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name: add description: "Add a new task to ClickUp directly (no AI processing)" category: integration complexity: basic mcp-servers: [] personas: []

/clickup:add - Add New Task

Purpose

Create a new task in ClickUp directly. No AI processing - just sends the data straight to ClickUp.

Usage

Copy/clickup:add <title> <tag> [description]

Parameters

• title (required): Task title
• tag (required): Tag name (bug, story, task, etc.)
• description (optional): Task description

Examples

Copy/clickup:add "Fix login button" bug
/clickup:add "User profile page" story "Add ability to edit profile picture and bio"
/clickup:add "Update README" task
/clickup:add "Payment integration" feature "Integrate Stripe for subscription payments"

Behavioral Flow

1. Parse Arguments:

   • Extract title (required)
   • Extract tag (required)
   • Extract description (optional)

2. Create Task (direct API call, no AI):

   Copycurl -X POST "https://api.clickup.com/api/v2/list/${CLICKUP_LIST_ID}/task" \
     -H "Authorization: ${CLICKUP_TOKEN}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "name": "{title}",
       "tags": ["{tag}"],
       "description": "{description}"  // only if provided
     }'
   

3. Output Result:

   Copy✅ Task created!
   
   📋 Title: Fix login button
   🏷️ Tag: bug
   🆔 ID: 86ew3xxxx
   
   🔗 View: https://app.clickup.com/t/86ew3xxxx
   

API Endpoint

Create Task:

CopyPOST https://api.clickup.com/api/v2/list/{list_id}/task

Request Body (with description):

Copy{
  "name": "Task title",
  "tags": ["bug"],
  "description": "Optional description",
  "status": "to do"
}

Request Body (without description):

Copy{
  "name": "Task title",
  "tags": ["story"],
  "status": "to do"
}

Error Handling

• Missing title: "Error: Title is required. Usage: /clickup:add [description]"
• Missing tag: "Error: Tag is required. Usage: /clickup:add [description]"
• API error: Show ClickUp error message
• Invalid tag: Task created, tag may not appear if it doesn't exist in space

Notes

• Task is created with status "to do" by default
• No AI processing - data goes directly to ClickUp as provided
• Tags are case-insensitive in ClickUp

ARGUMENTS: $ARGUMENTS