Does the "- [ ]" form not work for you? They are generally considered the equivalent in my experience. C-c checks them.
Gary Oberbrunner <ga...@oberbrunner.com> writes: > Is there any way to have TODO items in bullet lists rather than headings: > > * Meeting report > ** Meeting 1 > - a thing that happened > - another thing that happened > - TODO: email everyone about all the things > - some more things that happened > > org-mode seems to only allow TODO in headings as far as I can tell.