Vikunja Tasks Skill

Manage tasks on a Vikunja instance using the vja CLI.

Always use --json and pipe to jq for structured output. Title arguments are positional (not --title).

Tasks

Create

vja add "Task title"
vja add "Task title" -n "Description" -d "tomorrow" -p 3 -l urgent -A alice
vja add "Task title" -d "next monday at 9:00" -r "1h before due_date" -o "My Project"

Flags:

-n / --note — description
-d / --due — due date (natural language: "in 3 days", "2025-12-31")
--start / --end — start/end dates
-p / --prio — priority (1=low … 4=urgent)
-l / --label — label name (repeat for multiple: -l bug -l backend)
-A / --assignee — username to assign
-r / --reminder — reminder ("in 3 days at 18:00", "1h before due_date")
-o / --project — project name or id
-f / --star — mark as favorite
--force-create — create label if it doesn't exist yet

List

vja ls --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, due_date, priority}'

# Filter examples
vja ls --filter "done eq false" --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title}'
vja ls --filter "priority ge 3" --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, priority}'
vja ls --filter "due_date before today" --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, due_date}'
vja ls -l urgent --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title}'
vja ls -o "My Project" --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title}'
vja ls -u 3 --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, urgency}'   # urgency >= 3
vja ls --all --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, done}'     # include completed
vja ls --sort "-priority,due_date" --json | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title}'

Filter operators: eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le, before, after, contains. Multiple --filter flags are ANDed.

Show

vja show <task_id> --json | jq '{id, title, description, due_date, priority, assignees, labels}'

Edit

vja edit <task_id> -i "New title"
vja edit <task_id> -n "Updated description"
vja edit <task_id> -a "Appended note"          # append to existing description
vja edit <task_id> -d "next friday" -p 4
vja edit <task_id> -l bug -l backend           # set labels
vja edit <task_id> -A alice                    # toggle assignee (adds if absent, removes if present)
vja edit <task_id> -c true                     # mark completed
vja edit <task_id> -f                          # star; --no-star to unstar
vja edit <task_id> -o "Other Project"          # move to project

Delete

vja delete <task_id> -q

Toggle done/undone

vja toggle <task_id>

Defer due date

vja defer <task_id> 2d      # delay by 2 days (also shifts reminders)
vja defer <task_id> 1h30m

Clone

vja clone <task_id> "New task title"

Open in browser

vja open <task_id>

Projects

vja project ls --json | jq '.[] | {id, title, parent_project_id}'
vja project show <project_id> --json | jq .
vja project add "Project name"
vja project add "Sub-project" -o "Parent Project"

Labels

vja label ls --json | jq '.[] | {id, title}'
vja label add "new-label"

User

vja user show --json | jq '{id, username, email}'

Workflows

Daily review

# Overdue tasks
vja ls --filter "due_date before today" --filter "done eq false" --json \
  | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, due_date}'

# High-priority open tasks sorted by urgency
vja ls --filter "priority ge 3" --filter "done eq false" --sort "-urgency" --json \
  | jq '.tasks[] | {id, title, priority, urgency, due_date}'

Create, assign, and label in one step

vja add "Review PR #42" -p 3 -d "today" -A alice -l review --force-create

Bulk-defer overdue tasks

vja ls --filter "due_date before today" --filter "done eq false" --json \
  | jq '.tasks[].id' \
  | xargs -I{} vja defer {} 1d -q

Complete a task and log it

vja toggle <task_id> -v --json | jq '{id, title, done}'

Notes

Dates support natural language via parsedatetime: "tomorrow", "next monday", "in 3 days at 9:00", "2025-12-31"
--json outputs Vikunja API JSON; --jsonvja outputs vja's internal representation
Config is read from ~/.config/vja/config.rc (or legacy ~/.vjacli/vja.rc)

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