Google Tasks ACTION
Create Subtask
Creates a new subtask under an existing parent task. Use this action when you want to organize related work into a task hierarchy while keeping the parent task unchanged. To create a top-level task instead, use the Create Task action. See the documentation
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Google Tasks account once, then configure and run Create Subtask from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "google_tasks-create-subtask",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
google_tasks: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
taskListId: "Task List",
parent: "Parent Task",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "google_tasks-create-subtask",
"configured_props": {
"google_tasks": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"taskListId": "Task List",
"parent": "Parent Task"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "google_tasks",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "google_tasks-create-subtask",
arguments: {
taskListId: "Task List",
parent: "Parent Task",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
taskListId Task List | string | The ID of the task list. Required Dynamic |
parent Parent Task | string | The ID of the parent task under which the subtask will be created (for example, MDQ5MjE4NzQ2OTM0NjYxNzA6MDow). You can obtain this ID using the List Tasks action. Required Dynamic |
previous Place After Task | string | Optional. The ID of the sibling task after which the new subtask should be inserted (for example, MDQ5MjE4NzQ2OTM0NjYxNzA6MDox). You can obtain this ID using the List Tasks action. Optional Dynamic |
title Title | string | The title of the subtask. Required |
notes Notes | string | The description of the task. Optional |
due Due | string | Due date of the task (as a RFC 3339 timestamp, for example 2026-07-26T00:00:00Z). Optional. The due date only records date information; the time portion of the timestamp is discarded when setting the due date. It isn't possible to read or write the time that a task is due via the API. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- google_tasks-create-subtask
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- Google Tasks
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗