How to use Google Tasks Manager in your AI agent

What you'll get

This skill lets you work with Google Tasks — the simple to-do list app built into Gmail and Google Calendar. You can create new task lists, add tasks, mark them complete, move them around, or delete them. Perfect for anyone who wants to manage their personal or team tasks without opening a browser.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The Google Tasks Manager skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-tasks to my project.

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-tasks

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-tasks

Add the skill at https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-tasks to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-tasks

Add this skill: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-tasks

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

• Organizing your day and want to quickly add tasks to Google Tasks
• Reorganize or clean up your task lists without opening Gmail
• Bulk-create tasks from meeting notes or a planning session
• Checking off completed work and want to archive old tasks

What this skill does

• Creates and manages multiple task lists in your Google account
• Adds, updates, and deletes individual tasks within any list
• Moves tasks between lists or reorders them within a list
• Marks tasks complete or clears all completed tasks at once
• Retrieves all your tasks or a specific task list on demand