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Tasks Power

Turn Slack messages into owned tasks

Work gets requested in Slack and then lost in Slack. The Tasks power captures any message as an assignable, trackable task — with an owner, a due date, and automatic follow-up — without leaving the conversation where it started.

Three ways to create a task

Every path opens the same task — pick whichever fits the moment.
Step 1

React with 📋

Add the clipboard reaction to any message. Viably opens a task modal pre-filled with the message text, so the request becomes a task without a copy-paste.

Step 2

Create a Task shortcut

Open Slack's message shortcut menu and pick "Create a Task" to open the same modal from any message, including ones you can't react to.

Step 3

Ask Via

Just describe it: "@Via create a task for @sam to ship the changelog by Friday". Via fills in the title, assignee, and due date for you.

Task lifecycle

A task moves through three states, each driven by a button on the Slack card. The card stays editable and is always closable, so a task never gets stuck.

Claim

An unassigned task is up for grabs — anyone can claim it from Slack to take ownership. Assigned tasks skip straight to the next step for their owner.

Start

The owner marks the task in progress, signalling to the team that it's actively being worked on. The card updates in place.

Mark Done

Close the task from the Slack card at any point. If the task carries a medal bounty, the assignee is paid on completion.

Up for grabs. Leave the assignee empty and the task becomes claimable by anyone in the channel — useful for shared queues where whoever has capacity picks it up. Assign it to someone specific to make ownership explicit from the start.

Due dates & automatic follow-up

Give a task a due date and Viably takes care of the nudging. At 11:00 in your workspace timezone on the due date, Via posts a follow-up that tags the assignee — so nothing slips silently past its deadline.
  1. 1

    Set a due date when you create the task

    Pick a date in the modal, or let Via parse it from your request (e.g. "by Friday").

  2. 2

    Via follows up at 11am on the day

    A reminder fires in the relevant channel, tagging the owner. Overdue tasks escalate with a private-first nudge that's aware of replies.

  3. 3

    Close it from Slack

    Mark the task done straight from the card. No dashboard trip required.

Where tasks live

Tasks created in Slack are mirrored to the dashboard, so admins and members get a board view alongside the in-channel cards.

Kanban board

The /kanban page shows tasks and issues together in a drag-and-drop board, grouped by status — a single place to see what’s open, in progress, and done.

Tasks view

The /tasks page lists every task with assignee, due date, and status filters for a focused, list-style read of the backlog.

Medal bounties

Attach a medal bounty to a task and the assignee earns recognition on the leaderboard when they complete it — turning follow-through into points.

AI multi-create

Ask Via to create several tasks at once from a planning message, and each becomes its own card with the right owner and date.