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Todoist exports one project per CSV, so repeat this for each project. The steps come from Todoist's help page on CSV files, read on 4 November 2026.

1. 1Log in at todoist.com and open the project.
2. 2Click the three dots at the top right.
3. 3Select Import & export.
4. 4Select Export to CSV. The file saves to your computer.

Todoist says completed tasks are not in this file, and that a repeating task loses its start date: every year starting January 31 exports as every year. nokko's sheet shortens the steps to the project's ⋯ menu ▸ Export as CSV, so use the wording on Todoist's page.

1. 1Open the workspace the work should land in.
2. 2Choose File ▸ Import… and click Todoist at the top of the sheet.
3. 3Click Choose CSVs… and pick one file or several.
4. 4Read the preview and anything under Read, but worth knowing.
5. 5Click Import.

Every file becomes a board in a new space called Todoist Import. Each board takes its name from the CSV's file name, so rename the files first if you want different names. Nothing existing is touched, and one ⌘Z removes the whole import. If that space already exists, the import lands in Todoist Import (Imported).

nokko reads no other columns, and it does not warn about them. That includes RESPONSIBLE, DEADLINE and DURATION. It has no mapping for labels either, so a label written into the task text stays in the title.

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type: project
---

# Website

## Tasks

- [ ] Set up hosting 📅 2026-08-14
    - Credentials in the safe
    - [ ] Point the domain

## Launch

- [ ] Announce it 🔼 🔁 every week
    - Post and newsletter
- [ ] Celebrate
    - Todoist date: Oct 31

Read the repeats after importing. A rule with a colon, such as every day at 9:00, cannot be read as a repeat: the 🔁 and the priority stay in the task's title, and the preview does not mention it. Edit the line to every day. A rule starting every! stays as a Todoist date: note.

A repeat also comes in without a date, because the file has none. Finishing such a task makes an undated copy, so nothing moves on the calendar. Add a due date to any task you want on a schedule. See dates, repeats and reminders for the rules nokko acts on.

Paste adds lines to a board you already have, so create the board first. Use Things' Copy As Text, or copy a list from Notion or Apple Notes.

1. 1Copy the list.
2. 2Choose File ▸ Import… and click Paste. Whatever is on the clipboard fills the box.
3. 3Choose the board in the Into menu. The count beside it shows how many tasks were read.
4. 4Click Import.

The lines go under ## Tasks, and that heading is created if the board has none. It is one write to one file, so one ⌘Z takes it out. A numbered line keeps its number in the title, and so does a checkbox symbol that is not Markdown, such as ☐. Tidy those on the board.

• Priorities, as above.
• Every task with a Todoist date: note. Set a real date on those you need.
• Repeating tasks, which need a due date to move forward.
• Subtasks, by comparing one deep project with Todoist.

If a file is refused with has no TYPE/CONTENT columns, it is not a Todoist project export. A note row with no task above it is skipped and named in the warnings.