Skip to content

On a schedule

Get today's and overdue Google Tasks in Slack each morning

Each weekday morning Slack shows your Google Tasks due today and anything overdue, with a one-line suggestion for where to start.

Runs
On a schedule
Apps
Google Tasks, Slack
AI
Optional
Access
tasks.readonly; chat:write

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every weekday at 8, post my Google Tasks that are due today or overdue to my #my-day channel, with a one-line plan for the day.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

First time? Adding ClickRuntime to your assistant takes about two minutes.

Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Google Tasks does not remind you of anything unless you open it, and most working days start in Slack. Tasks due today get remembered at four in the afternoon, and overdue ones keep sliding.

Managers, freelancers and anyone who keeps a personal task list next to a busy Slack workspace use it to see the day's commitments where they already are.

What you get out of it

  • Seen where you start the day

    The list arrives in Slack before the first message of the day, so it frames the morning instead of getting lost.

  • Overdue tasks stay visible

    Anything past its date is shown separately, so it cannot quietly roll into next week again.

  • A suggested starting point

    A one-line plan picks the task to begin with, which helps on busy days.

  • Nothing on quiet days

    When nothing is due or overdue, no message is posted.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every weekday at 8, ClickRuntime reads your open Google Tasks that are due today or earlier.

  2. It splits them into due today and overdue. If there are none, nothing is posted.

  3. AI writes one line suggesting where to start.

  4. The list and the suggestion are posted to your Slack channel.

Before it runs live

  • Connect Google Tasks
  • Connect Slack, then invite the app to the channel (type /invite @ClickRuntime there)

What you get

RunsOn a schedule
Get today's and overdue Google Tasks in Slack each morningtoday, 9:00Succeeded
Slack · #my-dayDue today: Send Acme the revised quote · Overdue: Book venue for Northwind workshop (due 15 Oct)

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.
  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

  • Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
  • Change what the AI looks for, or how it writes the result
  • Add another app, for example also send it to Google Sheets
  • Combine it with other Google Tasks and Slack steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.
morning_google_tasks_briefing_in_slack.pyexample
from datetime import date, timedelta
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, notify, ai, log

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    tasks = build("tasks", "v1", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False)
    end = (date.today() + timedelta(days=1)).isoformat() + "T00:00:00.000Z"
    items = tasks.tasks().list(tasklist="@default", showCompleted=False, dueMax=end).execute().get("items", [])
    if not items:
        return {"due": 0}
    today = date.today().isoformat()
    due = [t["title"] for t in items if t["due"][:10] == today]
    late = [f"{t['title']} (due {t['due'][:10]})" for t in items if t["due"][:10] < today]
    text = ""
    if due:
        text += "*Due today*\n" + "\n".join(f"• {t}" for t in due) + "\n"
    if late:
        text += "*Overdue*\n" + "\n".join(f"• {t}" for t in late) + "\n"
    try:
        text += "\n" + ai.generate(f"In one short sentence, suggest which task to start with and why:\n{text}",
                                   max_output_tokens=60).text.strip()
    except (ai.AINotIncluded, ai.AILimitReached) as e:
        log.warning("AI unavailable, posting the plain list", {"code": e.code})
    notify.slack(text, channel="#my-day")
    return {"due": len(due), "overdue": len(late)}

FAQ

Common questions

Can it post to a direct message?
It posts to the channel you name. Many people create a private channel for themselves, such as #my-day, which works like a personal feed.
Does it include tasks without a due date?
No. It shows tasks due today and tasks that are overdue. Tasks without a date are left for your own review.
Is the one-line plan required?
No. It is optional; without it, the message is a plain list of due and overdue tasks.
What permissions does it need?
tasks.readonly; chat:write. Nothing else in your accounts is used.
Does it need AI?
No, but you can ask for an AI step (for example a summary). It then uses ClickRuntime's built-in AI allowance.
How many runs does it use?
One run each time it runs (on a schedule). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.
Can I change how it works?
Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

Set up “Get today's and overdue Google Tasks in Slack each morning” from your assistant

Copy the prompt above, or connect your assistant first. Free plan, no credit card.