# Tasks Overview

> Autonomous multi-step agent executions with streaming progress, permission system, and choice cards.

Source: https://docs.graph8.com/desktop/tasks/overview/

Tasks are autonomous multi-step agent executions powered by Copilot.

## Task lifecycle

**Planning** - Copilot plans the approach
**Running** - executing tool calls
**Awaiting Input** - needs your approval or a decision
**Completed/Failed** - finished or errored

## Execution canvas

Visual display of each task step with tool inputs and outputs.

## Features

- **25-iteration agent loop** - Copilot can chain up to 25 tool calls per task
- **Permission system** - tasks request approval before risky actions
- **Choice cards** - tasks can present multi-choice decisions to you
- **Streaming** - real-time progress updates in the UI
- **Task ideas** - AI-suggested tasks based on your data and patterns