Recurring Tasks
A recurring task clones itself forward — either on a schedule (daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly) or when you mark the current one complete. The original task stays put; a fresh copy appears at the next occurrence.
Two ways a task can repeat
| Mode | When the next copy appears |
|---|---|
| On a schedule | At a fixed cadence — daily, weekdays only, weekly on a specific day, or monthly on a specific date |
| When marked complete | Only after you check the current one off |
Pick on schedule for cadenced rhythms (standups, status reports, weekly 1:1s). Pick on complete for chore-style work where the next instance only matters once this one is finished.
Setting up recurrence
- Open the task detail panel
- Click the recurrence icon in the toolbar
- Pick a mode, frequency, and time (in your workspace timezone)
- Optionally set an end date
The first occurrence is whatever you're looking at. Konduit handles the clones from there.
What gets copied forward
| Carried over | Reset |
|---|---|
| Title, description, priority | Status (back to the list's first active status) |
| Time estimate, project, parent task | Comments, time entries, attachments |
| All custom field values | The repeat schedule (clones don't repeat themselves) |
| All assignees | Due date (recomputed from the schedule) |
Only the source task holds the schedule. Clones are one-shot — checking off a clone won't trigger another.
Stopping or changing recurrence
- Open the task, click the recurrence icon, choose Don't repeat
- Or set an end date to let it run out naturally
- Changing the cadence updates the source task's schedule from that point forward — already-cloned occurrences are untouched
When to use an automation instead
Recurring tasks and recurring automations both run on a schedule, but they do different things:
| Goal | Use |
|---|---|
| A human needs to do work each cycle | Recurring task |
| Send an email or notification on a cadence | Recurring automation |
| Insert a row into a datatable on a cadence | Recurring automation |
| Generate a document on a cadence | Recurring automation |
The completion test: if someone needs to mark it done for the next one to matter, it's a recurring task. If it should just happen on its own, it's an automation.
Asking the AI assistant
The assistant understands recurrence directly:
- "Make the Daily Standup task repeat every weekday at 9am" — sets on-schedule recurrence
- "This task should recreate itself after I finish it" — sets on-complete recurrence
- "How do I make a task repeat?" — explains the steps without changing anything
If the task doesn't exist yet, the assistant will offer to create it first.