Create Task
ms_todo.create_task
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the Microsoft To Do API with the connection's credentials.
Add a task to a list, optionally with notes, an importance, a due date and a reminder.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- OAuth 2.0
- Providers
- Microsoft To Do
- Secret shape
- {"client_id": "…", "client_secret": "…", "refresh_token": "…"} with the Tasks.ReadWrite delegated scope
- Config it needs
- tenant
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
8 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
list_id The task list id, from ms_todo.list_task_lists or ms_todo.create_task_list. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
title The task title. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
body Notes stored on the task, as plain text. | string | No | — | — | — |
importance How important the task is. Leave blank for To Do's default (normal). | string | No | — | one of "low", "normal", "high" | — |
status Initial status. Leave blank for notStarted. | string | No | — | one of "notStarted", "inProgress", "completed", "waitingOnOthers", "deferred" | — |
due_date_time When the task is due, as a local date-time with no offset, e.g. '2026-09-30T17:00:00'. The zone comes from time_zone. | string | No | — | — | 2026-09-30T17:00:00 |
reminder_date_time When to remind, as a local date-time with no offset. Setting it also turns the task's reminder on. | string | No | — | — | 2026-09-30T09:00:00 |
time_zone IANA or Windows time-zone name the due and reminder times are in, e.g. 'UTC' or 'Asia/Kolkata'. | string | No | UTC | — | — |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"due_date_time": "2026-09-30T17:00:00",
"reminder_date_time": "2026-09-30T09:00:00",
"time_zone": "UTC"
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
id The task id. | string | — |
title The task title. | string | — |
status One of notStarted, inProgress, completed, waitingOnOthers or deferred. | string | — |
importance One of low, normal or high. | string | — |
body The task's notes. | string | — |
due_date_time When the task is due, as a local date-time string. | string | — |
reminder_date_time When the reminder fires, as a local date-time string. | string | — |
completed_date_time When the task was completed, if it was. | string | — |
created ISO-8601 timestamp of creation. | string | — |
last_modified ISO-8601 timestamp of the last change. | string | — |
{
"body": "",
"completed_date_time": "",
"created": "",
"due_date_time": "",
"id": "",
"importance": "",
"last_modified": "",
"reminder_date_time": "",
"status": "",
"title": ""
}Related Microsoft To Do nodes
See Create Task run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Microsoft To Do connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.