What's the difference between a goal and a task?
A goal is the outcome you want (weeks to months). A task is one piece of work to move toward it (hours to days). One goal usually drives many tasks. A goal answers "where are we trying to get to?" A task answers "what are we doing right now?"
How do they work together?
When you set a goal, Astra figures out what work would move it forward and proposes tasks. When you send a task, Astra checks which goal it serves — if none, she may ask whether it's worth doing.
Why does the distinction matter?
Tracking only tasks looks busy but drifts off course. Tracking only goals looks ambitious but ships nothing. The team uses both — Astra makes sure today's tasks ladder up to this quarter's goals.