08 — TASKS & APPROVAL
Goals
A goal is work you hand over. Instead of asking a question you describe an outcome, and NORD works towards it in steps — with your approval for anything that leaves the building.
Use this for work that takes several steps and does not need you sitting beside it.
Starting a goal
- Go to
Doelenin the left rail. The page is calledAutonome doelen. - In the
Doelomschrijvingfield, describe the outcome, not the steps. - Set a
Budget (€). This is the most this goal may spend. - Set
Max. stappen. This is how many times NORD may push on before it stops and hands back. - Press
Doel starten.
You can also type /goal followed by the instruction in the chat or in the command palette; you land on this page with the text already filled in.
Describe an outcome, not a procedure
"Find the ten nearest installers and put them in a list with contact details" works better than a series of instructions. NORD asks questions first when something is missing, then works on independently, and asks for your approval before external actions.
What you see along the way
- A status line with the phase the goal is in, and
Stapwith the current step number. - Spend against budget, as an amount and as a bar.
- Chips for the tools used: grey while running, green on success, red on an error.
- A block headed
Sub-agentwhen NORD delegated a subtask. That block deliberately sits apart and looks different, so you never mistake a helper's output for NORD's own words. Stopfor as long as the goal runs. That aborts it; you pay what was used until then.
Steering without starting over
While a goal runs you can send refinements in the reply field. It says Jouw antwoorden / verfijning van het doel… — so you do not have to abort and restart because you forgot something.
What the budget covers
The Budget (€) applies to this one goal and is the only hard spending ceiling you set here. When the budget is gone the goal stops; it does not quietly continue against your general balance.
Note
A goal runs for as long as the budget and the steps reach. It stays afterwards with everything it did, so you can read it back later without running it again.