Working with Lyric
Tasks
A task is a piece of work Lyric performs, prepares or tracks for you. The Tasks page lists every task by where it stands, starting with those that need you.
Where tasks come from
- Tasks you create or assign to Lyric.
- Work that results from a conversation with Lyric.
- Tasks Lyric creates toward your goals.
- Workflow runs, and work started through the API.
Creating a task
- On the Tasks page, select New task.
- Describe the task: what needs to happen.
- Set a deadline: no deadline, or a date and time.
- Choose how Lyric should handle it: Autonomously, Ask first or Manual, and add any instructions.
- Select Create task.
You do not need to name the people, places or related work involved. Lyric works them out from what it knows and shows them on the task once it is planned.
How Lyric handles a task
| Choice | What Lyric does | Autonomy level | Action minutes per minute of work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomously | Performs the work on its own, without asking for approval | Delegate | 1.00 |
| Ask first | Prepares the work and asks for your approval before consequential actions | Assist | 0.65 |
| Manual | Investigates and reports, while you take every action yourself | Observe | 0.25 |
The choices open to you depend on the autonomy levels your plan includes: Manual on Lyric Free; Manual and Ask first on Lyric Pro; all three on Lyric Max, Lyric Teams and Lyric Enterprise. In an organization, administrators may allow fewer. A task, goal or workflow keeps its choice if your plan changes, and can be changed only to a choice open to you.
Autonomously, Lyric performs the work without asking; Ask first, it asks before consequential actions; Manual leaves every action to you. Whichever you choose, the action boundaries you set and, in an organization, its policies still apply. See Rate by autonomy level.
The Tasks page
| Section | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Awaiting your input | Tasks waiting for your approval or your answer |
| In progress | Tasks Lyric is performing now |
| Planning | Tasks Lyric is planning |
| Tracking | Manual tasks: Lyric investigates, reports and tracks while you take the actions |
| Awaiting others | Tasks waiting on someone other than you |
| Paused | Tasks you paused |
| Planned | Tasks planned to begin later |
| Completed | Finished tasks |
| Archived | Tasks you archived |
Filter the list by project and by due date: overdue, due within a day, due this week, due later or with no deadline.
A task's page
| Part | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Overview | What the task is for, where it stands and when it is due |
| Autonomy | How Lyric handles the task |
| Instructions | Any instructions you gave |
| Steps | Lyric's plan, with each step done or still to do, and how far through the task is |
| Subtasks | Smaller tasks that make up this one |
| Files | Files the task uses or produced |
| Activity | Everything that happened on the task, including changes to its plan |
| Approval required | When the task waits on you: what to approve, why, and the evidence behind it |
The connectors a task uses are shown on it, so you can see which of your applications the work involves.
Approvals
When a task needs your approval, it moves to Awaiting your input and appears in Activity. The request shows what Lyric wants to do, what it has done so far, what will happen once approved and the evidence the task rests on. Time spent awaiting your approval does not consume action minutes.
Managing a task
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Edit task | Changes the description, deadline, handling or instructions |
| Reschedule | Moves the deadline: later today, tomorrow morning, next week, or a date and time you choose |
| Change assignment | Gives the task to another person or team. Lyric Teams and Lyric Enterprise |
| Pause task and Resume task | Stops the task where it is, and continues it |
| Duplicate task | Creates a copy to run again |
| Archive task and Restore task | Moves the task out of the active list, and back |
| Delete task | Removes the task |
Tasks and usage
A task consumes action minutes while Lyric works on it, at the rate of its handling choice. A Manual task consumes action minutes at the Observe rate while Lyric investigates, reports and tracks it. While Lyric performs a task, it occupies one of your concurrent task places; tasks beyond your limit wait and begin automatically. On Lyric Free, Lyric performs one task in any 24 hours, with 7.5 action minutes, which is 30 minutes of work. See Action minutes.
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Last updated October 28, 2026