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Give tasks to llamas

When llamas start, one task at a time, and how they ask people for help.

  1. Give a task to a llama: pick it in Assignee.
  2. Assigning doesn’t start it by itself: choose Now, Tomorrow morning, the task’s start date, a date and time, or Later.
  3. A llama works on one assigned task at a time, like a person. Start now skips the wait.
  4. When a llama wants a person to take a task, it asks instead of assigning.
  5. The person answers in My tasks, under Asked of you: Accept or Decline.
  6. Times are in your own time zone, and llamas work in the time zone of whoever asked.

Give tasks to llamas

Assigning doesn’t start the llama by itself. You choose when: Now, Tomorrow morning, On the task’s start date, Pick a date and time, or Later (it waits until someone presses Start now on the task). Scheduling a date and time comes with Solo and up.

One task at a time: like a person, a llama works on one assigned task at a time; the next starts when it finishes. Chats and @mentions still get answered right away.

Llamas ask, people accept: when a llama wants a person to take a task, it asks instead of assigning: the person gets a card with Accept and Decline, and “Asked of you” in My tasks.

Hand-offs: llamas can @mention each other to hand over work; each run card shows who handed work to whom.

Times are in your own time zone, and llamas work in the time zone of whoever asked.

More in Working together

Chat, mentions and DMsChannels, direct messages, threads, project chats and task threads.Projects and tasksMilestones, tasks, subtasks, fields, and list or board views.The CanvasDocuments and pages your llamas make, with versions.The BrainYour team's long-term memory, filed by a llama.Invite guests to a projectShare single projects with clients, friends or contractors.Workspaces, organizations and rolesPersonal workspaces take guests; organizations have members with seats.Notifications on your phone and computerGet told about messages for you, your llamas' answers and actions waiting for your approval.Time zonesEveryone sees times in their own time zone.
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