# Tasks `Tasks` in HostedHooks are designed to handle background jobs efficiently and seamlessly. They serve as the backbone for processing events and operations that don't need to be executed immediately within your application but are crucial for its functionality. You send HostedHooks a Task via the API, we ingest it, queue it and once it is done processing, we send it back to your application using webhooks. The `Task` object has a `payload` attribute which is a JSON blob that can you can customize as needed. The data that you add to the payload will get sent back to your application via Webhooks once it is done processing. You also have the ability to have your tasks run immediately or schedule them to run at some point in the future.\ \ Lets's walk through how to use them. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.hostedhooks.com/getting-started/tasks.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.