# Task Management — Pencel.ai > One to-do list across every Program. Hand any to-do to any agent to run now, or build it into a scheduled task that passes the same compile-and-rehearse gate as any Program. Canonical: https://pencel.ai/product/task-management [Product](https://pencel.ai/product) Task Management Built into Home — nothing to install # Task Management in Home, across every Program Every to-do lives in one place across all your Programs — type one, or let an agent capture what it found. Do it yourself, hand it to any agent in your workspace to run right now, or turn it into a standing responsibility that runs on its own from then on. Example assignees — any agent in your workspace works **Drafter** writes the proposals — from RFP Operations **Ledger** answers from the live books — from Accounting Download Free [Open your To-dos](https://pencel.ai/download) 1 list Across every Program, wherever the to-do came from Any agent Can pick one up and run it right now Same gate An automated to-do compiles and rehearses like any Program See it in Home ## What it looks like with this running. Wednesday · 2:18 PM Home · To-dos To-dos You **You** 2:18 PM New to-do: check whether Ortega Law’s invoice is still outstanding. Added to your to-dos. You **You** 2:19 PM Hand this one off instead of doing it myself. Who should do this? Pick any agent in your workspace, or build it into something recurring. Run once → Ledger Build automated task **Ledger** 2:19 PM Checked just now. Ortega Law — still outstanding $1,150 open, 63 days overdue per QuickBooks A/R aging. No payment recorded since your last note. Live from QuickBooks 63 days overdue Result posted back to the to-do. Home updated immediately. You **You** 2:22 PM Every Friday, check for anything over 30 days overdue and flag it. Built into an automated task from Add Task → Build — the same compile-and-rehearse check as any Program before it runs unattended. What you just saw **Any agent can pick it up** Hand a to-do to any agent in your workspace — not just one Program’s own crew. **Runs now, or on its own schedule** Run once for right now, or build it into an automated task that runs going forward. **Same trust gate, every path** Automated to-dos compile and rehearse before running unattended, exactly like any Program. **Home reflects it instantly** Checking off or completing a to-do updates Home and the feed the moment it happens. End to end ## The whole loop, start to finish. Every step below runs today. Nothing here is a mock-up of what is coming. - 1 Capture Type a to-do in Home, or an agent captures one from what it found in a run — nothing observed gets lost. - 2 Choose Do it yourself, or hand it to an agent — any agent in your workspace, not just one Program’s own crew. - 3 Run once Add Task → Run once dispatches it right now as a one-off — no clutter left behind if it’s a one-time thing. - 4 Or automate Add Task → Build turns it into a standing task, compiled and rehearsed before it ever runs unattended. - 5 Reflected The result posts back as a card, and Home updates the moment you check it off. Capabilities ## Everything it does, named. One line each. No adjectives — every one is a specific thing you can go and watch it do. - Keeps one to-do list across the whole workspace rather than one per room, so a task from any Program shows up in the same place. - Captures a to-do from a title and the Enter key — no form, no required fields, no picking a Program first. - Lets an agent capture something it found mid-run as a to-do, narrated in the room, so nothing it noticed is silently lost. - Holds an agent-suggested to-do as an Accept or Dismiss card instead of adding it outright. - Hands any to-do to any agent in your workspace to run right now, not just the crew of the Program it came from. - Turns a to-do you keep repeating into a recurring, scheduled task. - Puts automated to-dos through the same compile-and-rehearse gate as any Program, so there is no less-governed path for task work. - Updates Home and the feed the moment a to-do changes, with no refresh and no separate sync step. Inputs and outputs ## What it reads, and what you get back. What it connects to Any agent in your workspace Home & the results feed Every Program’s results The same compile/rehearse trust gate as any Program What lands in your hands - A single to-do queue across every Program - A result card when an agent finishes a hand-off - A new automated task, gated the same as any Program - Everything reflected on Home the moment it changes A week with it running ## Day one to steady state. What the first day looks like, what the quiet days look like, and when it comes to find you. - Day 1 Add your first to-do from Home — type it, hit Enter. No setup required. - Every day As you work across Programs, agents capture what they find as to-dos, or suggest one for you to accept. - When you want it done now Add Task → Run once, pick an agent, watch it work — the result posts back as a card. - When it’s worth doing every time Build it into an automated task — the same compile/rehearse gate as any Program, so it’s safe to leave running. Guardrails ## Where it stops for you. The line between what it does on its own and what it will never do without you, stated plainly. Waits for you Which agent to hand a to-do to, and whether to run it once or automate it. An automated to-do still compiles and rehearses before it runs unattended. Never does Auto-assign a to-do to an agent without you picking one, or silently add a to-do an agent only suggested. To-dos live in Home, workspace-wide — not locked to one Program’s room. [Open your To-dos](https://pencel.ai/download) [Previous AI-Native Documents](https://pencel.ai/product/ai-native-documents) [Next Agentic Work Command Center](https://pencel.ai/product/command-center) Get started ## Three steps to your first real result. - 1 Download Pencel. To-dos are on Home from the first launch. - 2 Type your first to-do and press Enter. - 3 Hand one to an agent with Run once, or build it into a task that runs every week. Download Free macOS, Windows and Linux. No invite code. [Read the docs first →](https://pencel.ai/docs/getting-started/what-is-pencel.html)