Checklist Task activity
- UpdatedJul 31, 2025
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- Zurich
- Create Workflows
Prompt an agent to complete all items in a task checklist.
The key inputs for this activity are the Checklist Owner, Checklist Items, and Checklist Name fields under the Inputs section.
Roles and availability
This activity is available as a common activity. Users with the admin, playbook.admin, or pd_author can add this activity to a playbook.Common properties
These properties are common to all to activities in Playbooks.
Open the activity properties panel and configure your activity to add values for the following inputs. If the input value varies, use the pill-picker to show where to get the
value. To learn more about the pill-picker, see Dot-walking examples.
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Label | String | Title to display as activity and playbook card. |
| Description | String | Information to display about activity usage or outcome. |
| Run condition | Condition Builder | Conditions that must be met to run an activity or stage. You can use data from prior activities to build conditions. Note: Select Show additional options to see this field. |
| Start Rule | Choice | Under , select a start rule for when your stage should start running:
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| Start with delay | True/False | Option to wait for a duration of time before running an activity or stage. When enabled, this input displays the Start with delay input properties. Note: Select Show additional options to see this field. |
Inputs
After configuring the required inputs for your activity, you can also choose to configure additional inputs. In the side panel, select Show additional
options to display these advanced inputs. For more information, see Activity experience.
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skip Assignment Group | Reference.Group [sys_user_group] | Group that is allowed to skip this activity when Can Skip is enabled. Note: If Can Skip is enabled, and you do not specify a Skip Assignment
Groupor Skip Assigned To, all users will be able to skip this activity. |
| Skip Assigned To | Reference.User [sys_user] | User that is allowed to skip this activity when Can Skip is enabled. Note: If Can Skip is enabled, and you do not specify a Skip Assignment
Groupor Skip Assigned To, all users will be able to skip this activity. |
| Checklist Owner | Reference.User [sys_user] | The user who owns this checklist. |
| Checklist Items | String | The items you want display in your checklist. |
| Checklist Name | String | The name to display for the checklist. |
| Task | Reference.Task [task] | Reference a record to associate with the checklist activity. The checklist is also displayed in the associated task record. Note: When a specific task record is associated with the checklist, the state of the checklist does not change
if you run the playbook again. When you don't provide a specific task record, a
new private task record is created for each run.
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| Show SLA | True/False | Option to show SLA countdown details for the task. Note: Select Show additional options to see this field. |
| Can Skip | True/False | Option to allow agents to skip the checklist and to continue through the playbook. |
Outputs
These outputs can provide data to other activities in your playbook. You can access this data as activity inputs when you configure your activity:
| Output | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Checklist Task | Reference.Task [task] | Task record that updates when this activity completes. |
UI Layouts
Set properties for how the activity renders during a playbook run.
