Manual task creation is a silent productivity killer. Every time you switch from your code editor, a support ticket, or a payment notification to manually create a to-do item, you lose focus and momentum. What if your task list could build itself, triggered by the very events that create the work?
This is the promise of Tasks.do, an API-first platform that transforms task management from a manual chore into a programmable service. By treating tasks as code, you can embed them directly into your most critical business operations.
Forget context switching. It's time to build workflows that create, assign, and track tasks for you. Here are five powerful integrations you can build with the Tasks.do API to unlock new levels of automation and efficiency.
Traditional task managers are walled gardens. They're great for personal organization, but they exist outside the systems where work is actually generated. A task management API changes the paradigm. Instead of pulling information out of your tools to create tasks, you can push tasks from your tools automatically.
This is the core of "business as code"—a philosophy where your operational processes are defined, versioned, and executed just like software. With a tool like Tasks.do, you can build a reliable, automated system that ensures nothing ever falls through the cracks.
The Problem: An important action item is mentioned in a busy Slack channel. Someone needs to remember it, switch to their task manager, re-type the details, and assign it. By then, the original conversation has moved on, and the context is lost.
The Tasks.do Solution: Create a Slack bot or slash command that hooks directly into the Tasks.do API. A team member can use a simple command like /todo Assign @dave to fix the SSO login bug or react with a :ticket: emoji to a message. Your integration then parses this and instantly creates a task.
Example Code (Conceptual):
// A simple serverless function triggered by a Slack event
if (event.type === 'message_reaction' && event.reaction === 'ticket') {
await tasks.create({
title: `New task from Slack: ${event.message.user}`,
description: event.message.text,
assignee: 'support-lead@example.com',
tags: ['slack', 'unprocessed'],
});
}
The Benefit: Action items are captured in real-time with their full context, assigned correctly, and logged for tracking without anyone leaving Slack.
The Problem: Your team has a process: every time a critical bug is reported or a new feature PR is ready for review, a task needs to be created. This manual step is easy to forget during a busy sprint, leading to delayed reviews and bug fixes.
The Tasks.do Solution: Use GitHub Actions or webhooks to trigger the Tasks.do API. You can launch programmable tasks based on specific repository events.
Example Code (Conceptual):
// Triggered by a new GitHub issue with the 'critical-bug' label
const issue = github.context.payload.issue;
await tasks.create({
title: `FIX: ${issue.title}`,
description: `Address critical bug reported in issue #${issue.number}. Link: ${issue.html_url}`,
priority: 'high',
assignee: 'dev-team-lead@example.com',
tags: ['bug', 'critical', 'github'],
});
The Benefit: Your development lifecycle becomes more robust and predictable. Code reviews happen faster, and critical bugs are immediately visible in your team's workload.
The Problem: Your customer-facing processes rely on manual triggers. When a new customer subscribes, someone has to remember to schedule an onboarding call. When a payment fails, the finance team has to dig through emails to find it and follow up.
The Tasks.do Solution: Connect Stripe webhooks to your backend and use the Tasks.do API to drive your customer lifecycle workflows.
The Benefit: You deliver a flawless, professional customer experience every time. Important financial and onboarding steps are never missed, improving customer satisfaction and revenue recovery.
The Problem: A customer reports a show-stopping bug in your helpdesk software (like Zendesk or Intercom). The support agent escalates it via email or a private message, but there's no formal tracking, and it can easily get lost in an engineer's inbox.
The Tasks.do Solution: Use your helpdesk's webhook system. When a ticket is tagged with urgent-escalation or has its priority set to "Urgent," trigger a Tasks.do API call to create a task.
Example Code (Conceptual):
// Triggered by a Zendesk webhook for a new 'urgent' ticket
const ticket = zendesk.event.payload;
await tasks.create({
title: `Urgent Support Escalation: ${ticket.subject}`,
description: `Ticket ID: ${ticket.id}. See details here: ${ticket.url}`,
priority: 'high',
assignee: 'on-call-engineer@example.com',
dueDate: new Date(Date.now() + 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000), // Due in 2 hours
tags: ['support', 'escalation'],
});
The Benefit: Critical customer issues are instantly injected into the engineering workflow with clear priority and accountability, leading to faster resolution times.
The Problem: Your CI/CD pipeline successfully deploys a new build to the staging environment. Now, the QA team needs to start testing. The "notification" is often just a message in a channel, which lacks formality and trackability.
The Tasks.do Solution: Add a final step to your CI/CD pipeline (in Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions) that calls the Tasks.do API. This is workflow automation at its best.
Example Code (from our SDK):
import { tasks } from '@do-sdk/server';
// This runs as the last step in a successful staging deployment
const newQATask = await tasks.create({
title: 'QA Test Staging Deployment: Build #12345',
description: 'The latest build has been deployed to staging. Please begin regression testing.',
priority: 'normal',
assignee: 'qa-team@example.com',
tags: ['deployment', 'qa', 'staging'],
});
console.log(`QA task created with ID: ${newQATask.id}`);
The Benefit: You create a formal, auditable handoff between your development and QA teams. The QA workload is managed centrally, and everyone has visibility into what needs to be tested.
These five examples are just the beginning. The power of an API-first platform is its composability. Any tool with a webhook, any script you can write, and any event in your system can become a trigger for a perfectly tracked task.
Ready to stop managing tasks and start automating them?
Explore the Tasks.do documentation and integrate robust, programmable task management into your services today.