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What if your AI could work while you sleep? NIOM’s background task system turns one-off requests into autonomous workflows that survive restarts, learn from your feedback, and eventually run without asking.

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What you can automate

One-shot research

“Research quantum computing deeply” — NIOM works in the background and notifies you when it’s done.

Recurring content

“Write a blog post about AI every 2 days” — scheduled runs, each going through the full reasoning pipeline.

File monitoring

“Watch my downloads folder and organize new files” — reacts to changes automatically.

Triggered actions

“When I push to main, summarize the changes” — waits for a condition, then executes.

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How it works

When NIOM detects a request that’s long-running or recurring, it creates a background task instead of trying to do everything in one shot: 
You: "Write a blog on AI efficiency every 2 days"

NIOM:
  1. Analyzes → complexity: long_running, schedule: every 2 days
  2. Creates a background task
  3. First run: researches → drafts → evaluates its own quality
  4. Asks for your approval (the first few times)
  5. After enough approvals → runs autonomously 🎓

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The approval graduation system

This is what makes NIOM unique. The agent learns when to ask and when to just handle it:
ModeWhat happens
Always askEvery run waits for your approval before proceeding
First N (default)NIOM asks for approval on the first 3 runs. After that, it runs autonomously
Never askFull autonomy from the start — use with caution
Your approval decisions (with optional notes) are stored in task memory. NIOM uses them to understand your preferences and improve future runs.

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Task lifecycle

Tasks are persistent — they survive overlay closes, sidecar restarts, even machine reboots: 
draft → planned → scheduled → running → completed
                      ↑           ↓
                   resume       pause
                      ↑           ↓
                    paused ←──────┘
Native notifications: Task completions (✅), failures (❌), and approval requests (⏳) trigger real desktop notifications via Tauri — not just in-app alerts.

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Managing your tasks

Click the ⚡ Tasks button in the overlay to:
  • See all active, scheduled, and completed tasks at a glance
  • Pause / Resume / Run Now any task
  • Edit goals, schedules, and approval settings
  • View full execution history with every tool call
  • Approve or reject pending runs (with optional notes)

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Try it: create a task via API

# Create a daily research task
curl -X POST http://localhost:3001/tasks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "goal": "Research the latest AI news and write a brief summary",
    "taskType": "recurring",
    "schedule": { "interval": "daily" },
    "approval": { "mode": "first_n", "firstN": 3 }
  }'

# Check on it
curl http://localhost:3001/tasks

# Trigger it right now (don't wait for the schedule)
curl -X POST http://localhost:3001/tasks/{id}/run

# Watch it work in real-time
curl http://localhost:3001/tasks/events  # SSE stream
See the Tasks API Reference for the complete list of endpoints.