仕事効率化

Categorize Todoist Inbox Task Priorities

Classify top-level Inbox tasks and set their Todoist priorities from a configurable category map.

Setup

Connect Todoist and configure the Inbox project ID in Read Inbox tasks. Configure the category-to-priority object in Select the next top-level task. Values are Todoist API priorities from 1 through 4, where 4 is most urgent. Select an AI model. In n8n connect Todoist and OpenAI, select the Inbox project and configure the category map. Enable one format.

Behavior

Every day at 00:00 UTC, the workflow reads all Inbox task pages, skips subtasks, classifies each top-level task and updates the task priority only for a known category. The example categories are apartment, health and german. An unknown category or other causes no update. Review model-driven changes before relying on them.

Open Flow starts at the minute boundary; n8n uses a fixed second within that minute. Task content is sent to the configured model. A failed or uncertain update stops the run. Each daily run reads the Inbox again and may update the same task, so inspect Todoist before the next run or manual retry. Open Flow uses the formal Todoist Actions through Code for page and per-task coordination. n8n uses its Todoist nodes. Large projects must fit platform execution limits.

Inspiration & credits

Changes to the source

Correct the category-map key lookup, use the same category map in both classification and priority matching, and make the Inbox ID configurable.
Use Todoist node version 2.2 for current paginated API responses. Use UTC instead of the source instance timezone and remove the source automatic Todoist retries to avoid repeating an uncertain write.

Adapted from Categorize Todoist tasks by priority in Zie619/n8n-workflows. The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

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