Tasks

The Tasks page gives you a shared place to plan work for an app, assign ownership, and hand individual tasks to an agent when you are ready to start.

Open Tasks

Open Tasks from the project navigation inside the Builder.

The page opens in a split layout:

• The left side is your task workspace.
• The right side is the Tasks Agent, where you can describe tasks to create, break larger work into smaller tasks, or request changes to existing tasks.

Task workspace

Use the top bar to switch views, search, filter, and create new tasks.

Control	Description
Search	Filter tasks by typing into the search field.
Filter	Filter by status, priority, assignee, or tag.
Sort	Sort by manual order, priority, due date, created date, or updated date.
Sort direction	Reverse the current sort order.
Keyboard shortcuts	Open the shortcuts reference for the Tasks page.
Add Task	Open the full task creation dialog.

When filters are active, Draftbit shows removable filter pills below the toolbar so you can clear one filter at a time or reset all of them at once.

Views

Board view

Board view organizes tasks into these working columns:

• Backlog
• Todo
• In Progress
• In Review
• Done

You can drag tasks between columns to move work forward. If you are using a non-manual sort, drag and drop still helps you move a task into a different status while the active sort controls the order inside each column.

Each column also supports quick task creation. Use the plus button to start a new task, then press Enter to create it immediately or Shift + Enter to open the full dialog with the title pre-filled.

Image placeholder: Board view with several tasks across Backlog, Todo, In Progress, In Review, and Done, including the inline new-task field in one column.

List view

List view is better when you want to scan metadata or update several tasks quickly.

Column	Description
Task	Shows the short task ID and whether the task already has an agent thread.
Title	Shows the task title and visible tags.
Status	Update the task status inline.
Priority	Update the task priority inline.
Assignees	Shows the assigned team members.
Due Date	Set or update the due date inline.
Actions	Start work, open the task, or use the task menu for more actions.

List view also supports multi-select. Select one or more tasks to apply bulk actions for status, priority, or deletion.

Image placeholder: List view showing selectable rows, inline status and priority controls, assignee avatars, due dates, and the bulk action toolbar.

Create and organize tasks

You can create tasks in several ways:

• Click Add Task to open the full task dialog.
• Create a task inline from a board column.
• Press N anywhere on the Tasks page.
• Ask the Tasks Agent to create tasks for you.

The full task dialog lets you set:

Field	Description
Title	A short, descriptive name for the task.
Description	A longer description written in the markdown editor. Use Draft with AI to generate a starting description from the title.
Status	The current state of the task. Options are Backlog, Todo, In Progress, In Review, Done, and Cancelled.
Priority	How important the task is. Options are Low, Medium, High, and Urgent.
Assignees	The team members responsible for the task.
Tags	Labels for grouping or filtering related tasks.
Due date	An optional date the task should be completed by.

Start work with an agent

Tasks are designed to move cleanly from planning into execution.

From the list view, board view, or task detail page, you can start a task in two ways:

• Start opens the app with the selected task attached so you can work in context.
• Start In Background launches the task with an agent without taking you away from the Tasks page.

Once a task has an agent thread, the start controls change to View thread.

If another thread is already running in the same app, Draftbit disables new start actions until that run finishes.

Task details

Open any task to see the full detail page.

From there, you can:

• Edit the title inline.
• Update status, priority, assignees, tags, and due date.
• Write or revise the description in the markdown editor.
• Use Draft with AI to generate a description when you need a starting point.
• Add comments and review agent comments in the same timeline.
• Open the linked agent thread when one exists.
• Delete the task if it is no longer needed.

Use J and K on the detail page to move to the next or previous task.

Image placeholder: Task detail page showing the property card, description editor, comments area, and Start or View thread actions.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Description
N	Create a new task
L	Switch to list view
B	Switch to board view
?	Open the keyboard shortcuts reference
Enter	Quick create a task from the inline board composer
Shift + Enter	Open the full create dialog from the inline board composer
1 to 4	Set task priority from the task context menu
J	Open the next task from task detail view
K	Open the previous task from task detail view

Tasks Agent

The right-side Tasks Agent panel is useful when you want help shaping work before you start implementation.

Use it to:

• create a first set of tasks from a feature idea
• break a larger feature into smaller tasks
• ask for follow-up task changes as the project evolves

This keeps planning and execution close together. You can define work on the right, organize it on the left, and start the next task when you are ready.