Background Tasks

Overview

Background tasks let Jeanette carry out complex, multi-step operations without keeping you waiting in the conversation. You ask her to do something, she starts working, and you get a notification when it's done.

When background tasks are used

Jeanette automatically uses background tasks when:

• A job requires many tool calls in sequence
• The task would take longer than a few seconds
• You explicitly ask her to do something "in the background" or "while I'm away"

Examples

You: Go through all my emails from the last month, find every invoice, and create a spreadsheet summary with vendor, amount, and date.

Jeanette: I'll work through your emails in the background — this might take a few minutes. I'll message you when the spreadsheet is ready.

You: Research 10 potential suppliers for custom packaging in the UK, check their websites for pricing and MOQs, and put together a comparison table.

Jeanette: Starting that now in the background. I'll message you with the comparison table when I'm done.

What background tasks can do

Background tasks have access to Jeanette's full tool set:

• Web search and page reading
• Email reading (with Gmail connected)
• Calendar operations
• API connector calls
• Image generation
• Weather data

They can run up to 50 tool calls in a single task, making them suitable for complex workflows.

Checking progress

While a task is running, you can ask for an update:

You: How's the supplier research going?

Jeanette: I've reviewed 6 of 10 suppliers so far. Found 4 that look promising — continuing...

Task results

When a task completes, Jeanette sends you the result directly in the chat. If the task fails partway through, she'll explain what happened and offer to retry.

Difference from scheduled tasks

	Background tasks	Scheduled tasks
When	Runs immediately	Runs at a specified time
Trigger	Started manually	Set up in advance
Recurrence	One-time	Can be recurring
Use case	Long-running jobs now	Automation and routines