Work: Tasks, Files, Controls and Access
Start a Work task, follow its progress and review the files it creates. Find model and action controls, task limits, connected-project options and recovery steps.
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Your conversation and editable result together
From a brief to files and revisions
Open New chat and select Work at the top of the page, supply a deliverable and permitted source material, then follow the task as it uses available tools. Open the returned files and check them against your brief. The lessons show complete examples you can adapt.
Work access, credits and active-session limits
Work requires Plus and uses credits. Plus supports up to three active Work sessions; Plus Premium supports up to ten. Tasks starting, queued, running or resuming reserve a slot; a running task may be waiting for your answer. Finished or idle tasks do not use an active slot. At the limit, wait for a task to finish or stop one of your own runs. Follow-ups in an existing task do not count as new hourly launches, but resuming still needs an available active slot. The hourly limit on new tasks and available credits are separate.
Start and scope a task
Sign in, open New chat and select Work at the top of the page. Describe the result, add permitted sources and choose the available main-model/action options before sending. A cloud task does not automatically receive access to a computer folder, browser or connected account. Ask only for actions within the scope you intend.
Read progress, decisions and check results
Answer questions or requested approvals in the conversation. Where offered, queue a follow-up, use Send Now or stop the run. Check whether a command actually completed and whether required files and checks succeeded. After an interruption, reopen the same task and inspect its state before starting a replacement.
Open files and request revisions
Choose the delivered file card. Supported HTML can offer a preview; code files can show source, while documents, spreadsheets and presentations have their own editors. Ask Work for code changes in the conversation; the source viewer is not a code editor. Inspect the revised file and keep important earlier versions. When saving or exporting matters, check that the current version can be reopened and used.
Follow a real debugging task
The basket example shows a wrong total, a small correction and a validation follow-up. Read the code and actual test results in the lesson, then use the same method for a problem you can reproduce.
Work with computer folders and continue on mobile
Windows and compatible direct-download Mac apps can connect Work to local project folders. On Windows, open Projects → New project and choose a source folder. On Mac, choose Project folder before sending a new Work task. Review the platform’s read-only or edit permissions and file history controls.
With Remote, pair iOS or Android with your Windows PC or Mac to start or continue shared project chats from your phone. Keep Gab AI open and the host computer awake and online while Work needs local files. Files the agent reads are sent to Gab AI. The Mac App Store edition uses cloud Work and sandboxed imports instead of local project execution or Remote hosting.
App setup and Remote guides
Choose intelligence and review progress
Fast, Standard and High intelligence balance cost and depth. You can choose a main model for text work; media tools may need a different model. Check the composer estimate and available models before sending.
Follow progress, answer questions, queue a follow-up, use Send Now where offered, or stop a run. Ask first, Smart approval and Hands-off control action review; you still choose which folders, websites, apps and accounts Work may access. Review the delivered files and any failed checks before using the result.
Plugins and connected accounts on Mac
On compatible Mac builds, open Settings → Plugins to install reusable instructions for research, writing, meeting notes or spreadsheet review, browser workflows, and supported connected accounts. Plugins are available in Mac Settings; web, iOS and Android Settings do not offer this section. Installing a plugin does not grant access to your files or accounts.
Connected packages include Notion Workspace, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, GitHub, GitLab and Slack where the provider is enabled and your account is eligible. Install the package, choose Connect, complete authorization in the browser, and return to check its connection before choosing Use in Work. The details dialog shows provider requirements. Available actions depend on the service and permissions you approved.
A package labeled (Browser) uses your approved Mac browser instead; Proton Mail uses this browser workflow. You can disconnect an account or disable/remove a plugin in Settings. This stops subsequent access; it cannot undo an action already accepted by a service. New tasks use the selected plugin instructions, while existing tasks keep their original instruction snapshot.
Scheduled work and availability
Automated Tasks can schedule supported Work jobs with email delivery where available. They do not inherit an interactive desktop browser, command or Remote grant. Account/collection memory settings, collection instructions and relevant files can personalize Work separately from device or service access.
If Work cannot start, check your plan, credits, active-session limit and the exact connection or permission message. After an interruption, reopen the same task and check its state before starting again. For a persistent error, contact ai@gab.com with the app version and error text, without passwords or tokens.
Custom instructions and agent rules
Open Settings → Personalization → Custom instructions to save separate Chat instructions and Work agent instructions. Use Work agent instructions for recurring rules such as keeping code lines under 90 characters or providing test commands for you to run manually. Work receives its rules when a task starts and on your next follow-up or resume, independently of automatic Memory learning. Saving does not interrupt a running task. Current conversation instructions take priority. See /docs/custom-instructions for the full guide.
Publishing guide
Work questions
Choose the correct workspace and check its actual access.
Is Gab AI Work available on the Free plan?
Work requires current Plus access, including Plus Premium, and uses credits. Public lessons and references can be read without starting a paid task.
How many Work sessions can run at once?
Plus allows up to three active sessions and Plus Premium up to ten. Tasks starting, queued, running or resuming reserve a slot. The hourly limit on new tasks and credits are separate.
Do follow-ups count as new Work tasks?
A follow-up in a task you already started does not consume another hourly launch. Resuming work still needs an active-session slot and applicable access/usage.
Can browser Work see files on my computer automatically?
No. Supply permitted inputs or use an explicitly supported project connection. Local folders, Remote and connected accounts have their own client, host and permission requirements.
Can I directly edit code in the source viewer?
Treat it as a viewer and ask Work for the code change in the conversation. Direct-edit controls for other artifact types depend on their editor and client. Inspect the actual revised file and checks.
Does choosing Hands-off grant new access?
No. Action-review choices operate within the task’s actual connected access. They do not create missing folder, service, OS or account permissions.
Guides and resources
Find more detail and choose your next step.
Turn a clear brief into a useful result.
Open Gab AI and choose Work. Supply your brief and permitted sources, then review the delivered files and any focused revision.