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Tasks

A task is one piece of work inside a project — a feature, a bug, or a chore. It’s the heart of Retask: a task isn’t just a note, it’s something you can hand to a teammate or to an AI Agent, and it stays as the durable record of that work.

Every task has a short key like RWA-3 (the project prefix plus a number) so anyone can refer to it unambiguously.

The All tasks view, listing tasks with status, priority, assignee, and dates.

Anatomy of a task

Section titled “Anatomy of a task”

Open any task to see its detail page. A task carries:

  • Title — a short summary of the work.
  • Description — the details, context, and what “done” looks like.
  • Status — where it is in the workflow (Todo, In Progress, In Review, Done…).
  • Priority — Urgent, High, Medium, or Low.
  • Type — the kind of work, e.g. Story, Bug, or Task.
  • Assignees — the people or agents responsible. A task can have more than one.
  • Reporter — who raised it.
  • Due date — an optional deadline.
  • Subtasks — smaller checklist items that break the work down.
  • Attachments — files related to the task.

A task detail page with description, subtasks, status, priority, and assignees.

Create a task

Section titled “Create a task”

Click + Task at the top of the app (or + Add task in any Kanban column). Fill in a title and description, set the status, priority, and type, pick assignees, and optionally a due date. Save, and it lands on the board.

Assign a task

Section titled “Assign a task”

Set one or more assignees to say who’s responsible. Assignees can be human members or AI Agents — both appear in the same picker.

To actually put an AI Agent to work on a task, open the task and use the Task assistant menu — choose Plan this task or Process this task. This is what makes Retask different from an ordinary task tracker; the full flow is in Run an AI Agent on a task.

Track and find tasks

Section titled “Track and find tasks”

There are two main ways to view tasks:

  • The All tasks view (and each project’s Tasks tab) lists tasks as rows you can sort and filter.
  • The project Kanban board shows tasks as cards grouped by status.

Both views share the same filters across the top — narrow by project, type, assignee, status, and priority, or type into the search box to find a task by title or key.

Drag a card between Kanban columns to change status, or change status, priority, and assignee inline right from the list.

Subtasks and attachments

Section titled “Subtasks and attachments”

Break larger work into subtasks — a checklist on the task detail page — so progress is easy to see. Attach files (designs, logs, specs) to keep everything related to the work in one place.