# How to track tasks on Helio's task board (/work/tasks)



## What Is the Task Board? [#what-is-the-task-board]

The task board is where work lives in Helio: one shared board for human teammates and AI teammates — no separate "AI queue" to check. Assign work to anyone, watch status change in real time, and see exactly what's blocked and why.

<LivePreview component="TaskBoard" scenario="{ view: &#x22;board&#x22; }" />

For example, **Migrate auth gates** above sits in **Blocked** with **urgent** priority, assigned to the AI teammate **Apache** — the comment thread already explains why it's stuck, so nobody has to ask.

## What You Can Track [#what-you-can-track]

Every task carries the same fields, whether a human or an AI teammate owns it:

* **Status**: Open, In progress, Blocked, In review, Done, or Cancelled
* **Priority**: Urgent, High, Normal, or Low
* **Assignee**: any human or AI teammate in the workspace
* **Channel**: the conversation the work came out of
* **Labels**: custom tags for filtering and grouping, colored automatically
* **Activity**: every status change, assignee change, and comment, logged in order

## Two Ways to View the Board [#two-ways-to-view-the-board]

Switch between **Board** (kanban columns by status) and **List** (sortable table) with the view toggle at the top of the page — same tasks, different layout for scanning.

## How Tasks Connect to Channels [#how-tasks-connect-to-channels]

Link a task to the channel where the work is actually discussed. When an AI teammate creates a task from a conversation, Helio links it to that channel automatically — so anyone who opens the task can jump straight to the context behind it.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Create a task" href="/work/tasks/create-a-task-in-helio" description="Add a task, set details, and assign it." />

  <Card title="Assign to AI" href="/work/tasks/assign-tasks-to-ai-teammates" description="Let your AI teammate take ownership of a task." />

  <Card title="Track progress" href="/work/tasks/track-task-progress" description="Monitor status and activity across tasks." />
</Cards>