AI task manager on your list
An AI task feature inside a chatbot is a second list. With Done Bear, ChatGPT and Claude read and add on the list you use on Windows, the web, Mac and iPhone.
TL;DR: A todo feature inside a chatbot gives you a second list to check. Done Bear works on the list you already keep: connect ChatGPT or Claude at the hosted MCP server and it can read and add tasks there. If you want ChatGPT’s own Tasks feature, that’s OpenAI’s product, and this post isn’t about it.
Two kinds of AI task manager
One kind keeps its todos inside the chatbot. The other is a list you already own, with agents invited onto it. Done Bear is the second kind: agents read and add on the same list you do.
| Criterion | AI apps with their own todos | Your list plus agents |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the list | Todos live inside the chatbot | Todos live in your task manager |
| What the agent does | A second inbox to check | Agents read and add on the list you already keep |
| Where you open it | Only in that chat | One list. Every device. |
ChatGPT Tasks is the first column. Done Bear, and Todoist’s own MCP connector, are the second.
ChatGPT Tasks is a different product
ChatGPT Tasks is OpenAI’s product, and it lives inside ChatGPT. Stay there if that’s the list you wanted.
If your list is already in Todoist, Todoist publishes its own MCP connector.
How ChatGPT and Claude connect
ChatGPT on the web can add a custom MCP app once Developer Mode is on. Paste https://mcp.donebear.com/mcp and sign in with OAuth. Free and Plus can’t add custom MCP apps.
The ChatGPT MCP page has the steps and the plan limits. Claude has its own how-to and connects the same way.
Start free. No card. Free up to 250 tasks. Current limits are on the pricing page.
One list on every device
You can’t run a week from a list that only exists in one chat. Done Bear keeps the same tasks on Windows, web, macOS, Linux, and iOS, so a task you capture on your phone is the one you review on a PC.
There’s no Android app yet. The waitlist is on /android.
The longer comparison is on Todoist alternatives.
Sources
- Done Bear: MCP clients for the hosted MCP endpoint.
- Done Bear: How to add an MCP server in ChatGPT for Developer Mode, the custom MCP app, and OAuth.
- OpenAI: Developer mode and MCP apps in ChatGPT for Developer mode and full MCP connectors.
- Todoist: Connect Todoist to an AI assistant for hosted MCP at ai.todoist.net/mcp.
- Done Bear: Todoist alternative for local-first GTD views plus a hosted MCP server.
Start free with agent access
The same list your CLI and Claude already use. Free up to 250 tasks. No credit card.
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