Item types - Alike

Each item in Alike has a type. The tools and item IDs call the type the “kind”, for example urn:alike:task:<id>. See Key concepts. To see the current list, ask your agent: “List Alike’s entity kinds.” To see the fields that the agent can write for a type, ask: “Describe the Alike task kind.”

Types

Type	What it is	Your agent can create it
`task`	A unit of work. Branches, pull requests, and issues link to tasks	Yes
`decision`	A choice, with its reason, status, and code anchors. See Decisions	Yes
`project`	A group of related tasks	Yes
`document`	Reference material, for example a spec, a note, or an imported file	Yes
`event`	A calendar event or a meeting	Yes
`agent`	One of your coding agents	No
`agent_session`	One run of an agent: its title, summary, outcome, branch, and linked work items. The raw transcript is not part of the item. See Agent session	No
`person`	You, a colleague, or a contact	No
`organization`	A company or other organization	No
`team`	A team in a workspace	No
`daily_plan`	The plan for one day	No
`assistant`	Your Alike assistant	No
`location`	A place	No

Task status

Status	Meaning
`proposed`	Suggested, not yet accepted
`todo`	Accepted, not started
`in_progress`	Work has started
`blocked`	Work cannot continue
`completed`	Done
`deferred`	Put off for now
`declined`	You chose not to do it

A task’s priority is low, medium, high, or urgent.

Task links

Your agent can link two tasks:

Link	Meaning
`subtask_of`	This task is part of another task
`blocks`	This task stops another task. Alike adds the opposite link, `blocked_by`, to the other task
`blocked_by`	Another task stops this task. Alike adds the opposite link, `blocks`, to the other task
`same_as`	This task is a duplicate. Alike hides it and moves its activity to the other task. This works only for tasks that the agent created with `create_new_work_focus`

Decision status and type

For the decision statuses, see Decision status. A decision’s type is one_time (the default) or standing. A standing decision is a rule that applies until a newer decision replaces it.

Field names

Your agent must use the exact field names. Alike refuses an unknown or misspelled field, and suggests the nearest correct name. Some fields are set by Alike only, for example counts. The kind description lists these fields.

​Types

​Task status

​Task links

​Decision status and type

​Field names

Types

Task status

Task links

Decision status and type

Field names