ClickUp CI Integration

Overview

Automate ClickUp integration testing in CI and sync task statuses from your pipeline. Uses GitHub Actions with live API testing against ClickUp API v2.

GitHub Actions Workflow

# .github/workflows/clickup-integration.yml
name: ClickUp Integration Tests

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  unit-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm test -- --coverage

  integration-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: unit-tests
    env:
      CLICKUP_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLICKUP_API_TOKEN }}
      CLICKUP_TEST_LIST_ID: ${{ secrets.CLICKUP_TEST_LIST_ID }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci
      - name: ClickUp API health check
        run: |
          STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
            https://api.clickup.com/api/v2/user \
            -H "Authorization: $CLICKUP_API_TOKEN")
          if [ "$STATUS" != "200" ]; then
            echo "::warning::ClickUp API returned $STATUS, skipping integration tests"
            exit 0
          fi
      - name: Run integration tests
        run: CLICKUP_LIVE=1 npm run test:integration

Configure Secrets

# Store ClickUp token in GitHub Secrets
gh secret set CLICKUP_API_TOKEN --body "pk_12345678_YOUR_TOKEN"

# Store test list ID (for integration tests to create/delete test tasks)
gh secret set CLICKUP_TEST_LIST_ID --body "900100200300"

Integration Test Suite

// tests/integration/clickup-ci.test.ts
import { describe, it, expect, afterAll } from 'vitest';

const TOKEN = process.env.CLICKUP_API_TOKEN!;
const TEST_LIST = process.env.CLICKUP_TEST_LIST_ID!;
const BASE = 'https://api.clickup.com/api/v2';
const createdTaskIds: string[] = [];

async function api(path: string, options?: RequestInit) {
  const res = await fetch(`${BASE}${path}`, {
    ...options,
    headers: { 'Authorization': TOKEN, 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...options?.headers },
  });
  return { status: res.status, data: await res.json() };
}

describe('ClickUp API Integration', () => {
  it('authenticates successfully', async () => {
    const { status, data } = await api('/user');
    expect(status).toBe(200);
    expect(data.user.id).toBeDefined();
  });

  it('creates a task in test list', async () => {
    const { status, data } = await api(`/list/${TEST_LIST}/task`, {
      method: 'POST',
      body: JSON.stringify({
        name: `CI Test Task - ${new Date().toISOString()}`,
        description: 'Created by CI pipeline, safe to delete',
        priority: 4,
      }),
    });
    expect(status).toBe(200);
    expect(data.id).toBeDefined();
    createdTaskIds.push(data.id);
  });

  it('reads the created task', async () => {
    const { status, data } = await api(`/task/${createdTaskIds[0]}`);
    expect(status).toBe(200);
    expect(data.name).toContain('CI Test Task');
  });

  afterAll(async () => {
    // Cleanup: delete test tasks
    for (const id of createdTaskIds) {
      await api(`/task/${id}`, { method: 'DELETE' });
    }
  });
});

Sync CI Status to ClickUp Task

// scripts/update-clickup-task.ts
// Run after deploy: npx tsx scripts/update-clickup-task.ts TASK_ID "deployed"
async function updateTaskFromCI(taskId: string, newStatus: string) {
  const response = await fetch(
    `https://api.clickup.com/api/v2/task/${taskId}`,
    {
      method: 'PUT',
      headers: {
        'Authorization': process.env.CLICKUP_API_TOKEN!,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({ status: newStatus }),
    }
  );

  if (!response.ok) {
    console.error(`Failed to update task ${taskId}:`, await response.text());
    process.exit(1);
  }
  console.log(`Task ${taskId} status updated to "${newStatus}"`);
}

const [taskId, status] = process.argv.slice(2);
updateTaskFromCI(taskId, status);

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
Secret not found	Missing GitHub secret	gh secret set CLICKUP_API_TOKEN
401 in CI	Token expired/rotated	Update secret value
Rate limited in CI	Too many test runs	Add pre-flight rate check
Integration test cleanup fails	Task already deleted	Ignore 404 on cleanup

Resources

• GitHub Actions Secrets
• ClickUp API Reference

Next Steps

For deployment patterns, see clickup-deploy-integration.