# Overview

Understand what belongs to a task and how it differs from a project, agent, crew, workflow, schedule, and run.

![Tasks in Foxora Desktop v5.0.3](/docs/images/v5.0.3/desktop/tasks-overview.webp)

## Where this lives

Open **foxora → Tasks** for the collection view, or choose a task in the sidebar.

A task is the user-facing unit of work in v5.0.3. It has a transcript, project context, selected crew, autonomy mode, run state, and Stage surfaces. Internal APIs may still use a task identifier.

> **Safety:** Task transcripts may include local files, tool results, and connected-app data. Review before sharing, exporting, or attaching them to support requests.

## Steps

1. Open **foxora → Tasks** for the collection view, or choose a task in the sidebar.
2. Understand what belongs to a task and how it differs from a project, agent, crew, workflow, schedule.
3. Run.
4. Create one task for one outcome, attach only the required project, select the crew and autonomy mode, and keep unrelated work in separate tasks.
5. **Confirm the result.** Reopen the task from the Tasks list and confirm its transcript, project, crew, mode, and latest result are intact.

## Choose the right path

- Start a clean task for a new objective.
- Branch from an existing task when you need its context but want a different approach.
- Archive completed work without deleting its underlying project.

## Local runtime boundary

| Surface | Session and Memory Den behavior |
| --- | --- |
| Foxora Desktop | Reads and writes the device’s local Foxora runtime. |
| Foxora CLI | Connects to the same local runtime as Desktop on that device. |
| Foxora web app | Does not automatically receive the device’s local sessions or memories. |
| Another device | Has its own local runtime unless data is deliberately exported and moved. |


## Confirm it worked

- Reopen the task from the Tasks list and confirm its transcript, project, crew, mode, and latest result are intact.
- The screen, command, file, run, or destination named in this guide reflects the expected state.