Brena can make the same change to many tasks at once, or rework a section of your schedule in one request. After each change, Brena reads the schedule back and tells you what saved and anything it couldn't confirm.
Add and remove tasks
"Create 10 tasks for this week and link them so each one starts when the one before it finishes."
"Delete these 10 tasks and recreate them with the same names and order."
New tasks can't start in the past. If you ask for dates that have already passed, the schedule moves the start to today.
Split a task into subtasks
Select the task in the Gantt view. The chip above Brena's message box changes to Gantt: Selected Items, so Brena knows which task you mean.
Ask, for example: "Split this into 5 smaller tasks and make it a summary item. Give each subtask a start date, end date, duration and resource, starting Monday."
Brena creates the subtasks as a draft. Review them, then type commit these tasks.
State the dates you want. If you don't, Brena may fit the subtasks into the original task's date window, even if those dates are already in the past.
Set predecessors
"Link the subtasks finish-to-start in order."
"Review and set predecessors so the tasks before and after link to the subtasks, not the summary."
Brena removes the summary task's own links so its dates come from its subtasks, and checks that downstream work moves when the subtasks move.
Summary and rollup tasks
Ask Brena to make the parent a summary or rollup and set it to auto schedule so it calculates its own dates and % complete. If the parent had progress recorded before the split, Brena will ask whether to carry that progress onto the subtasks or reset it.
Assign resources
"Assign all the new tasks to me."
"Assign the Troubleshooting & Repairs team to every task under its summary."
"Create work teams named after the summary tasks."
Notes and comments
Brena can write to a task's Notes field, but it can't post to task comment threads. If you ask for comments, Brena will offer to put them in Notes instead.
Export a task list
Ask "List all tasks as an artifact." Brena saves a CSV with each task's board, start and finish dates, duration, % complete, status and assignee. You can download it from Brena Suggests.