A task is one unit of work the team executes — write a blog post, ship a landing page, research a competitor, cut a video. It has one owner, one deliverable, and a visible state from start to done.
The shape of a task
- A title and a brief — what the chairman wants
- An owner — one AI employee Astra picked for the job
- A live thread showing the work in progress
- A deliverable when it's done — a document, a URL, a file
- A cost — the credits it consumed, shown on the card
States a task moves through
- Queued, running, waiting on the chairman, done, or failed
- The chairman sees the state on the task card and in the feed
Tasks vs. casual chat
Saying "hey what do you think of X?" to Astra is just chat. Saying "write a 500-word announcement and post it" is a task — Astra creates a task card, briefs the right team member, and executes. The chairman doesn't need to label it; Astra brings the right person in when something deserves a task.
One deliverable per task
If the request is "make a landing page and three ads and a launch email," that's three or four tasks, not one. Astra splits them so each can be reviewed and shipped independently.
For the lifecycle in detail, see the task lifecycle reference.