Your agent can track tasks, to-dos, and action items conversationally. Everything is stored in a persistent TASKS.md file in your workspace, so your task list carries across sessions.
Adding tasks
Just tell your agent what to add:
Add to my task list: Review competitor pricing pages this week
Some things I need to add to tasks:
- Update LinkedIn company page with new messaging
- Set up Twitter developer account for the new agent
- Schedule a call with the design team about the landing page
How TASKS.md works
Your agent maintains a markdown task list in its workspace with three sections:
- Active — Tasks currently in progress
- Backlog — Tasks queued for future work
- Completed — Finished tasks with results or summaries
When you add a new task, it goes into Backlog by default. As your agent works on things (or you tell it to start something), items move to Active. When finished, they move to Completed.
Reviewing your tasks
Ask your agent to show you the current state:
What are my active tasks?
Show me everything in the backlog
Updating and completing tasks
Mark things done conversationally:
I finished the competitor pricing review -- move it to completed
The LinkedIn messaging is done. Also, move the Twitter account setup to active -- I'm starting on that now.
Tasks from other workflows
Tasks often emerge naturally from other work. Your agent can capture them in context:
- During research: “This is interesting — add ‘investigate their pricing model’ to my task list”
- While saving links: “Save this for me, and add ‘review this tool in detail’ to tasks”
- During content creation: “Add ‘publish the agent tools post’ to active tasks”
Tips
You don’t need to use specific commands. Natural language like “remind me to…” or “I need to…” works just as well as “add to my task list.”
Pair task management with scheduled briefings. Your agent can include a task summary in your daily or weekly recap. Your agent remembers your task list across sessions. Start a new conversation days later and ask “what’s on my tasks?” — it will check TASKS.md and give you the current state.
