Assign a task to your AI teammate
Give your AI teammate ownership of a task and know what to watch after assignment.
Assign work to an AI teammate the same way you'd hand it to a person: a clear outcome, enough context to start, and a place where progress gets reported.
What Is Task Assignment?
Assignment is the start of ownership, not a notification. Once a task's Assignee is an AI teammate, that teammate is expected to move it through status itself and report progress — the same way a human owner would, in the same Assignee field everyone else uses.
Prepare the password-reset delay response above is assigned to Mira with urgent priority. Its comments keep the affected-account list, workaround, and Daniel's review requirement together, so the owner can move without losing the safety boundary.
How to Assign a Task to an AI Teammate
Step 1: Open the task
Open Tasks from the sidebar and click the task you want the teammate to own. If the title is only a vague topic — not an outcome — fix that before assigning it.
Step 2: Set the AI teammate as assignee
Click the Assignee field, search by name, and select it. Keep Channel pointed at wherever progress updates should actually show up.
Step 3: Add acceptance criteria
In the description or a comment, spell out what "done" means — files to touch, checks to run, output format, links to read, and anything it must not do. Note any approval it needs before starting.
Step 4: Watch the first update
After assignment, the teammate should move the task to In progress or explain what's missing — not sit silent. Check the linked channel and the task's activity log before assuming work has started.
Assign by Asking in a Channel
You don't need to open the task board at all:
@Mira, create a high-priority task to prepare the customer response, assign it to yourself, link it to this channel, and post the affected-account count before drafting.
For a task that already exists:
@Mira, take on "Prepare the password-reset delay response," confirm Daniel's review requirement, and move it to In progress when you start.
If the Teammate Gets Stuck
Move a task to Blocked only when it genuinely cannot continue without another person, a credential, an approval, or some other external state — and expect a comment that says exactly what it is waiting on.
Track progress
Monitor task status and activity.
Approve actions
Review and approve actions your teammate needs to take.