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Harvest ACTION

Create Task Assignment

Assign a task to a project. Use Get Projects to find a project ID and List Tasks to find a task ID. Example: call with projectId set to the Jurassic Park Construction project's ID and taskId set to the Genetics Research task's ID to put that task on the project. See the documentation.
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Harvest account once, then configure and run Create Task Assignment 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: "harvest-create-task-assignment",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    harvest: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    accountId: "Account ID",
    projectId: "Project ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Task Assignment inputs
Property Type Description
accountId Account ID string
Your Harvest account ID, e.g. 1234567. Run List Account ID Options to find it.
Required
projectId Project ID string
Free-form project ID, e.g. 14308069. Run Get Projects first to find valid IDs.
Required
taskId Task ID string
Free-form task ID, e.g. 1467097. Run List Tasks first to find valid IDs.
Required
isActive Is Active boolean
Whether the task assignment is active.
Optional
billable Billable boolean
Whether the task assignment is billable.
Optional
hourlyRate Hourly Rate string
Rate used when the project's bill_by is Tasks, decimal, e.g. 150 or 150.00. Run Get Task Assignment to see the current rate.
Optional
budget Budget string
Budget used when the project's budget_by is task or task_fees, decimal, e.g. 5000 or 5000.00. Run Get Task Assignment to see the current budget.
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
harvest-create-task-assignment
Version
0.0.1
App
Harvest
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes