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# Managing Tasks with Your Agent

> Conversational task tracking with your agent's persistent workspace

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
```

Your agent appends these to TASKS.md and organizes them automatically.

## How TASKS.md works

Your agent maintains a markdown task list in its [workspace](/core-concepts/memory/workspace-files) 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's on my task list?
```

```
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

<Tip>
  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."
</Tip>

<Tip>
  Pair task management with [scheduled briefings](/guides/daily-briefings). Your agent can include a task summary in your daily or weekly recap.
</Tip>

<Tip>
  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.
</Tip>