# Shortcut vs Todoist (slim)

> Todoist scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Todoist scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #411 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- Todoist: B 66.9, rank #224 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/todoist.min.md
- Shortcut, good for Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories.
- Todoist, good for Individuals and small teams who already keep tasks in Todoist and want an agent to add, reschedule, comment and report through MCP. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 77 against 57; Security & auth, 61 against 54; Maintenance & community, 88 against 73. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Shortcut | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Shortcut | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Shortcut Software Company | Doist |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` | `https://api.todoist.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Todoist's terms of service. The MCP server, the Python and TypeScript SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 47 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `net.todoist/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-18 | 2026-08-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-11 | 2026-08-27 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk | 554 stars, 5.4k npm/wk, 26k PyPI/wk |