schema / properties / skip / type
      Previous value: -"integer"New value: +"number"
    • changedInput schema / properties / top / description
      Previous value: -"Show only the first n items"New value: +"Page size (Graph $top). Start small (e.g. 5–15) so responses fit the model context; raise only if needed. Use $select to return fewer fields per item. For more rows, use @odata.nextLink from the response instead of a very large $top."
    • removedInput schema / properties / top / minimum
      Removed value: -0
    • changedInput schema / properties / top / type
      Previous value: -"integer"New value: +"number"
  13. First observedv0.31.0

TDQS

A3.5/5.0
Behavior3/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, destructiveHint=false and openWorldHint=true, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuinely useful context beyond that — the identity of the returned IDs and the 'default list is typically called Tasks' convention — but says nothing about result shape, ordering, or the pagination cost that the schema hints at.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Short and front-loaded, with the key output fact (returns todoTaskList-id) placed early. Slight redundancy: the first sentence 'Get a list of the todoTaskList objects' and the tip's 'Lists all To Do task lists' restate the same action.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness4/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a read-only, zero-required-parameter listing tool with a fully documented schema, the description supplies the one thing the schema cannot: what the returned IDs are for and the common default list name. An output schema is absent, but the description gives enough about the return to proceed.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, including detailed guidance on $top sizing, skiptoken, and fetchAllPages payload risk, so the schema carries the full parameter burden. The description adds no parameter-level meaning at all, which is the baseline 3 case.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose4/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description states a specific verb and resource ('Get a list of the todoTaskList objects and their properties') and clarifies the scope with 'Lists all To Do task lists'. It implicitly distinguishes itself from the similarly named sibling list-todo-tasks by naming the container resource, but never explicitly contrasts the two, so an agent still has to notice the plural/singular difference.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines3/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The line 'Returns todoTaskList-id needed for all task operations' implies this is a prerequisite call before create-todo-task/list-todo-tasks, which is useful implied usage. However, it states no explicit when-to-use/when-not conditions and does not name any alternative tool, leaving the routing to inference.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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