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How to set up and use Sidekick for AI, the MCP server for Google Tasks, and Sidekick for Mac. Both are coming soon.
Sidekick for AI
- What it isSidekick for AI is an MCP server that connects Google Tasks to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI apps. What it does, what you need, and how it keeps your tasks safe.
- QuickstartConnect Sidekick for AI to your AI app in a few minutes: add the connector, sign in with Google, and try three prompts.
- ClaudeHow to add Sidekick for AI to Claude as a custom connector, so Claude can read and change your Google Tasks.
- ChatGPTHow to add Sidekick for AI to ChatGPT as a custom MCP connector, and what to check on your ChatGPT plan first.
- CursorHow to add Sidekick for AI to Cursor as a remote MCP server, with the configuration to paste.
- Other appsSidekick for AI works with any app that connects to remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP with OAuth sign-in, including Claude Code and VS Code.
- ToolsThe tools Sidekick for AI gives your AI app: reading and searching tasks, reviewing what's pending, finding duplicates, adding, editing, completing, moving and deleting.
- Review what's pendingAsk your AI app what's overdue, what's due this week and what's been sitting untouched, and decide what to do with each.
- Remove duplicatesHow Sidekick for AI finds duplicate Google Tasks, shows what would be deleted and what's kept, and deletes only after you approve.
- Plans and limitsWhat the free plan of Sidekick for AI includes, the daily limits on deleting, and what Premium and the Founder Edition add.
- Privacy and securityWhat Sidekick for AI can see in your Google account, what it stores, how it's protected, and how to delete your data.
- QuestionsAnswers about Sidekick for AI: who makes it, whether you need the Mac app, which AI apps work, what happens to deleted tasks, and cancelling.
Sidekick for Mac
- Getting startedInstall Sidekick, connect your Google account and put your Google Tasks where you want them on your Mac.
- Keyboard shortcutsThe three shortcuts that work from any app: add a task, fold every stack, and hide or show Sidekick.
- Accounts and listsUse more than one Google account, choose which lists show, and spread your tasks into stacks on every screen.
- Working offlineSidekick keeps your tasks on screen without internet and keeps every change you make until it can send it to Google.
- PremiumWhat Sidekick Premium adds on the Mac, what it costs, and how to restore a purchase on another Mac.