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clickup task view

View a ClickUp task

Synopsis

Display detailed information about a ClickUp task.

If no task ID is provided, the command attempts to auto-detect the task ID from the current git branch name. Branch names containing CU- or PREFIX- patterns are recognized.

If no task ID is found in the branch name, the command checks for an associated GitHub PR and searches task descriptions for the PR URL.

clickup task view [<task-id>] [flags]

Examples

  # View a specific task
  clickup task view 86a3xrwkp


  # Auto-detect task from git branch
  clickup task view


  # Output as JSON (includes subtasks with IDs, dates, and statuses)
  clickup task view 86a3xrwkp --json


  # Extract subtask IDs for bulk operations
  clickup task view 86parent --json  # then use .subtasks[].id

Options

  -h, --help              help for view
      --jq string         Filter JSON output using a jq expression
      --json              Output JSON
      --template string   Format JSON output using a Go template

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