Automated summary

Creates a new task on a given project's Tasks board inside a Notion workspace by using the connected Notion MCP server.

Strengths

Checks upfront that the Notion MCP server is available and stops cleanly if it is not authorized
Infers the target project and falls back to "General Tasks" when no project is specified
Sets Status to "Not started" automatically and only asks for fields that actually vary (priority, description)
Lists the closest matching projects instead of guessing or creating a new one when the name is not found

Limitations

Assumes a very specific workspace layout (Projects → project → Tasks) that must already exist in Notion
Fully dependent on the Notion MCP tools and on whatever priority options the board defines
Does not cover editing, moving, or deleting existing tasks

When to use it

Use it when you want to quickly add a task to an existing Notion project without opening the UI.

When not to use it

Avoid it if your Notion workspace does not follow the expected Projects/Tasks structure, or if you need to update an existing task.

Security analysis

Safe

Quality score90/100

The skill only instructs the agent to use a connected Notion MCP server to create task entries, with no destructive, exfiltrating, obfuscated, or safety-disabling actions. It explicitly avoids fabricating results and limits operations to workspace task creation.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Add a task to a project

Add a task to the Website Redesign project called "Draft the new pricing page copy", high priority.

General task

Create a general task: "Review the Q3 invoice export", medium priority, no project.

Task with details

Add a task to the Mobile App project named "Fix login timeout bug" with the description "Users on iOS are logged out after 30 seconds of inactivity" and high priority.

name: notion-task-creator description: Adds a new task to a project's Tasks board in the user's Notion Agent Workspace (Projects → the project → Tasks). Use whenever the user asks to add/create a task for a specific project, or a general task not tied to any project (goes under Projects → General Tasks). Requires the connected Notion MCP server.

Notion Task Creator

Name: Notion Task Creator
Author: Skills Guide Bot

Instructions

Step 1: Confirm the Notion MCP server is available

This skill requires the user's connected Notion MCP server (tools named mcp__notion__* or similar). If those tools are not loaded or the server requires authorization, tell the user to authorize it (via claude.ai connector settings, or claude mcp / /mcp in an interactive session) and stop — do not attempt to fabricate the task.

Step 2: Gather task details

From the user's request, extract:

Project name — if none is given, or the user says it's a general/unassigned task, use the General Tasks project.
Task name — required.
Description — optional, but ask if the user's phrasing implies more detail than the task name alone.
Priority — ask the user if not provided (e.g. Low / Medium / High, matching whatever priority options exist on the board).
Notes — optional, only if the user provides them.
Status — always set to Not started. Do not ask the user for this.

Step 3: Locate the workspace structure

In the user's Notion Agent Workspace:

Find the Projects database/page.
Find the page matching the given project name (or General Tasks if none/general).
Within that project, find its Tasks board/database.

If the named project can't be found, list the closest matches you do find and ask the user to confirm rather than guessing or creating a new project.

Step 4: Create the task

Add a new item to the project's Tasks board with:

Task name: as given
Description: as given (leave blank if none provided)
Status: Not started
Priority: as given by the user
Notes: as given (leave blank if none provided)

Step 5: Confirm

Report back to the user: the project it was added to, the task name, and a link to the new task if the Notion tool returns one.

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/download' --output '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code

test -f '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/notion-task-creator' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi' '.claude/skills/notion-task-creator'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation

openskills install './.skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi'

openskills read 'notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/notion-task-creator-ms47vpxi/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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