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Every conversation in QoderWork is a “task.” As you use it more often, your tasks will pile up. This guide helps you manage them efficiently.

Task List

When you open QoderWork, the left sidebar lists all your tasks, organized into a few sections by purpose so you can find things fast:
  • Drafts — tasks you started typing but haven’t sent are saved as drafts automatically. Open the sidebar next time and pick up where you left off — nothing is lost.
  • Scheduled tasks — tasks set to run on a schedule live here. They run automatically at the set time, and each run shows up as a new conversation. See Scheduled Tasks.
  • Recent — recently active tasks, sorted by activity with the most recent on top. This is what you’ll see most during everyday use.
  • Groups — your own groups (e.g., “Client A Project,” “Daily Ops,” “Study Notes”) that collect related tasks together; collapse them anytime. See Group below.
QoderWork main window: the left sidebar organizes tasks into Drafts, Scheduled tasks, Recent, and Groups sections, the center shows the current conversation, the input box sits at the bottom, and the Task Monitor panel docks on the right

Creating a New Task

Click the ”+ New Task” button at the top of the left sidebar to open a blank conversation window. Type your request and send it — a new task is created.
If you’re in the middle of a task and want to ask something completely unrelated, create a new task instead. Keeping each task focused on one topic helps QoderWork perform better.

Search and Filter

When you’ve accumulated dozens or even hundreds of tasks, search helps you locate them quickly:
  1. Click the search box above the task list.
    Hover tooltip on the sidebar search icon reading "Search task titles or content…"
  2. Type a keyword — QoderWork searches both task titles and conversation content, then lists every matching task in a panel, highlighting the matched terms so you can scan results quickly:
    Search results panel showing "N tasks found", each result with its title and a snippet, with the search term highlighted in both the title and conversation snippets

Task Actions

Right-click any task card, or click the menu on the right side of a task, to run any of the following actions:
Task card context menu showing Rename, Pin, Group, Export conversation, and Archive — Archive highlighted in red as the destructive action

Rename

QoderWork automatically generates a title from your first message. If the default isn’t clear enough, right-click the task → Rename, type a new name, and confirm to save. Keep names short and specific — e.g., “Q2 Sales Report”, “Weekly Report Template”, “Customer A Research” — so they’re easy to recognize in the list or in search results.

Pin

Important tasks you’re actively working on can be pinned to the top so they aren’t pushed down by newer tasks:
  • Right-click → Pin: the task moves to the top of the list with a pin marker
  • Right-click → Unpin: the task returns to its time-sorted position
Useful for long-running projects or the task you’re driving this week — it won’t get buried under new conversations.

Group

As tasks accumulate, you can collect related tasks into a group — for example “Customer A Project”, “Daily Operations”, or “Learning Notes”:
  • Right-click a task → Group → pick an existing group, or create a new one
  • A task can be moved between groups at any time
  • Groups can be collapsed in the sidebar to keep the list tidy

Export conversation

When you need to preserve a conversation — for archiving, sharing with teammates, or turning it into a document — right-click the task → Export conversation. QoderWork exports the full conversation (both your prompts and the AI’s responses) as a Markdown file saved locally.

Archive

Tasks you don’t need front-and-center but want to keep can be archived to keep the main list focused:
  • Right-click → Archive: the task moves from the main list into Settings → Archived
  • From Settings → Archived you can restore it or permanently delete it
  • Archiving never touches the files the task produced — conversations and artifacts are preserved
If a task is only temporarily out of use, prefer Archive over delete — archive is reversible, delete is not.

Switching Between Tasks

QoderWork supports quick switching between multiple tasks without losing context:
  • Click any task in the left sidebar to switch to it
  • Previous conversation content and file artifacts remain in place
  • Each task has its own independent conversation history and workspace
A good task management habit is: one topic per task. For example, keep “Create a PPT” and “Analyze data” as two separate tasks so QoderWork doesn’t mix up the context.

Task Status

A task can be in one of the following states:
StatusMeaning
RunningQoderWork is processing your request
Awaiting inputQoderWork is waiting for your reply or confirmation
CompletedThe last interaction round has finished
You can resume a completed task at any time — just send a new message in the input box, and QoderWork will continue working based on the previous context.

Workspace

If you select a folder as a workspace while using QoderWork, related tasks become associated with that workspace. This means:
  • QoderWork can directly read and write files in that folder
  • Multiple tasks can collaborate under the same workspace
  • When you switch workspaces, the task list shows tasks for the corresponding workspace

Next Steps

File Management

View and organize AI-generated artifacts

Scheduled Tasks

Set up recurring or one-time automated tasks

IM Channels

Connect QoderWork to IM channels like DingTalk