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Siri and Shortcuts

2Do speaks to Siri out of the box and plugs into the Shortcuts app with a full set of native actions. Nothing needs setting up inside 2Do first.

Talking to Siri​

2Do ships its own spoken phrases, in every language 2Do speaks. Say any of these and Siri hands the job to 2Do:

To add a task

  • "Add to 2Do"
  • "Add a task to 2Do"
  • "New task in 2Do"
  • "Create a task in 2Do"
  • "Remember this in 2Do"

To find tasks

  • "Find tasks in 2Do"
  • "Search for tasks in 2Do"
  • "Search 2Do for tasks"
  • "Show my tasks in 2Do"
  • "Look up a task in 2Do"

To complete a task

  • "Complete a task in 2Do"
  • "Mark a task as done in 2Do"
  • "Finish a task in 2Do"
  • "Check off a task in 2Do"
  • "Complete a 2Do task"

Siri asks for whatever it still needs, such as the task title or which list to search. New tasks go to your default capture list, which you set under Settings > Tasks > New Tasks. See Settings.

The same three actions appear in the Shortcuts gallery as Quick Add, Find Tasks, and Complete Task, so you can also run them from a shortcut, the home screen, or the Action button.

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If you ask Siri to "remind me" without naming 2Do, the item goes to Apple's Reminders app instead. That still reaches 2Do if you sync with Apple Reminders. Otherwise, name 2Do in the phrase.

Asking Siri to Work with Your Tasks​

Requires iOS 27 or later

On earlier versions, use the spoken phrases above and the Shortcuts actions.

On iOS 27, your 2Do tasks and lists are available to Siri directly, so you can talk through a change in your own words instead of building a shortcut for it first. Siri can:

  • Create a task with a title, a destination list, notes, a due date and time, a star, tags, one URL, and a repeat.
  • Update a task: change its title, notes, due date and time, star, tags, URL, or repeat, or move it to another list. Anything you do not mention stays as it is.
  • Complete a task, or mark a completed task as not done.
  • Delete one or more tasks.
  • Find tasks, lists, and list groups by name.

Tasks created this way are always plain tasks. Siri does not create projects or checklists, and it does not set a priority, start date, duration, alarms, sub-tasks, or locations. Create those in the app or with 2Do's Shortcuts actions.

Siri works with your normal lists and list groups, picking from the ones you already have. It does not create lists, and Smart Lists are not offered. A repeat that does not map onto 2Do's own repeat rules is refused rather than approximated.

Creating, updating, and deleting through Siri follow the same security rules as the rest of 2Do's automation: they require device authentication, and while a passcode is set under Settings > Security, 2Do keeps its data away from Siri and Shortcuts entirely. See Password Protection.

This is a separate surface from the Shortcuts app. It adds no actions there, and the shortcuts you have already built keep working as they are. See Automate with Shortcuts for the full catalogue.

Naming Lists for Siri​

If you tell Siri which list to use, say the list name exactly as it appears in 2Do. Avoid list names that are also date words, such as Today or Tomorrow, because Siri may read them as dates rather than as the name of a list.

The Shortcuts App​

Search for 2Do in the Shortcuts action list and you get the whole task model: Create Task with dates, tags, alarms, repeats, and structured sub-tasks, Find Tasks with property filters, Get Tasks from Collection, Set Task Completion, Move Tasks, Delete Tasks, Set Tag Paused, and more. Most of them run while 2Do is closed.

See Automate with Shortcuts for the full catalogue, a first shortcut to build, and ready-made recipes.

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Give capture shortcuts short names you can say without thinking, such as Capture It. A long name is a shortcut you will stop using by voice.

URL-Scheme Flows​

For callback-style integrations, and for apps that can only open a URL, 2Do's twodo:// scheme is still there. A clipboard-capture example:

  1. Get Clipboard.
  2. URL Encode the result.
  3. Open URL with twodo://x-callback-url/add?task=<encoded>&forlist=Inbox.

See URL Schemes for the full action and parameter reference.

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Prefer the native Shortcuts actions over URL schemes wherever both would do. They return real task values you can chain into the next action, they check their input, and they do not need to open the app.

Spotlight​

Your tasks are indexed for Spotlight. Pull down on the home screen, type part of a task title, and tap the result to open that task in 2Do.

Spotlight follows 2Do's privacy rules: with a passcode set, no task content is indexed at all, and tasks in password-protected lists are never indexed. See Password Protection.

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