Giving agents tasks

You can always just type a prompt into an agent. For a bigger job with several agents, use a task board instead — every task has one owner, and Start sends it to that agent only:

1/5Every task has an owner: the chip shows which agent it is assigned to. “Checkout tests” depends on “Checkout page” — it shows a lock.

Put the tasks on a board

Add a task board and add one task per line — or ask a lead agent to break the job down onto it.

Assign each task

Press Assign on a task and pick the agent. Only that agent receives the task, and other agents can’t take it or move it. New agent for this task creates a fresh agent for it in one click.

Press Start

The task goes to its agent as a prompt and moves to Doing. When the agent finishes, move it to Review or Done.

Let it run by itself

Depends on — a task waits, Blocked, until the tasks it depends on are Done.
Auto-dispatch (the lightning button in the board’s header) — when an agent finishes its turn, its task moves to Review and its next ready task is sent automatically.
Give unassigned tasks to any idle connected agent — free tasks go to whichever agent is free.

Put a budget card next to a self-running board, so it can’t overspend while you’re away.

See every task in one place

The Tasks section of the sidebar gathers the tasks from every task board and todo list across your workspaces.