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title: How do I see my tasks across all my projects?
question: the List tab
area: cloud
order: 4
surface: cloud
audience: beginner
keywords: [List tab, tasks, all projects, folders, open, closed, filter, status, source, search, follow task, reply, live activity, screenshots, mobile, phone]
related: [push-a-task-from-your-phone, the-quadrants-tab, the-notes-tab, i-cant-run-a-task-from-my-phone]
updated: 2026-07-21
---

# How do I see my tasks across all my projects?

Open the **List** tab. It gathers your tasks from every project into one place, with an **Open** and a **Closed** view, a folder list down the side, filters for status and source, and a search box at the top. Tap any task to open it, follow the agent's progress, and reply.

## What the List tab shows

- **A folder list.** On a wide screen this sits on the left under **Folders**, starting with **All folders**. Each folder shows how many tasks it has. Tap one to narrow the list to that project. On a phone, the same picker sits above the list.
- **Open and Closed.** Two counts near the top. **Open** covers tasks that are proposed, waiting, or running. **Closed** covers tasks that are done or cancelled. Tap to switch between them.
- **Status and Source filters.** **Status** narrows to one state such as running or done. **Source** splits tasks by where they came from: **Cloud** for ones you made on the web, **Desktop** for ones made in the Mac app.
- **A search box.** The **Search tasks** field at the top of the page matches task text, notes, and folder.
- **A + New task button.** Create a task from here. See [How do I run a task on my computer from my phone?](push-a-task-from-your-phone.md).

## Steps: find a task

1. Open the **List** tab.
2. Tap a folder in the sidebar to focus one project, or leave it on **All folders**.
3. Switch between **Open** and **Closed** depending on what you are looking for.
4. To narrow further, set the **Status** or **Source** filter, or type in the **Search tasks** box.
5. Tap the task to open it.

If nothing matches, the list says "No open tasks match the current filters." with a nudge to "Try clearing a filter, or create a new task." Clear the filter you set and your tasks come back.

## Following a task

Open a task and you get its full detail, including a **Live activity** section. This is where you keep up with the agent from your phone:

- While the task is running, the agent posts short progress lines here. Before it has said anything, you see "No narration yet — Claude will report progress as it works. Type below to send a message."
- Any screenshots the agent takes attach to the task, so you can see the result.
- To send the agent a message, type in the **Reply to Claude…** box and send. Your message shows "sending…" and then "delivered" once it reaches the desktop.

## How do I know it worked?

Your open tasks show up under **Open** with their status, the folder they belong to, and, where a live desktop has the folder open, an **Execute** control. The counts by each folder tell you at a glance where your work is piling up.

## Common problems

- **A task shows the grey word "offline" instead of a run button.** No live desktop has that folder open. See [I can't run a task I created on my phone](../troubleshooting/i-cant-run-a-task-from-my-phone.md).
- **My list looks empty but I know I have tasks.** Check the **Open** and **Closed** counts, and whether a **Status**, **Source**, folder, or search filter is hiding them. The empty note tells you to clear a filter.
- **I want to watch several desktops at once, not a flat list.** Use the **Quadrants** tab instead. See [How do I see my live desktops?](the-quadrants-tab.md).