> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usehenry.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tasks overview

> Work Henry does on a schedule: reminders, digests, check-ins, and recurring jobs.

A **task** is anything you want Henry to do on a schedule rather than when asked. A Monday pipeline summary. A daily check for blocked tickets. A weekly reconciliation of subscriptions against a spreadsheet. A one-time reminder next Thursday.

Tasks run unattended and report back into the conversation they belong to. They are approved once, at activation, so nobody has to be online to click Confirm.

## What a task is made of

| Part                    | What it is                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Instructions**        | What Henry should do, written as a runbook. Henry writes this for you from a plain-language description, or you write it yourself. |
| **Schedule**            | Once, every few minutes, hourly, daily, weekdays, or weekly, at a time in your timezone.                                           |
| **Model and reasoning** | Which model runs it and how deeply it thinks. Defaults to the workspace setting.                                                   |
| **Trigger** (optional)  | A cheap pre-check so the task only really runs when there is work to do.                                                           |
| **Authorizations**      | The write tools the task may use without asking. Granted once at activation.                                                       |
| **Learnings**           | Notes Henry keeps from past runs, which you can edit or clear.                                                                     |
| **Runs**                | The history: what each run did, what it cost, and whether anything was blocked.                                                    |

## Where tasks live

Open **Tasks** in the web app to see every task in the workspace. Filter by **All tasks**, **My tasks**, or **System tasks**, by **Active** or **Paused**, by author, or by model. Click a task for its detail page.

You can also manage tasks in chat: "what tasks do I have?", "pause the standup digest", "run the renewal check now".

## System tasks

Henry ships with a few of its own recurring jobs, marked **System**. Any member can run them. You can change when they run and which model they use, but not their instructions.

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  <Card title="Creating tasks" icon="plus" href="/user-guide/tasks/creating-tasks">
    From chat or the web app, with every schedule option.
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  <Card title="Activating and running" icon="play" href="/user-guide/tasks/activating-and-running">
    Previews, activation, run now, and authorizing tools.
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  <Card title="Triggers" icon="filter" href="/user-guide/tasks/triggers">
    Skip runs when there is nothing to do.
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  <Card title="Reports and delivery" icon="paper-plane" href="/user-guide/tasks/reports-and-delivery">
    Where results go and how budgets show up.
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