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Complete task

Use this action to complete a Remember The Milk task that was created from Home Assistant.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To complete a Remember The Milk task from an automation or a script:

  1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
  2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
  3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
  4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
  5. Search for and select Remember The Milk: <your_rtm_username>_complete_task.
  6. In the top right, select Menu () > Edit in YAML.
  7. Enter this action’s YAML, following Using this action in YAML.
  8. Select Save.

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, this action uses your Remember The Milk username in the action name. If your username is my_rtm_username, refer to this action as remember_the_milk.my_rtm_username_complete_task:

ActionActions are used in several places in Home Assistant. As part of a script or automation, actions define what is going to happen once a trigger is activated. In scripts, an action is called *sequence*. [Learn more] 
action: remember_the_milk.my_rtm_username_complete_task
data:
  id: water_plants

This completes the task with the ID water_plants.

Options in YAML

id string Required

The identifier of the task to complete.

This action does not support targets.

Good to know

  • Replace my_rtm_username in the YAML example with the username you configured for Remember The Milk.
  • This action can only complete tasks that were created from Home Assistant with an ID.

Still stuck?

The Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the action you’re calling and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.

Tip

AI assistants like ChatGPT or Claude can also explain actions or suggest the right one when you describe what you want in plain language.

Related actions

These actions work well alongside this one:

  • Create task: Creates or updates a task in Remember The Milk.