Tasks

Deprecated — the legacy orchestration runtime. It keeps working. This page documents a command group that drives the frozen legacy runtime (also called: orchestration, warm pool, instance pool, Hermes, sidecar, container runtime, hosted runtime, runtime.pool). It keeps working for existing configs and accepts no new capabilities. Nothing here is disabled, refused or gated, and no route or CLI command on this page has been removed.Since 2026-08 each command on this page also prints a one-line banner on stderr and attaches a machine-readable deprecation object to the JSON envelope on stdout, which stays JSON.parse-able. There is no sunset date: the surface is frozen, not scheduled for removal.New work declares a team({ lead, agents }) on runtime.durable() and submits work with naive teams submit. The per-subcommand replacement is in the table directly below.

Replacement

naive tasks drives the legacy orchestration runtime’s board, which is frozen.

Instead of	Use
`naive tasks create "<title>"`	`naive teams submit <team> "<goal>" --tenant <tu>`
`naive tasks list` / `stats`	`naive teams board <team> --tenant <tu>`
`naive tasks show <id>`	`naive teams task <team> <id> --tenant <tu>`
`naive tasks unblock <id>`	`naive teams unblock <team> <id> --tenant <tu> --because "…"`

Three subcommands have no replacement, and the reason is recorded rather than left implicit:

No replacement for	Because
`naive tasks complete`	the durable runtime completes through the judge plus attestation, not an operator `POST`
`naive tasks dispatch`	the durable runtime dispatches from the board itself
`naive tasks run`	work is submitted, not run — `naive teams submit` is the one verb

The banner id is dep.tasks.

For a tenant still on the legacy (hermes) runtime, naive teams submit answers 501 not_configured — naive tasks create remains the working way to put work on that board, which is why this page is deprecated rather than removed.

Overview

Command	Description	Cost
`naive tasks list`	List tasks with optional filters	Free
`naive tasks create <title>`	Create a new task	Free
`naive tasks show <id>`	Show full task details	Free
`naive tasks run <id>`	Trigger a worker to execute a specific task	Free
`naive tasks complete <id>`	Mark a task as completed	Free
`naive tasks block <id>`	Mark a task as blocked	Free
`naive tasks unblock <id>`	Remove blocked status	Free
`naive tasks comment <id> <text>`	Add a comment to a task	Free
`naive tasks dispatch`	Auto-assign pending tasks to employees	Free
`naive tasks stats`	Show board statistics	Free

How It Works

Tasks are the unit of work in the naive kanban system. The CEO creates objectives, which are broken into tasks, which are assigned to employees. Tasks flow through statuses: pending → in_progress → completed (or blocked). The embedded kanban dispatcher in the Hermes gateway automatically spawns worker processes for assigned tasks every 15 seconds. Workers call kanban_complete() when done.

List Tasks

naive tasks list
naive tasks list --status in_progress
naive tasks list --assignee "Dev Diana"
naive tasks list --objective obj-abc-123

Options

Flag	Description
`--status <status>`	Filter by: pending, in_progress, completed, blocked
`--assignee <agent>`	Filter by assignee name
`--objective <id>`	Filter by parent objective ID

Create a Task

naive tasks create "Write blog post about AI trends"
naive tasks create "Deploy landing page" --assignee "Dev Diana" --priority high
naive tasks create "Research competitors" --description "Find top 5 competitors and analyze features" --objective obj-abc-123

Options

Flag	Description
`--assignee <name>`	Assign to an employee by name (e.g., `--assignee "Jordan Kim"`). Must match the employee name exactly.
`--objective <id>`	Link to a parent objective
`--priority <level>`	`low`, `medium` (default), `high`, or `critical`
`--description <text>`	Detailed task description (strongly recommended — workers need this to understand assignments)

The title is a positional argument (no --title flag needed). Task IDs can be either standard UUIDs or Hermes task IDs (e.g., t_a2a1ae0c) — both formats are accepted by all task commands.

Complete a Task

naive tasks complete abc-123 --summary "Blog post published at /blog/ai-trends"
naive tasks complete abc-123 --metadata '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

Options

Flag	Description
`--summary <text>`	Completion summary
`--metadata <json>`	JSON metadata to attach

Block / Unblock

naive tasks block abc-123 --reason "Waiting for domain DNS propagation"
naive tasks unblock abc-123

Blocked tasks are surfaced to the CEO for resolution or re-assignment.

Add a Comment

naive tasks comment abc-123 "Added SEO meta tags to the blog post"

Comments create an activity trail visible to all agents and the CEO.

Run a Task

Directly trigger a worker to start executing a specific assigned task. The task must already have an assignee.

naive tasks run abc-123
naive tasks run t_a2a1ae0c

This triggers the kanban dispatcher to immediately spawn a worker for the specified task. Use it when you want to start work on a task without waiting for the periodic auto-dispatch.

The task must be assigned to an employee and not be in done or blocked status. If unassigned, use naive tasks create with --assignee or PATCH the task first.

Dispatch Tasks

Auto-assign pending tasks to available employees based on skills and capacity.

naive tasks dispatch

Board Statistics

naive tasks stats

Returns task counts by status, employee utilization, and blocked task summary.

Typical Workflow

# 1. Create a task with a description
naive tasks create "Write blog post" --assignee "Content Casey" --description "Write a 1500-word post about AI trends in 2026" --priority high

# 2. Monitor active work
naive tasks list --status in_progress

# 3. Add guidance
naive tasks comment <id> "Add SEO keywords"

# 4. Complete
naive tasks complete <id> --summary "Published to blog"

# 5. Review board health
naive tasks stats

CLI Reference

Durable runtime

Multi-tenant

Legacy orchestration (deprecated)

Primitives

Replacement

Overview

How It Works

List Tasks

Options

Create a Task

Options

Complete a Task

Options

Block / Unblock

Add a Comment

Run a Task

Dispatch Tasks

Board Statistics

Typical Workflow

​Replacement

​Overview

​How It Works

​List Tasks

​Options

​Create a Task

​Options

​Complete a Task

​Options

​Block / Unblock

​Add a Comment

​Run a Task

​Dispatch Tasks

​Board Statistics

​Typical Workflow

Replacement

Overview

How It Works

List Tasks

Options

Create a Task

Options

Complete a Task

Options

Block / Unblock

Add a Comment

Run a Task

Dispatch Tasks

Board Statistics

Typical Workflow