---
name: "tasks_get"
area: "projects"
title: "Get a task"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/tasks_get"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/projects"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_get"
---

# Get a task (`tasks_get`)

One task in full: description, links, subtasks, comments and history.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

Before working on a task, or when someone asks about it.

## Say this to your agent

> What's the latest on SALE-2, the flyer?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `task` | string | yes | A task like "WEB-12", or its task_id. 1 to 20 characters. |  |  |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `tasks_get` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/projects` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "task": "SALE-2"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/tasks_get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"task": "SALE-2"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "tasks_get",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "task": {
      "task": "SALE-2",
      "task_id": 4102,
      "title": "Design the sale flyer",
      "status": "To do",
      "priority": "high",
      "assignee": "luis@halversoncycle.example",
      "labels": [
        "print"
      ],
      "due_date": "2026-10-19",
      "parent": null,
      "updated_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "",
      "created_by": "Pip",
      "created_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
      "completed_at": null,
      "links": {},
      "subtasks": [],
      "comments": [
        {
          "author": "Pip",
          "body": "The printer needs the final PDF by Thursday at 12:00.",
          "at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00"
        }
      ],
      "history": []
    }
  }
}
```

`result`: task: the task in full, with its description, links, subtasks, comments and history.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No task has that number or task_id. | Find it with tasks_list. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [projects_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/projects_create.md): Creates a board of tasks with a short key that numbers them, and its own statuses if you like. $0.001 a call.
- [projects_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/projects_list.md): Every project with how many tasks are in each status. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [projects_board](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/projects_board.md): A project as a board: each status with its tasks in order. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [tasks_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_create.md): Adds a task to a project, numbered like SALE-13, with status, priority, assignee, labels, due date, CRM links or a parent. $0.01 a call.
- [tasks_update](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_update.md): Changes a task: status, assignee, priority, labels, due date, title, description, CRM links or its place in the column. $0.01 a call.
- [tasks_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_list.md): Open tasks across projects or in one, most urgent first, filtered by status, assignee, label, priority, due date or words. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [tasks_comment](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_comment.md): Adds a comment in Markdown to a task's thread. $0.01 a call.
- [tasks_delete](https://conecto.chat/tools/projects/tasks_delete.md): Deletes a task and its subtasks for good. Free.