Read a subtask

GEThttps://<your-url>/api/v2/subtasks/{subtask}

MCP id subtasks.showAlso on this path: PATCH Update a subtask, DELETE Delete a subtask

Returns one checklist subtask in the detail view, including its rich-text description.

Token scope: api:read:project_management
Without it: 403 insufficient-token-scope.
Permission: project_management::view_backlog
Without it: 403 insufficient-permission.
Rate cost: 1 unit, read bucket.
Also: If-None-Match answers 304 when nothing changed. Never cached: private, no-store. Unknown query parameters are refused, never ignored.

Both are checked, scope first. A token never does more than its user. How access is checked

Request

Example: One subtask with its work item expanded

curl -G \
  'https://<your-url>/api/v2/subtasks/1' \
  --data-urlencode 'include=work_item' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

const response = await fetch('https://<your-url>/api/v2/subtasks/1?include=work_item', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::withToken('<token>')
    ->acceptJson()
    ->get('https://<your-url>/api/v2/subtasks/1?include=work_item');

import requests
response = requests.request(
    'GET',
    'https://<your-url>/api/v2/subtasks/1?include=work_item',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>', 'Accept': 'application/json'},
)

Response

The shape of the response, with sample values.

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "work_item_id": 1,
    "title": "…",
    "description": "<p>…</p>",
    "is_resolved": false,
    "order": 1,
    "created_at": "2026-03-04T09:15:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-03-04T09:15:00Z",
    "work_item": {
      "id": 1
    },
    "links": {
      "self": "https://<your-url>/api/v2/work-items/1"
    }
  }
}

Subtasks are hard-deleted, so a deleted one is simply 404 and trashed is not an accepted parameter. Reading additionally requires project_management::manage_work_items on the parent work item.

Path parameters

subtaskintegerRequired

The Subtask's numeric id.

Query parameters

Unknown parameters are refused with 400, naming the parameter.

viewstring

Which field set to render.

summarydetaildefault

Request headers

X-Request-Idstringpattern

A correlation id of your own. It is recorded in our logs next to the server's request id but never returned: the response header always carries the server's id. A value that does not match the pattern is discarded silently, never rejected.

If-None-Matchstring

The ETag a read is conditional on. A match is answered 304 with no body.

Response 200

Returns a Subtask in the detail view.

Headers

ETag: A strong validator of exactly this representation.
RateLimit: The IETF httpapi-ratelimit-headers form of your remaining allowance on the tightest bucket this request touched.
RateLimit-Policy: The ceiling and window of that bucket, as <limit>;w=<seconds>.
X-Request-Id: The server-generated ULID correlating this response with our logs.

Every response also carries Cache-Control, Vary, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Plnnrly-Api-Version, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset. Headers and versioning