Tools enable our AI features to perform different jobs for you.
For example, there are tools for summarizing your team's daily activity, changing a task's status, or posting a comment.
Feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more
There are privacy, security, and permissions that only apply to Super Agents. Learn more
To use Super Agents, you'll need to activate the AI ClickApp for your Workspace.
If you want to interact with Super Agents via Chat, you'll need to activate the Chat ClickApp.
What's the difference between tools and AI Skills?
Tools give Brain and Super Agents their abilities. AI Skills tell Brain and Super Agents how to use them.
AI Skills are saved instructions that ClickUp Brain and Super Agents can use to consistently handle requests the way you want. For example, you can create a Skill that details how to write in your style and brand voice.
A tool is what Brain or a Super Agent can do. This includes searching the web, creating tasks, sending messages, pulling information from connected apps, and much more.
Where are Brain AI tools used?
Tools are available for use with Autopilot Agents, Super Agents, and Brain AI. Some tools are available when interacting with all three. Others are specific.
ClickUp Agents and tools
Tools are added to Agents when they are created or updated. Learn more about creating a Super Agent or an Autopilot Agent.
Each Super Agent's tools are listed under the Tools section in its profile.
Tools cannot be added to Ambient Answers Agents.
Brain AI and tools
To see the tools available in Brain AI:
- Open Brain AI from the toolbar or a location header.
- Choose one of the tools.
- You can also ask Brain to use many of the tools in the tables below by typing a prompt into the prompt field. For example, you can type, "Create a reminder for me." Brain will ask follow-up questions to ensure it reminds you about the right items at the right time.
- Choose one of the tools.
Default Agent tools
When you create an Agent, several required tools are automatically enabled. Default tools vary by Agent type and cannot be deactivated.
These are the default tools and the Agents they are available for:
| Default tool | Tool description | Agent types |
| Create schedule | Add a scheduled trigger to your Super Agent. | Super Agents |
| Generate image | Generate images using natural-language prompts. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Post reply | Post a comment where the Agent was triggered. | Super Agents |
| Load assets and objects | Load the full content of a task, Doc, location, and more. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Load Custom Fields | Load the Custom Fields for a specific location or task. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Retrieve Chat messages | Retrieve Channel and direct messages. You must have access to the Channel or conversation to retrieve its messages. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Retrieve task list | Retrieve a list of tasks using filters. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Search user activity | Search for activity done across tasks by one or more people. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Search users and teams | Search the Workspace for details about a person or Team, including: • Name • Role • Timezone • Status, including custom statuses • Teams the user belongs to • Who they report to • Last active |
Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Search Workspace | Search the Workspace and connected apps for assets or information about a topic. If this search is unsuccessful, try Deep Search! |
Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
| Write a to-do list | Generate structured, actionable to‑do lists from natural language input. | Super Agents Autopilot Agents |
Brain AI toolsets for Agents
Toolsets are curated packs of tools designed to give Agents the necessary capabilities for specific use cases. Think of them as starter kits for common workflows like managing tasks or creating new items.
Instead of manually selecting every tool, you can add a toolset to your Agent, enabling a full set of related actions.
Each tool in a toolset can also be used on its own, so you’re never locked in. You can mix and match toolsets and individual tools as needed.
These are the available toolsets and the individual tools included in them:
| Toolset | Toolset description | Included tools |
| Docs | Create Docs, edit Docs, add pages, and nested pages to a Doc. If your Workspace uses custom role permissions, members must have the Create Views permission enabled in order for Super Agents to successfully create Docs. |
• Create Doc • Create pages in Doc |
| Tasks and subtasks | Create tasks and subtasks, and set their properties. Learn more about creating tasks and subtasks with Brain AI. |
• Add task to Lists • Create and edit Checklists • Create subtask • Create task • Load Custom Fields • Move to List • Post task comment • Update comment • Update task |
| Comments | Post comments to tasks or Channels. This tool is not available for Autopilot Agents. |
• Post Chat message • Post task comments |
| Edit tasks | Update tasks and their properties, and create subtasks. | • Add task to Lists • Create subtask • Move to List • Update task |
| Create and edit images | Create and edit images using AI. | • Edit image • Generate image |
Available Brain AI tools
In the tables below, we specify when there's a ready-to-use tool in a specific location, but you can almost always write your own prompt.
These tables show the available Brain AI tools, what the tool does, and where the tools are located:
Create items tools
These are the available tools to create items, and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Create Doc | Create a Doc. Learn more about creating a Doc with Brain AI. If your Workspace uses custom role permissions, members must have the Create Views permission enabled in order for Super Agents to successfully create Docs. |
Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Create page in Doc | Add a new page to an existing Doc. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Create List | Create new Lists in Spaces, Folders, or Subfolders. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Create task | Create a new task and set its properties. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Create subtask | Create a subtask. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Create attachment | Create interactive slides, dashboards, and prototypes. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Create view | Create a view. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Task, subtask, and Doc tools
These are the task, subtask, and Doc tools, and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Post task comment | Post a comment to a task. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Update comment | Update or assign one of your task comments. You cannot update another person's comment. |
Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Update task | Update task properties and details like: • Assignees • Custom Fields • Checklists Agents cannot delete Checklists or Checklist items. Brain can delete Checklists and Checklist items. • Dependencies • Description • Due date • Name • Priority • Start date • Status • Tags • Time estimate • Link related tasks |
Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Update Docs | Add new content or make edits to a Doc. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Add task to Lists | Add a task to multiple Lists without changing its home location. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Move to List | Move a task to specified List. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Find stale tasks | Find inactive tasks. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Find similar items | Find similar items like Docs and tasks. | Brain This tool is also in tasks and Docs. |
| Find tasks that are stuck | Find tasks that are in progress that haven't been updated in the last 15 days. | Brain |
| Summarize | Create a summary for the selected task or Doc. | Brain This tool is also in tasks and Docs. |
| Track time | Track time on tasks. When summarizing a task, time tracked and time estimates are included. |
Brain Super Agents |
Search tools
These are the search tools and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Deep Search | Performs a much more thorough search across your entire Workspace. | Brain |
| Search web | Search the web without leaving ClickUp! | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Load web pages | Load and read content from web pages. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Search Help Center | Search the ClickUp Help Center for guidance on how to use ClickUp. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Search ClickUp Support Resources | Search ClickUp Support resources for guidance. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Chat tools
Learn what other AI features are available in Chat!
These are the Chat tools, and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Post Chat message | Send messages to Chat Channels. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Update Chat message | Update or assign one of your existing Chat messages. You can't update another person's comment. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Catch me up | Get a summary of what's happened in the Chat Channel. | Brain in Chat |
| Reply to thread | Reply to a Chat message thread. | Brain in Chat |
Image tools
These are the creating and editing images tools, and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Generate image | Generate images using natural-language prompts. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Edit image | Modify existing images using AI. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Custom Fields tools
These are the available Custom Fields tools and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Create Custom Field | Create a new Custom Field at the Workspace, Space, Folder, Subfolder, or List level. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Meeting tools
These are the meeting tools and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Ask about my Meeting notes | Ask Brain about the content of your AI Notetaker meeting notes. | Brain |
StandUp, project updates, executive summary, and capacity tools
These are the update, summary, and capacity tools, and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Write AI StandUp | Write an AI StandUp for the selected people and duration. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Team Updates | Generate a standup for other people or Teams based on Workspace activity. | Brain |
| Write project update | Write a project update for the selected location and time period. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Write executive summary | Write an executive summary for the selected location. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Sprint Update | Summarize Sprint activity during a selected time period. | Brain |
| Get user schedule and capacity | Detailed insights into a user's workload and availability. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Manage Personal Priorities | Add, reorder, and remove tasks from someone's Personal Priorities. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
| Retrieve Personal Priorities | Find a specific person's Personal Priorities. | Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Filtering, grouping, and sorting tools
These are the filtering, grouping, and sorting tools, and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Filter, group, and sort | Filter, group, or sort tasks on the Space, Folder, Subfolder, or List level, based on task properties. For example, Find tasks assigned to members of the Product Team. Filter to find tasks in the In Progress status, and group them by assignee. In addition to task properties like task ID, tags, and due date, this tool can access the following fields: • Time estimates • Track Time • Sprint points |
Brain |
Reminders tools
Use reminders to quickly create smaller action items that don't require a task. You can create them for yourself or delegate them.
These are the reminder tools and where they're available:
| Tool | Tool description | Tool locations |
| Create reminder | Set up a reminder with optional recurrence. When the reminder's due date and time arrives, it will move to the Primary tab in your Inbox. | Brain Super Agents |
| Complete reminder | Mark a reminder as complete or incompleted. | Brain Super Agents |
| Delete reminder | Remove a reminder or its entire recurring series. | Brain Super Agents |
| Search reminders | Search for and list reminders belonging to the person requesting. | Brain Super Agents |
| Update reminders | Modify an existing reminder's title, due date, or recurrence settings. | Brain Super Agents |
Integrated tools
You can add Brain AI tools from both Workspace and personal connections to your Agents. The available tools vary by app.
By adding personal app knowledge to an Agent configuration, you expose the data from the connected app to anyone who can interact with the Agent. Read our article about tools from personal connections.
These are the integrated tools, where they're located, and the available connection types:
| Connected app | Description | Tool locations | Available connection types |
| Gmail | Send emails and drafts. Search your Gmail drafts. | Brain (all tools) Super Agents (all tools except Send email and Send draft) Autopilot Agents (all tools except Send email and Send draft) |
Personal connections |
| Google Calendar | Update, create, or search Google Calendar events. List calendars and check calendar availability. |
Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Personal connections |
| Outlook Calendar | Use various tools to: Check calendar availability Create calendar event Delete calendar event Get calendar event List calendars List rooms Search calendar Update calendar event |
Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Personal connections |
| Outlook Mail | Use various tools to: Create draft Manage drafts Manage folders Organize emails Read mail |
Brain Autopilot Agents Super Agents |
Personal connections |
| External MCP servers | Tools from MCP servers vary by server. External MCP servers must be connected before their tools can be used. For a limited time, all plans can connect to external MCP servers. Pricing may be subject to change in the future. |
Autopilot Agents Super Agents Brain |
Workspace connections Personal connections |
| Slack | Send a Slack message. | Autopilot Agents Super Agents Brain |
Workspace connections Personal connections |