# Connect Google Tasks and The Old Reader When **New Task Created** fires in [Google Tasks](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-tasks), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Create Task List** in Google Tasks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Tasks **5** triggers Google Tasks **14** actions The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Tasks and The Old Reader to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Tasks and The Old Reader can do together ### From Google Tasks to The Old Reader - When **New Task Created** in Google Tasks then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Task List Created** in Google Tasks then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Google Tasks - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create Task List** in Google Tasks - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Update Task** in Google Tasks Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Google Tasks and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 26 actions - Trigger **New Task Created** Triggers when a new task is created in a Google Tasks list. Uses timestamp filtering (updatedMin) to efficiently detect new tasks. - Trigger **New Task List Created** Triggers when a new Google Tasks task list is created. This trigger monitors Google Tasks and fires when new task lists are detected. - Trigger **Task Details Changed** Triggers when a specific task's details change. This trigger monitors a single Google Task and fires when any of its details (title, notes, status, due date, completion, position) are modified. - Trigger **Task List Changed** Triggers when a task list changes (title or content updates). This trigger monitors a specific Google Tasks list and fires when changes are detected. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when an existing task is updated in a Google Tasks list. This trigger monitors a specific task list and fires when tasks are modified. - Action **Clear Tasks** Permanently clears all completed tasks from a specified google tasks list; this action is destructive and idempotent. - Action **Create Task List** Creates a new task list with the specified title. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a specified task from a given task list in google tasks. - Action **Delete Task List** Permanently deletes an existing google task list, identified by `tasklist id`, along with all its tasks; this operation is irreversible. - Action **Get Task** Use to retrieve a specific google task if its `task id` and parent `tasklist id` are known. - Action **Get Task List** Retrieves a specific task list from the user's google tasks if the `tasklist id` exists for the authenticated user. - Action **Insert Task** Creates a new task in a given `tasklist id`, optionally as a subtask of an existing `task parent` or positioned after an existing `task previous` sibling, where both `task parent` and `task previous` must belong to the same `tasklist id` if specified. - Action **List Task Lists** Fetches the authenticated user's task lists from google tasks; results may be paginated. - Action **List Tasks** Retrieves tasks from a google tasks list; all date/time strings must be rfc3339 utc, and `showcompleted` must be true if `completedmin` or `completedmax` are specified. - Action **Move Task** Moves the specified task to another position in the destination task list. - Action **Patch Task** Partially updates an existing task (identified by `task id`) within a specific google task list (identified by `tasklist id`), modifying only the provided attributes from `taskinput` (e.g., `title`, `notes`, `due` date, `status`) and requiring both the task and list to exist. - Action **Patch Task List** Updates the title of an existing google tasks task list. - Action **Update Task** Updates the specified task. - Action **Update Task List** Updates the authenticated user's specified task list. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Tasks** Google Tasks provides a simple to-do list and task management system integrated into Gmail and Google...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-tasks) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Tasks - [ **Google Tasks to BigML** BigML is a machine learning platform for building, evaluating, and running predictive models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-bigml) - [ **Google Tasks to Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-grist) - [ **Google Tasks to Mistral AI** Mistral AI is a platform for building, customizing, and deploying advanced AI models and agents for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-mistral-ai) - [ **Google Tasks to Morgen** Morgen is an all-in-one app for your time management](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-morgen) - [ **Google Tasks to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-hubspot) - [ **Google Tasks to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-salesforce) ## More into The Old Reader - [ **HubSpot to The Old Reader** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Salesforce to The Old Reader** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Slack to The Old Reader** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Sheets to The Old Reader** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Gmail to The Old Reader** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Calendar to The Old Reader** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Google Tasks and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Google Tasks? Any of Google Tasks's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Task Created, New Task List Created, Task Details Changed and Task List Changed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in Google Tasks? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to Google Tasks? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Google Tasks too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Google Tasks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Tasks or The Old Reader? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Google Tasks and The Old Reader without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.