The moment it happens
Turn requests sent to a link into Google Tasks
Requests sent from a form or another tool become well-titled Google Tasks with a due date, and Slack confirms each one.
- Runs
- The moment it happens
- Apps
- Google Tasks, Slack
- AI
- Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
- Access
- tasks; chat:write
Send this to your assistant
Create a ClickRuntime automation: when a request is posted to this link, write a clear task title, due date and priority, add it to my Google Tasks and post it to #tasks.
First time? Adding ClickRuntime to your assistant takes about two minutes.
Why use it
Why teams use this automation
Requests reach busy people through forms, other tools and quick messages, each worded differently. Turning "can you have a look at the thing for Northwind sometime next week" into a task with a clear title and date takes a moment every time, and it often does not happen.
Team leads, assistants and solo operators use it to give colleagues or clients one place to send requests, knowing each one becomes a proper task and that everyone can see it was received.
What you get out of it
Clear tasks from messy requests
AI turns a rambling message into a short action title with a sensible due date and priority.
Requesters see it was received
The Slack confirmation shows the task as written, so the person asking knows it is on your list.
One inbox for requests
Any form or tool that can send to a link can feed your list, so requests stop arriving in five places.
Dates you can plan around
Phrases like next Tuesday or end of the month become real due dates in Google Tasks and Calendar.
How it works
What happens, step by step
When a request arrives at your automation's link, ClickRuntime receives it straight away.
AI writes a short task title and picks a due date and priority from the wording.
The task is added to your Google Tasks with the original request in its notes.
A confirmation with the title, date and priority is 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)
- Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings
What you get
Build your own
Need it to work differently?
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
- Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
- 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
from datetime import date
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, notify, ai
SCHEMA = {"type": "object", "properties": {"title": {"type": "string"}, "due_date": {"type": "string"},
"priority": {"enum": ["High", "Normal", "Low"]}}}
@on_event
def handle(event):
body = event.json or {}
text = str(body.get("text") or body.get("request") or "")[:2000]
if not text:
return {"skipped": "no text"}
t = ai.generate(f"Today is {date.today()}. Turn this request into a short action title, a due date (YYYY-MM-DD, "
f"empty if none) and a priority.\nFrom: {body.get('from', 'unknown')}\n{text}",
json_schema=SCHEMA, max_output_tokens=120).json
task = {"title": f"[{t['priority']}] {t['title']}", "notes": text}
if t.get("due_date"):
task["due"] = f"{t['due_date']}T00:00:00.000Z"
tasks = build("tasks", "v1", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False)
tasks.tasks().insert(tasklist="@default", body=task).execute()
notify.slack(f"✅ New task: *{t['title']}* · {t['priority']} · due {t.get('due_date') or 'no date'}", channel="#tasks")
return {"title": t["title"]}FAQ
Common questions
What can send requests to the link?
What if the request has no date?
Where does the priority go?
What permissions does it need?
Does it need AI?
How many runs does it use?
Can I change how it works?
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