Todoist MCP Server

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Implementation Reference

• src/tools/personal-tasks.ts:65-88 (handler)

  Defines the MCP tool 'list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks' including schema and handler. The handler fetches tasks via service and returns JSON-formatted response.

  export const listBrianTimeSensitiveTasksTool: Tool = {
    schema: {
      name: 'list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks',
      description: `List all Brian time sensitive tasks from Todoist using the ##${ProjectNames.BRIAN_TIME_SENSITIVE} & !subtask filter. Returns structured JSON data with task details including id, content, description, completion status, labels, priority, due date, and comment count.`,
      inputSchema: {
        type: 'object',
        properties: {},
        required: [],
      },
    },
    handler: async () => {
      console.error('Executing list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks...');
      const result = await listBrianTimeSensitiveTasks();
      console.error('list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks completed successfully');
      return {
        content: [
          {
            type: 'text',
            text: JSON.stringify(result, null, 2),
          },
        ],
      };
    },
  };

• src/tools/personal-tasks.ts:66-74 (schema)

  Schema definition for the 'list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks' tool, specifying name, description, and empty input schema.

  schema: {
    name: 'list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks',
    description: `List all Brian time sensitive tasks from Todoist using the ##${ProjectNames.BRIAN_TIME_SENSITIVE} & !subtask filter. Returns structured JSON data with task details including id, content, description, completion status, labels, priority, due date, and comment count.`,
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {},
      required: [],
    },
  },

• src/services/tasks/task-retrieval.ts:192-197 (helper)

  Core helper function that fetches Brian time-sensitive tasks from Todoist using project filter excluding subtasks, via generic fetchTasksByFilter.

  export async function listBrianTimeSensitiveTasks(): Promise<TasksResponse> {
    return await fetchTasksByFilter(
      `##${ProjectNames.BRIAN_TIME_SENSITIVE} & !subtask`,
      'list Brian time sensitive tasks'
    );
  }

• src/handlers/tool-request-handler.ts:66-87 (registration)

  Registers the tool handler in toolsWithoutArgs registry for dispatching tool calls without arguments.

  const toolsWithoutArgs: Record<string, () => Promise<ToolResponse>> = {
    list_personal_inbox_tasks: listPersonalInboxTasksTool.handler,
    list_brian_inbox_per_becky_tasks: listBrianInboxPerBeckyTasksTool.handler,
    list_becky_inbox_per_brian_tasks: listBeckyInboxPerBrianTasksTool.handler,
    list_next_actions: listNextActionsTool.handler,
    get_brian_only_projects: getBrianOnlyProjectsTool.handler,
    get_brian_shared_projects: getBrianSharedProjectsTool.handler,
    get_becky_shared_projects: getBeckySharedProjectsTool.handler,
    get_inbox_projects: getInboxProjectsTool.handler,
    get_context_labels: getContextLabelsTool.handler,
    get_chores_due_today: getChoresDueTodayTool.handler,
    get_tasks_due_tomorrow: getTasksDueTomorrowTool.handler,
    get_tasks_due_this_week: getTasksDueThisWeekTool.handler,
    get_tickler_tasks: getTicklerTasksTool.handler,
    list_gtd_projects: listGtdProjectsTool.handler,
    get_waiting_tasks: getWaitingTasksTool.handler,
    get_recent_media: getRecentMediaTool.handler,
    get_areas_of_focus: getAreasOfFocusTool.handler,
    get_shopping_list: getShoppingListTool.handler,
    list_brian_time_sensitive_tasks: listBrianTimeSensitiveTasksTool.handler,
    list_becky_time_sensitive_tasks: listBeckyTimeSensitiveTasksTool.handler,
  };

• src/index.ts:113-114 (registration)

  Registers the tool schema in the MCP server's listTools response.

  listBrianTimeSensitiveTasksTool.schema,
  listBeckyTimeSensitiveTasksTool.schema,