AI task orchestration. One connected result.
Give Ghost work with more than one part. Independent tasks can run in parallel, dependent steps get the inputs they need, and important decisions come back to you.
Parallel work · Explicit dependencies · Review before the next action
Prepare the review. Ask before saving.
- Goal
- Compare the rollout plan with current product documentation.
- Independent work
- Read the selected plan and investigate the external sources.
- Handoff
- Combine the findings, then ask whether to save the brief.
Several pieces of work. One reviewed handoff.
The Atlas review needs a local plan and current external evidence. Follow the independent work, the comparison that depends on it, and the decision before saving a brief.
Name the outcome and the inputs.
Ask for a bounded review: compare the selected rollout plan with current documentation, identify gaps, and prepare a brief. Saving the brief is a separate decision.
What still needs checking?
- Input
- The selected rollout plan and relevant public sources
- Output
- A comparison with evidence and open questions
- Boundary
- Prepare first; ask before saving
Prepare independent inputs together.
One task can read the chosen local source while another investigates the public evidence. Each receives its own brief and tools; neither assumes access to the full conversation.
The comparison waits for both outputs.
Combine the evidence before asking for a decision.
The next step compares the declared inputs and prepares the brief. A human approval gate pauses dependent saving until you decide; silence is not consent.
Save this reviewed brief to Notes?
- Prepared
- Findings, source context and unresolved questions
- Waiting
- Your explicit save or decline decision
- Not authorized
- Publishing the brief or sending it elsewhere
Report the result, including anything still open.
After an approved action, ghost checks what completed and summarizes the useful result. Failed steps or uncertain changes stay visible; cancellation does not undo work already performed.
- Result
- The reviewed brief and its source context
- Open question
- Any evidence the tasks could not verify
- Next action
- A focused follow-up you can choose to create
Illustrative task graph, not a visual workflow editor or live agent run. Workers need explicit context and supported tools. Approvals, runtime bounds and recovery limits still apply.
What is AI task orchestration?
AI task orchestration coordinates a goal across smaller tasks, their inputs and the order they can run. Ghost can combine agent work, simple fixed-value steps and human decisions in one bounded run. It tracks progress and brings the result back into the conversation. This is coordination of work, not simply a reminder to start it later.
Give each task the context it needs.
For the broader AI workflow automation workflow, start with the trigger, connected sources, and intended result. Task orchestration is the execution layer: it coordinates dependent steps, parallel work, review points, and completion state.
A useful workflow starts with a clear outcome. What question needs answering? Which sources are relevant? What would make the result ready for review? Ghost can turn that scope into bounded steps instead of treating a broad goal as permission to do anything.
Ghost's AI agent orchestration gives each worker a focused assignment. Workers do not automatically inherit your whole conversation or every earlier result. Each task receives its own brief, declared inputs and permitted tools. Relevant saved knowledge can be retrieved when the task calls for it; unrelated context should stay out.
Start with the question on the Research side and the selected local documents in My Data. Explain how those sources should inform the same decision. See how an AI project management assistant uses those bounded steps to assemble project state and prepare reviewed next actions across existing tools.
- Outcome
- A decision, answer or artifact with a clear finish.
- Inputs
- The material that this step actually needs.
- Tools
- The capabilities appropriate to the bounded task.
- Checks
- What must be verified before calling it done.
Run independent work together. Keep dependencies explicit.
Two pieces of research can happen at the same time when neither needs the other's output. A comparison or final synthesis should wait until its required inputs are ready. Ghost's workflow control supports both parallel work and dependency order.
Results move between steps through declared references, not by assuming that every worker has seen everything. Conditions can determine whether a later step is relevant; a failure policy controls whether an unsuccessful step stops the run or permits other work to finish.
If a step needs calculations or file processing, a supported sandbox tool can do that part. Coordinating the task does not remove the limits or setup requirements of the tools involved.
Two inputs. One reviewed brief.
- Source review
- Read the selected rollout document.
- External research
- Check the relevant public documentation.
- Synthesis
- Wait for both outputs; compare evidence and gaps.
- Decision
- Ask whether the completed brief should be saved.
Put the decision at the action boundary.
Preparation can be useful before any change is made. Ghost can gather the evidence and draft the result, then pause dependent work at a human approval gate. The decision comes back to you in the conversation.
A workflow step that changes notes, to-dos or browser state requires the relevant approval boundary. Some tools, such as terminal execution, have their own approval process instead. These are specific controls, not a promise that every tool action presents the same prompt.
For example, review the proposed brief before it becomes a source-linked note, then decide which remaining question deserves a to-do. Approval to save a note is not approval to publish or send it elsewhere.
- Before the gate
- Gather evidence and prepare the proposed result.
- At the gate
- A clear question waits for your decision.
- After approval
- Only the dependent, approved action proceeds.
- If declined
- The workflow records the decision and does not treat silence as consent.
Keep progress visible, including what did not finish.
A multi-step run returns a task reference. Ghost can check whether work is queued, running, waiting for approval, completed or unsuccessful, then combine the useful outputs into one response rather than forwarding raw worker chatter.
Saved checkpoints can support recovery after an interruption, and retry rules can give a failed step another bounded attempt. State retention, time limits, service availability and tool access still matter; a run is not guaranteed to continue forever.
If a state-changing attempt was interrupted and its external effects are uncertain, Ghost stops that recovery path for review instead of blindly repeating it. Cancelling a workflow stops active or pending work; it does not undo changes that already happened.
A result you can assess.
- Completed
- Which steps returned useful evidence.
- Waiting
- The decision needed before dependent work continues.
- Unresolved
- Errors, missing inputs or unverified effects.
- Next step
- Continue, review or cancel the specific run.
Product details
Task orchestration, at a glance.
Supported work, useful outputs, and what to check before you start.
- Task graph
- Define bounded steps, dependencies, and the outputs each later step receives. Independent work can run in parallel; dependent work waits for its inputs.
- Context
- Workers receive their own brief and declared inputs, not the full conversation. Ghost reviews their outputs and assembles the user-facing result.
- Control
- Inspect status, cancel a run, or stop at an explicit approval gate. Checkpoint recovery does not make every interrupted state-changing action safe to repeat.
One assistant. Connected work.
Ghost is a personal AI assistant for Mac. These are capabilities of one product, with relevant context you can bring into the next step.
A task can read a chosen local source, investigate a question, compare the results and ask to save a note. Ghost coordinates those capabilities inside one product; explicit inputs and permissions determine what each step can use.
Questions about task orchestration.
Is task orchestration the same as an AI to-do list?
No. A to-do is an actionable record of work. Orchestration coordinates the execution of several bounded steps, their dependencies and decisions. A to-do can describe the outcome, and the workflow can help prepare or complete the requested work.
Does orchestration schedule work for later?
This feature coordinates a run once it starts. Recurring schedules and reminders answer a different question: when work should be triggered. A saved workflow state is not a recurring schedule.
Do all workers know my conversation and files?
No. Workers receive their own prompts, declared inputs and task tools. They also have baseline saved-knowledge and instruction tools, which can retrieve relevant material when appropriate. They do not automatically receive the full foreground conversation or every file.
Is there a drag-and-drop workflow builder?
This page describes Ghost coordinating work through its assistant and task tools. It does not promise a visual drag-and-drop editor or a standalone orchestration SDK.
Can an interrupted workflow resume?
Saved state can support status checks and recovery while that state remains available. Retry and runtime limits apply. An interrupted state-changing step with uncertain effects requires review rather than automatic replay.
Can I stop a workflow?
Yes. Ghost can cancel active and pending steps in a specific run. Cancellation does not roll back side effects that already completed; review the status if a change may have happened.
Can a worker publish an app or use every Ghost tool?
No. Workers have a defined set of allowed tool groups, not every foreground capability. Managed app publishing and app-scoped coding stay in their own foreground workflow. An orchestration request does not itself authorize a release or another external action.
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