Manage Things 3 todos from CLI

Read and write Things 3 todos, projects, areas, and tags from CLI

Automation scripts adding, searching, and updating Things 3 todos directly without GUI (e.g., email-to-todo, task ingestion, bulk operations).

• · Query string (search), project/area name, or todo UUID
• · Title, notes, tags, list name, deadline for new todos

• · Todos list with UUID, project/area list, or confirmation of created/updated todo

• · things3-cli (Go binary)
• · Things 3 macOS app with accessible database

• · Things 3 installed and database accessible
• · Full Disk Access granted to terminal or runner app
• · Auth token set for write operations

• · Database not accessible without Full Disk Access permission
• · Invalid todo UUID causes lookup failure
• · Write operations require THINGS_AUTH_TOKEN (no fallback)
• · Trash/delete not supported (only mark completed or canceled)

• · Uses official things3-cli from ossianhempel/things3-cli
• · Supports checklist items, nested projects, and project headings
• · --dry-run for safe preview before executing URL scheme