Adding Your First Task

Click the plus button at the right end of the column header. Hover over it to see its label, Add Task. The button only appears on boards you can edit, and it's hidden while a column is at its WIP limit.

The New Task form opens. Fill in these fields:

• Title: a short name for the work. It's required.
• Description: what needs doing and why.
• Type: Work, Defect or Goal. New tasks start as Work.
• Priority: Low, Medium, High or Critical. New tasks start as Medium.
• Parent Goal: the goal this task belongs to, if any.
• Assigned To: the person who owns the task, or Unassigned.

The form also has Status and Column. They start as Open and the column you clicked, so you can leave them.

Use the Acceptance Criteria field to say what done looks like. Good criteria are specific and easy to test. They help people and AI agents know exactly what's expected. If you don't see the field, the board owner has turned it off in Settings.

Click Save Task. Stride adds the task to the column.

On an AI Optimized board, agents only claim tasks from the Ready column. If you added the task to Backlog, drag it to Ready when it's ready for work.