---
title: "Understand the desktop task overview"
description: "CueSpec’s compact desktop view helps you see Codex tasks that are running, need a response or have finished."
slug: "task-overview"
category: "agent-management"
language: en
editorial_status: published
capability_status: available
reviewed_at: 2026-10-13
keywords: ["CueSpec task overview","Codex task status","AI desktop companion"]
---

# Understand the desktop task overview

CueSpec’s compact desktop view helps you see Codex tasks that are running, need a response or have finished. It is a view into task work, not an independent multi-agent orchestrator.

## Decide where attention is needed
Use the overview to choose a task, then open its details and read the latest answer. A response-needed state usually calls for an instruction or clarification; a running state means the work is still in progress. Read the task before making a decision based on a short status label.

The live list focuses on current work. Older conversations can be found through the all-task view rather than being treated as active forever. Naming and task selection help prevent similar projects from blending together.

## Separate monitoring from control
Seeing a task does not authorize CueSpec to dispatch new work, change models or send a response automatically. The current route keeps your reply in a reviewable draft and uses an explicit send.

If a status looks stale, compare it with the original Codex conversation. A delivery receipt concerns a message, while a completion state concerns the task’s later work. A disconnected or unknown state should not be presented as a successful completion.

## Related reading

- [What waiting to retry means](/retrying-status/)
- [Open a task and its reply draft](/open-task-details/)
- [A task state looks stale or contradictory](/task-state-stale/)
- [CueSpec product facts at a glance](/product-facts/)