Create Automations that apply only to a specific task(s)
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Mukul Singh
Right now, automations are done at the list level. This gives far less control since every task in that last would be subject to that automation. I am suggesting that automations be done at the TASK level so that you can set something for just 1 task.
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Zach - ClickUp
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Last updated on January 16, 2026
Hey everyone,
We’ve already made some progress here and I wanted to walk you through what’s been done so far.
This project is still in progress, but it’s taking a bit longer than expected. Your feedback is really important to us, so I’d love for you to take a look at the current direction and let us know what you think. Your input will help us make sure we’re building the right things and heading in the right direction.
Video here 👇
— The ClickUp Product Team
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Simple automations at task level
Jeanette Cravens
We would love to be able to set up simple workflows per task. For example, we consistently have tasks that fall outside our typical workflow automations so we can't just build a new workflow/task type for them, however I still know that once this particular task is completed, it needs to move to a specific list. We have enough of these happen that it would be incredibly useful to be able to dictate simple automations like movement or comments once a task reaches a status at the task level.
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Trigger automations based on task ID
Gaál Melinda
Sometimes it would be useful to be able to make an automatism for a specific task.
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Nice Feature to have: Ability to create automation for a particular Task
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Clark Swensen
Ability to create an automation for a particular Task, runs for that Task & not any others.
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Task automation
Alis Kevorkian
Ability to add an automation to 1 task within a list only
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Task automation
Alis Kevorkian
Ability to add an automation to 1 task within a list only
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Dpto. de Gestión de Calidad
Hello everyone,
Apparently, there are certain limitations of automations per task, since the seventh automation applied to a task they no longer work.
Zach - ClickUp
Hey all,
We wanted to provide you an update here.
Candidly, we had been working on the feature and were ready to ship (nearly 95% of the way there), but had to pause for a moment to work on other urgent needs. We will be picking this back up shortly and will get it in your hands and have not forgotten about you. Stay tuned.
Thank you so much for your patience 🙏
Tony Henderson
Hi Zach - ClickUp,
Thanks for the update. Unless I'm misunderstanding this, we already have various ways to be specific on the trigger task, whether through tags or task type or custom field updates.
What I need to be able to do is based on that condition being triggered, apply the change to a different target task.
e.g. Task 1 has a custom field of 'invoice amount' and is updated with a value. I need to trigger a flag or status in Task 2 for finance to be notified. I could create a new task with automation but there are instances where the task already exists and I need to be able to update it.
Kind regards,
Tony.
Sarah
Hey Zach - ClickUp, I just previewed the walkthrough video link you provided, and wanted to add one of our use cases to see if this is something you're building into this release.
Trigger - "meeting" task type is added to the list containing the word "onboarding" in the task name.
Action - Due date is added to another task in this list, based on the due date of the meeting task e.g. day before/day after meeting.
I look forward to hearing back! :)
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Suresh Patti
would love to have this to apply to few tasks.
I have a use case, when the task is created, based on few custom fields logic, want to automate the sharing permissions to few users such as requester, few users on exec level ( so that the task become private and shared permissions apply to click up few users)
this feature would allow to limit the tasks that are supposed to not visible on global level where that list is shared to all users in the company such as onboarding, offboarding and other sensitive information content, incidents etc.,
Zach - ClickUp
Suresh Patti: we have another task in the works right now to share the task (let's say it's private) with someone and give them access. Hang tight, coming soon!
Максим Карась
I really ask you to make the Progress (Auto) field as soon as possible so that it can support the correct display of progress for subtasks below the second level
Zach - ClickUp
Максим Карась: hey there, is this request part of another feature or is there something about it being for automations that I didn't capture? Thank you!
Tony Henderson
Максим Карась
I think you are talking about this? https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/auto-progress-rollup-nested-partial-subtask-completion
Sean De Hoedt
Zach - ClickUp What if this task automation is set up for boards where we manage our subscriptions. Here, I think if we add an automation, let's say we are tracking monthly subscriptions on ClickUp. We have set the task to recur every single month on the same day that we made the payment. Instead of us manually coming and changing the status from complete so that it can turn right back to active, we have the automation do that for us whenever the due date comes. This is because the payments happen automatically since the cards are connected, and it is the same with every other application. I believe task automation would be most beneficial here.
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