AI session on a task

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AI session on a task

An AI session can run on any task: an ongoing conversation with the AI plus a queue of jobs it works through one after another. It appears as the session box in the task's info column; the expand icon opens it large.

Previously: "Hand over to AI"

The earlier function of handing selected items to an external AI as a prompt (VS Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT in the browser, clipboard) no longer exists. The work now happens inside Liza – in the session on the task or in the Claude Code tab.

The three zones of the session box

ZoneContents
Running nowThe AI's work plan for the current job, live – including any sub-agents it started. When nothing runs, the last plan is shown.
Up nextYour job queue: noted prompts that can be reordered, armed and discarded.
HistoryThe chapters of this session. A click jumps to that point in the chat.

Adding jobs to the queue

At the bottom of the box you write what comes next – Enter creates the job, Shift+Enter inserts a line break. Attachments are possible.

Every job has a state:

StateMeaning
NotedIn the queue, but nothing happens.
ArmedStarts as soon as the AI is free.
RunningBeing worked on right now.
Failed / CanceledWith a reason; the queue stops.

Individual jobs can be started immediately with "Run now" or armed with "Mark for automatic execution".

Auto-start

The auto-start switch applies per session:

  • On – every job in the queue starts as soon as the AI is free; the queue works through itself.
  • Off – jobs are only noted and started individually via ▶.

The run stops by itself when a job fails, the AI has a question, you stop the run, a great many jobs have run in a row, or the run's cost cap is reached. The reason is shown in the box; "Continue" resumes.

Working from the history

Individual points in the chat history can be reused:

  • Start a chapter here – structures the session.
  • Note as a sub-task / Send to the AI – notes the point as a job in the queue.
  • Turn into a real sub-task – creates an item in Liza from it.

Requirements

  • A configured AI access – included Liza AI or your own key, see Set up AI.
  • For jobs with file access: the desktop app.

On a schedule

If a job should not run now but regularly, it belongs in the schedule.