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Connect Todoist and OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) integrations

Explore ready-made Todoist and OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper) templates and start automating in minutes.

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Create a custom workflow

Transform your Todoist tasks into intelligent workflows by connecting with OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) through Make's automation platform. Automatically generate detailed subtasks, create visual project representations, and process audio notes with AI-powered assistance—turning task entries into comprehensive, actionable plans without manual work.

Create a custom workflow

Every automation starts with a trigger and an action. Select one from each app to generate a workflow tailored to your needs.

Todoist
Trigger: Watch new events
OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper)
Action: Select an action
1. Select a trigger

  • Triggers when a new event occurs on Todoist.

2. Select an action

  • Analyzes images according to specified instructions.

  • Cancels an "in-progress" batch. The batch will be in status "cancelling" for up to 10 minutes, before changing to "cancelled", where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.

  • Creates and executes a batch of API calls.

  • Creates a new skill.

  • Creates a new immutable skill version.

  • Creates a new vector store and optionally adds files to it, or adds files to an existing vector store.

  • Deletes an existing conversation.

  • Deletes an existing model response.

  • Deletes a skill. This action cannot be undone.

  • Deletes a skill version. This action cannot be undone.

  • Deletes a vector store. This action cannot be undone.

  • Downloads a file from a container.

  • Downloads a skill as a ZIP file using its ID.

  • Downloads a skill version as a ZIP file.

  • Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a prompt.

  • Generates a chat completion.

  • Qualifies whether the provided image or text(s) contains violent, hateful, illicit or adult content.

  • Generates a response.

  • Transcribes an audio to text.

  • Translates an audio to English.

  • Creates an embedding vector representing the input text.

  • Generates images using GPT Image.

  • Generates an audio file based on text input and settings.

  • Retrieves details of the specified batch.

  • Retrieves an existing model response.

  • Returns information about a specific skill by its ID.

  • Returns information about a specific skill version.

  • Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

  • Generates text responses from prompts without requiring an account or connection.

  • Identifies information in a prompt's text and returns it as structured data.

  • Updates the default version pointer for a skill.

  • Uploads a file to be used across the OpenAI platform.

Select a trigger and an action

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Triggers and actions

Connect OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) and Todoist through Make's automation platform to create intelligent workflows. When a task is created or updated in OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper), it triggers Todoist to perform actions such as analyzing task descriptions with ChatGPT to generate detailed subtasks, creating visual project representations with DALL-E, or processing audio task notes with Whisper. Make's visual workflow builder allows you to set up OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) as a trigger that monitors your tasks and automatically sends relevant information to Todoist for processing, enabling you to improve your task management with AI-powered insights and content generation.

Analyze images (Vision)
Analyzes images according to specified instructions.
Action
Cancel a batch
Cancels an "in-progress" batch. The batch will be in status "cancelling" for up to 10 minutes, before changing to "cancelled", where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.
Action
Close a task
Closes a task. Regular task is completed and moved to history, subtask is checked (marked as done, but not moved to history), recurring task is moved forward (due date is updated).
Action
Complete a recurring task
Completes a recurring task.
Action
Complete a task
Completes a task.
Action
Create a batch
Creates and executes a batch of API calls.
Action
Create a comment
Creates a comment.
Action
Create a filter
Creates a filter.
Action
Create a label
Creates a label.
Action
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How to set up Todoist and OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper) in 5 easy steps

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Link your Todoist account to Make

Before you can automate anything, you need to connect your Todoist account to Make. When you set up your first Todoist module, Make will ask for permission to access your account. Click the 'Continue' button, and you'll be taken to Todoist's website where you'll click 'Agree' to allow Make to work with your tasks and projects. This is a one-time setup that creates a secure bridge between the two platforms.

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Set up a trigger to monitor Todoist activity

A trigger tells Make to watch for specific events in your Todoist account and automatically start your workflow when they happen. You'll create a trigger module that monitors for things like new tasks being added, projects being updated, or comments being posted. Give your trigger a clear name like 'When task is added,' connect your Todoist account, and select which type of events you want to watch for. This makes your automation responsive to real-time changes in your task list.

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Create tasks automatically in Todoist

Once your trigger is set up, you can automatically create new tasks in Todoist based on information from other apps. Using the 'Create a Task' module, you can specify what the task should say, which project it belongs to, what labels to apply, when it's due, and how important it is. This is perfect for turning emails, calendar events, or other information into actionable tasks without manual data entry.

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Update and complete tasks through Make

Make can modify existing tasks in Todoist just like you would manually. You can change task details like the description, due date, priority, or project assignment using the task's unique ID number. When tasks are finished, you can mark them complete automatically, or if something was completed by mistake, you can reopen it. This keeps your task list accurate without requiring constant manual updates.

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Add artificial intelligence with OpenAI GPT-3

By connecting OpenAI GPT-3 to your Todoist automation, you can add artificial intelligence to your task management. For example, GPT-3 can read task descriptions and automatically suggest appropriate labels or priority levels, summarize long comment threads into brief updates, or generate detailed task descriptions from simple notes. You add OpenAI modules after your Todoist actions to process and improve your task information, creating a smarter productivity system that learns and adapts to your work style.

Improve your productivity with AI-powered task management

Connect Todoist and OpenAI to transform how you manage tasks. Use ChatGPT to automatically create, organize, and improve tasks with intelligent insights while generating valuable content from your workflow.

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AI-powered task creation and organization

Automatically generate, categorize, and prioritize Todoist tasks using ChatGPT's natural language understanding to transform ideas into actionable items.

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Intelligent task description improvement

Enrich Todoist task details with AI-generated context, subtasks, and recommendations from OpenAI to make tasks more comprehensive and actionable.

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Automated content generation from tasks

Use completed Todoist tasks as triggers to generate reports, summaries, or creative content with ChatGPT, transforming your productivity data into valuable outputs.

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Smart task analysis and insights

Use OpenAI to analyze your Todoist workflow patterns and receive AI-powered suggestions for optimizing task management and productivity.

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By connecting Todoist with OpenAI through Make, you can automate intelligent task management workflows. For example, you can use ChatGPT to automatically generate task descriptions, break down complex projects into subtasks, or analyze task priorities based on context. You could also use AI to categorize incoming tasks, suggest optimal scheduling, or even generate summaries of completed work. This integration eliminates manual data entry and uses AI to make your task management smarter and more productive.

The possibilities are extensive! You can automatically generate Todoist tasks from meeting notes using GPT-4, create tasks with AI-enhanced descriptions and context, use Whisper to transcribe voice memos into actionable tasks, or employ DALL-E to generate visual references for creative tasks. You could also set up workflows where completed tasks trigger AI-generated reports, or where ChatGPT analyzes your task patterns and suggests productivity improvements. Make's visual workflow builder makes these complex automations accessible without coding knowledge.

Not at all! Make provides a user-friendly, visual interface that allows you to connect Todoist and OpenAI with drag-and-drop actions. You don't need programming skills—just select triggers (like 'new task created in Todoist') and actions (like 'send prompt to ChatGPT'). Make offers pre-built templates and step-by-step guidance to help you create your first automation in minutes. Plus, you can test and refine your workflows before activating them, ensuring everything works perfectly.

Make acts as a powerful automation hub that goes far beyond basic connections. While you could manually copy-paste between apps, Make enables sophisticated multi-step workflows that run automatically 24/7. You can combine Todoist and OpenAI with hundreds of other apps, create conditional logic (if-then scenarios), transform data between formats, and handle complex operations that would take hours manually. Make also provides detailed execution logs, error handling, and the ability to process tasks in bulk—capabilities that basic integrations simply don't offer. This means you save time, reduce errors, and open up automation possibilities that would be impossible otherwise.