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A task is work you hand to an Agent. The Agent runs it on its own and reports back, and you approve the result or ask for changes. A chat is for talking; a task is for work that should finish by itself.

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Before you start

Create an Agent. A new Agent cannot take tasks yet: it has no task tools, and its autonomy is manual, which asks you before every action. A task runs with nobody there to answer, so step 4 sets the Agent up.

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Steps

  1. Open Tasks in the left rail. With no tasks you see “No tasks”.
  2. Select New task (or the + button).
  3. Enter a Title (for example Draft a launch checklist) and a Description — the brief the Agent works from.
  4. Under Assign to, an Agent that cannot take tasks is listed with the reason. Select Set up for tasks on it. A sheet explains what changes:
    • the Agent gets the task tools (start, update, finish, fail, escalate, attach a file, get and list tasks);
    • its autonomy changes from manual to supervised, in all its conversations, not only tasks. Supervised asks only before risky actions, such as running commands or writing files.
    Select Set up. You can change both later in the Agent’s settings.
The Set up Ada for tasks sheet listing the task tools and the autonomy change

The sheet that sets an Agent up for tasks.

  1. Select the Agent under Assign to, then select Create.
The task opens as #1. Its status is queued, then working. The Activity list shows each step the Agent takes, and Stop task cancels the run.
Task 1 in progress with Working now under Activity

A task that has just started.

  1. When the Agent finishes, the status becomes in review. The Result section holds what it produced, and a banner says “Waiting for your review”. The task also appears under Needs you in the list.
The result of the task with Approve and Request changes below it

A finished task waiting for your review.

  1. Read the result, then choose:
    • Approve — the task becomes done.
    • Request changes — say what should change; the Agent redoes the task.
The task list showing task 1 as done

After you approve, the task shows done.

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Good to know

  • Add a note while a task runs with Comment. The Agent reads comments the next time it works on the task.
  • A task needs an Agent that is active, not on manual autonomy, and has the task tools. See Tasks and Approvals.