# Source: https://docs.hypermode.com/agents/30-days-of-agents/day-9.md

# Day 9: Creating Reusable Tasks - Scale Your Agent's Skills

> Learn to capture successful workflows as reusable tasks. Transform one-time interactions into scalable, repeatable skills that enhance your agent's capabilities and organizational productivity.

<Card title="Day 9 challenge" icon="repeat">
  **Goal**: create reusable tasks from successful workflows

  **Theme**: community week - workflow optimization and reusability

  **Time investment**: \~15 minutes
</Card>

<Note>
  We're reworking some things and Agent tasks are available soon!
</Note>

Welcome to Day 9! Over the past two days, you've built custom agents and
sophisticated workflows. Today you'll learn to capture these successes as
**reusable tasks**—turning one-time interactions into scalable, repeatable
skills that anyone can use.

Tasks are how agent capabilities evolve from experimental to institutional
knowledge.

## What you'll accomplish today

* Understand the difference between conversations and tasks
* Use the Create Task button to automatically generate reusable workflows
* Edit and refine auto-generated task prompts
* Experience how tasks transform agent utility

<Warning>
  This builds on Days 7-8's agent creation and workflow development. You'll need
  the custom agent and workflows you've built to complete today's activities.
</Warning>

## Step 1: Understanding tasks vs. conversations

Before creating tasks, understand what makes them powerful:

**Conversations** are exploratory and unique:

* One-time problem solving
* Iterative refinement and discovery
* Learning and experimentation
* Context-specific solutions

**Tasks** are structured and repeatable:

* Standardized workflows
* Consistent outputs
* Scalable across users and scenarios
* Institutional knowledge capture

<Tip>
  **The task mindset** think about which workflows would be valuable if someone
  else could execute them without needing to understand all the context and
  iteration that went into creating them.
</Tip>

## Step 2: Identify task-worthy workflows

Look for conversations that have these characteristics:

**Clear workflow patterns:**

* Multi-step processes that worked well
* Consistent input/output structures
* Logical sequences that could be repeated
* Successful outcomes worth replicating

**High reusability potential:**

* Processes you'll need again with different inputs
* Workflows that could benefit other team members
* Patterns that work across different scenarios

### Common task patterns

**Research and analysis workflows:**

* Market research with standardized reporting
* Competitive analysis with consistent frameworks
* Customer feedback analysis and insights

**Automation workflows:**

* Meeting preparation with agenda and research
* Project status reporting across tools
* Content creation and distribution processes

## Step 3: using the create task button

After completing a successful workflow with your agent, look for the **Create
Task** button in the bottom left of your interface.

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### How the create task button works

1. **Click the Create Task button** in the bottom left after a successful
   workflow
2. **Hypermode analyzes your conversation** to identify repeatable patterns
3. **Auto-generates a task prompt** that captures the workflow essence
4. **You can edit and refine** the generated prompt before saving

### The automatic analysis process

When you click Create Task, Hypermode:

* **Identifies the core workflow** from your conversation
* **Extracts key parameters** that could be customized
* **Generates a structured prompt** that preserves the successful pattern
* **Suggests a task name and description** based on the workflow

### Editing your task prompt

The auto-generated prompt appears for you to review and refine:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=19d88e9ce07ccf3ef648a81b66a0faf4" alt="Create Task Interface" width="2066" height="1194" data-path="images/agents/create-task-1.png" srcset="https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?w=280&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=abde33e44f80861619915c4be6e5d449 280w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?w=560&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=345a6931c4f30e2aee64cde5a5aaff0b 560w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?w=840&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=8ec664e9778eb0c7fefd58f76dbbd936 840w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?w=1100&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=3528871251cba9a3952a445b84a3685d 1100w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?w=1650&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=66531c9665a2e9494c5205ed70480564 1650w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/create-task-1.png?w=2500&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=2f33d4c70150093d5687e8a1777de3fe 2500w" data-optimize="true" data-opv="2" />

**You can edit:**

* Task name and description for clarity
* Prompt instructions to add specificity
* Parameter definitions for customization
* Output format requirements

<Info>
  The Create Task button uses AI to automatically identify reusable patterns and
  generate prompts, but you have full control to refine and perfect the task
  before saving.
</Info>

## Step 4: Using your saved tasks

Once you've refined and saved your task, it becomes available as a reusable
workflow:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=5d0f164a8e2f7446bd30ad8c5e037c1b" alt="Task Pills" width="1584" height="418" data-path="images/agents/invoke-task.png" srcset="https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?w=280&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=9d5ad779ad382c2313652c46c94e1685 280w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?w=560&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=04fd309d787262198480750ed54bd2d8 560w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?w=840&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=9f40a8490bfd185a8e8a27fcd4a42b9d 840w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?w=1100&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=069e570dd877f40d34c44362a23ec730 1100w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?w=1650&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=ad9ba623b8d757780efe0b9e6a0ac4f0 1650w, https://mintcdn.com/hypermode/168JkHD55lMGo3-U/images/agents/invoke-task.png?w=2500&fit=max&auto=format&n=168JkHD55lMGo3-U&q=85&s=84008d1ac6a543c2e9bc2df33fff71de 2500w" data-optimize="true" data-opv="2" />

### How saved tasks work

* **Task pills** appear proceeding the chat interface
* **Click any task** to invoke it with new parameters
* **Provide new inputs** while maintaining the proven workflow structure
* **Get consistent outputs** that follow the pattern you established

### Testing your task

Click on your newly created task and test it with different inputs to ensure it
works reliably across various scenarios.

## What you've accomplished

In 15 minutes, you've mastered the task creation workflow:

**Automated workflow capture** used the Create Task button to automatically
identify and capture successful patterns

**Prompt refinement skills** learned to edit auto-generated prompts for maximum
effectiveness

**Scalable productivity** created tasks that others can execute with one-click
invocation

**Quality control** developed the ability to refine AI-generated task prompts
for better outcomes

**Institutional knowledge creation** transformed individual expertise into
repeatable organizational capabilities

## The power of automated task creation

The Create Task button represents a breakthrough in knowledge capture:

**Traditional approach**: manually document processes, hope people follow them,
lose institutional knowledge when people leave

**Automated approach**: one-click capture of successful workflows, AI-generated
prompts that preserve expertise, instant availability for team reuse

This is how modern organizations can scale expertise without losing the nuance
of what actually works.

<Card title="Tomorrow - Day 10" icon="arrow-right" href="/agents/30-days-of-agents/day-10">
  Week 2 reflection and consolidation. Review your journey from agent user to
  agent builder, assess your new capabilities, and prepare for advanced weeks.
</Card>

## Pro tip for today

After creating several tasks using the Create Task button:

**Look for task improvement opportunities:**

* Which auto-generated prompts needed the most editing?
* What patterns make tasks more reliable and useful?
* How can you structure conversations to generate better auto-tasks?

This helps you become more effective at both conducting task-worthy workflows
and refining the results.

***

**Time to complete**: \~15 minutes

**Skills learned**: automated task creation, prompt refinement, workflow pattern
recognition, one-click task invocation

**Next**: day 10 - Week 2 reflection and strategic planning

<Tip>
  **Remember** the Create Task button is your bridge from successful
  conversations to scalable business assets. Every refined workflow becomes a
  one-click capability for your entire team.
</Tip>