on_hold
= paused (UI wording is often "on hold"/"on-hold")
How to use it
on_hold is exposed by the OmnifocusMCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the on_hold tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
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active
= current
dropped
= intentionally abandoned/cancelled, not completed
flagged
Flagged tasks only
maxEstimatedMinutes
Tasks with estimated duration up to N minutes
project
Scope to a single project by name
status
"available", "remaining", "completed", "dropped", "all"
tagFilterMode
"any" (default) or "all" for multi-tag filtering