Frequently Asked Questions about Astrotask

Q: What is Astrotask? A: Astrotask is a task management system designed for both humans and AI agents. It helps you stay organized, orchestrate agents, and maintain rich context, even offline.

Q: What is MCP compatibility in Astrotask? A: MCP (Model Context Protocol) compatibility allows Astrotask to communicate with AI models in a standardized way, sharing context and enabling AI agents to interact with tasks effectively.

Q: Can I use Astrotask offline? A: Yes, Astrotask is designed to work offline. You can capture ideas and manage tasks even without an internet connection, and the changes will sync when you’re back online.

Q: How do I install Astrotask? A: You can install Astrotask using npm with the command: npm install -g @astrotask/cli@next.

Q: How does Astrotask help with AI agent orchestration? A: Astrotask allows multiple AI agents to work on tasks simultaneously while managing dependencies, preventing collisions, and providing agents with the necessary context.

Q: What are some use cases for Astrotask? A: Astrotask can be used for AI-powered research, software development, customer support, content creation, data analysis, and enterprise automation.

Q: How does Astrotask integrate with UBOS? A: Astrotask complements the UBOS platform by providing a robust task management solution for AI agent orchestration. UBOS helps orchestrate AI Agents, connect them with your enterprise data, build custom AI Agents with your LLM model and Multi-Agent Systems.

Q: What are the key features of Astrotask? A: Key features include a persistent workspace, parallel agent orchestration, dependency graph, rich context management, situational awareness, offline-first design, CLI and programmatic interfaces, MCP server integration, a live dashboard, and a type-safe, extensible architecture.

Q: How do I add tasks in Astrotask? A: You can add tasks manually via the CLI, generate them from a PRD file, or have an AI agent add them through the MCP interface.

Q: What is the Astrotask roadmap? A: The roadmap includes ElectricSQL synchronization for real-time syncing and a web dashboard for easier task management.

Q: What kind of license does Astrotask have? A: Astrotask is released under the MIT License.