# How to delegate agent tasks via Google Doc comments

Published: 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Canonical: https://wow.pjh.is/journal/delegate-agent-tasks-google-doc-comments

Every afternoon, I run `/desk`. The skill checks my inboxes (Email, Slack, Todoist, etc.) and then writes a list of things I might want to work on.

The list opens in [Roughdraft](https://github.com/peterhartree/roughdraft), a markdown editor with a Google Docs-style comment feature:

![A Google Doc task list with instructions for AI agents added as comments in the margin](https://wow.pjh.is/static/images/blog/desk-task-init.jpeg)

I comment on tasks, and my agent spawns [tabs](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/pane-skill) to work on them:

![A terminal showing the completed task dispatch and the resulting agent sessions in separate tabs](https://wow.pjh.is/static/images/blog/desk-task-init-result.jpeg)

You could implement the same pattern for Google Docs, using [gdoc](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/use-gdoc-for-google-docs).

I prefer Roughdraft because it can open files *instantly*, and it's easy to [customise](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/comment-on-agent-plans-with-roughdraft).

Another option: [Orca](https://www.onorca.dev/), one of the best Agentic Development Environments, has a good markdown viewer with similar features. If I didn't already have a lovely terminal-based ADE, I'd seriously consider Orca as the foundation for all my agent workflows.