What CoIsland watches in Todoist

Each monitor kind brings its own query and its own card in the island.

How to watch Todoist from an island on your Mac

Each monitor is a ring in the island that counts down to its next check. When a task comes due, the island opens for a few seconds with its sound, and the card lists it as Work · Overdue, Tue 22 Sep · P1 · @finance: where, when, how urgent.

A click opens the alert in CoIsland, where the task fills in live: its description, labels, deadline and comments, and Open in Todoist. Connect Todoist covers every field and kind; all connectors share one page.

Connect it in three steps

  1. Copy your API token from Todoist › Settings › Integrations › Developer.

  2. Add a Todoist connector with it. Test connector finds your name and plan.

  3. Pick a monitor kind or an example, pick projects by name or write a filter, and choose when it alerts.

Built for Todoist

  • Your own API token, no admin and no app to register.
  • Read only: it never completes or edits a task.
  • The filters you already use in Todoist, as they are.
  • The token stays in the macOS Keychain and goes only to Todoist's API.

Then hand it to an agent

A click on the alert opens the agent in a terminal under it, with the whole alert as its first message.

Todoist questions

Does CoIsland work on Todoist's free plan?

Yes. Every Todoist account has an API token, and Todoist's API documents no plan limit on reading tasks or filtering them. A Filter monitor sends its query without saving a filter in Todoist.

Can CoIsland complete a Todoist task?

Not yet. It only reads. The alert's Open in Todoist goes to the task.

Will it alert me about every task already due?

No. The first check learns what is already there and stays quiet; after that, only what is new alerts, and a recurring task alerts again on its next due day.

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