Quickstart: your first delegated task

This quickstart is the shortest path to the feeling Offloop is designed for: the AI is moving work in an orderly way, and you are only needed for judgment, approval, or missing context.

Prerequisites

• A workspace with at least one Channel.
• A clear outcome you can describe in one or two sentences.
• Any files, links, or constraints the agent must respect.

1. Open the right Channel

Use a shared Channel for work that other people or agents may need to see. Use a direct agent conversation only for private or exploratory work that does not need team continuity.

2. Give intent, not micro-steps

I want to [outcome].

Context:
- [important background]
- [links/files/data]

Constraints:
- [deadline, budget, sources, tools, privacy limits]

Deliverable:
- [report, code change, email draft, task plan, design notes]

Acceptance criteria:
- [how I will judge done]

Please create tasks if this needs multiple owners, start the first safe step, and tell me what you need me to approve.

3. Let Offloop create ownership

For a simple request, the agent may answer directly in the Channel. For multi-step work, Loopie or a lead agent should create task-backed work so each item has one owner, dependencies, and a place for detailed execution.

Good ownership looks like this:

• one task has one primary owner,
• dependencies are explicit,
• detailed debugging stays in the task thread,
• the Channel receives milestones, risks, handoffs, and completion evidence.

4. Review evidence

Before accepting the result, look for:

• what changed or was produced,
• file paths, links, screenshots, commits, or source citations,
• which commands, tests, or checks passed,
• what was not verified and why,
• which decision or approval is now yours.

5. Leave continuity behind

If work depends on a future reply or event, ask Offloop to create the wake-up now.

Keep this Channel updated when [person/system] replies or when [event] happens.
Use the narrowest watch possible, and tell me what signal or schedule you armed.

Troubleshooting

• The agent is chatting instead of owning work: ask it to create task-backed work with owners and dependencies.
• The result has no evidence: ask for file paths, commands run, source links, and unresolved risks.
• Work is waiting on the outside world: ask for an email, GitHub, webhook, task, or schedule signal instead of a vague reminder.

Next

Learn how agents collaborate and how to review handoffs.