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Tasks & My Day

updateTask

Update Task

Update a Task's text, shared note, private note, priority, or due date.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "change that task", and it calls updateTask.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "id": "<id>"
  },
  "name": "updateTask"
}

Arguments

• idstringrequiredThe ID of the todo to update
• textstringoptionalNew text for the todo
• notestringoptionalThe SHARED note: the task's description body. Everyone with access to the task or its list reads it, and a public task link renders it. Write here only what the user meant everyone to see. The title stays in text.
• privateNotestringoptionalThe PRIVATE note. The task's owner alone ever reads it: it is stripped from every read that reaches anyone else and from every shared-link payload, and sharing the task never promotes it. This is the DEFAULT home for a note you author…
• prioritystringoptionalNew priority level
• dueDateunknownoptionalNew due date in ISO format, or null to clear
• statusIdstringoptionalNew workflow status ID
• projectIdunknownoptionalCloud Project ID, from listProjects or createProject; null detaches
• parentIdunknownoptionalParent Task ID
• labelIdsstring[]optionalTask label IDs
• assigneeIdsstring[]optionalSpace member user IDs

Returns

A refused note write returns success: false with a stable error code.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• change that task
• reply on that task
• reschedule the to-do
• bump its priority

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listTodos

Questions

• What does updateTask do?

  Update a Task's text, shared note, private note, priority, or due date. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use updateTask from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "change that task", and it calls updateTask.

• Is updateTask safe to let an AI call?

  updateTask changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.