TownTasks
Tasks turn assistant work into a focused workspace you can review, edit, and track.
Use Tasks when something needs follow-through: a draft to review, an action item from a meeting, a follow-up from Need to Know, or a request you want your assistant to keep working on.
What Tasks are for
Tasks are best for work that has a clear outcome but may take more than one assistant turn.
- Track work in progress — See what your assistant is doing, what needs your attention, and what is done.
- Keep context attached — Tasks can include a generated description, source context, attachments, and the assistant thread that created or updated them.
- Edit before acting — Update task titles, mark tasks complete, delete tasks, or adjust the request before asking the assistant to continue.
- Review unread activity — Tasks show unread indicators when there is new assistant activity you have not opened yet.
Task sources
Tasks can come from several places:
- Manual creation — Create a task directly from the Tasks page or assistant composer.
- Need to Know — Turn a timely update into a task when it needs follow-up.
- Assistant conversations — Ask your assistant to make something a task while you are chatting.
- Routine suggestions — Some routine or assistant suggestions can become tasks when they need explicit follow-through.
Need to Know
Need to Know surfaces timely items your assistant thinks may matter: emails, calendar context, task suggestions, or updates from connected tools.
When an item needs action, create a task from it. Town preserves the surrounding context so the assistant can continue from the original source instead of starting from a blank prompt.
Task states
Tasks can show different states depending on what is happening:
- Unread — New assistant activity is available.
- Scheduled — The task is set to continue later.
- Awaiting response — The assistant needs input before it can continue.
- Done — The task is complete.
Working from the Tasks page
The Tasks page is the best place to scan active work. From there you can:
- Review current tasks and unread activity.
- Open a task to see the thread and context.
- Send a follow-up message or adjust the request.
- Mark the task done, delete it, or schedule next steps.
On mobile and iOS, task details use a compact sheet or native page so you can triage work quickly.