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Mark Task as Completed (Automation Action)

Automatically mark a task as done as part of your automation flows.

Updated over a month ago

Overview

Use the Mark Task As Completed action to automatically update a task's status in a project whenever you want to signal progress or coordinate dependent actions.


How to Use It

  • In your automation, add a new ➕ Add Step.

  • Choose the Mark Task As Completed action.

  • Configure the action in the sidebar on the right.

    1. Select the Project containing the task you want to mark as done.

    2. Specify the Task ID. Use variables from previous steps if needed.


Action Settings

🏷️ Field

🔤 Description

(required) Project

Select the project that contains the task you want to mark as completed.

(required) Task ID

Enter the task ID directly or use a variable from a previous step. Required.


Use Cases

Not sure how to make the most of this action? Here are a few ideas:

🪄 Use Case

Action Flow

Auto-complete blog content task

  • Trigger: Task Added {{Article Title}}

  • ➡️ Action: Ask Agent (Copywriter Agent)

    • Input: “Write blog article: {{Task Title}}”

  • ➡️ Action: Create Post (WordPress) {{Article Title}}

  • ➡️ Action: Delay For (3 days), wait for content to go live

  • ➡️ Action: RSS Trigger

    • ➡️ Action: Loop

      • ➡️ Inside Loop → Action: Filter Data

      • Condition: If RSS title = {{Task Title}}

        • ➡️ If match found:

          • ➡️ Mark Task as Completed (original task)

        • ➡️ If no match after loop ends:

          • ➡️ Send Channel Message (Slack)
              • Message: “⚠️ Blog post {{Task Title}} not posted. Check WordPress.”


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