> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://reyda.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Goals and work

> How Emma turns a large request into a Goal with tracked deliverables, works in the background, and keeps going while she waits for you.

A single chat reply is fine for a question. A whole bid takes days and has many moving parts. For work like that, Emma sets up a **Goal**, the outcome she is working towards, and splits it into **work items** that she and your team can track.

## When Emma creates a Goal

Emma creates a Goal when you hand her a finite outcome that spans several steps or may need to wait for your input. For example:

Bid Room · Plan mode

Take this bid through to a submission-ready package. Map what the buyer wants back, plan the work,
and start everything that doesn't need a decision from me.

She checks for an existing Goal first, so asking again in the same Bid Room continues the same work instead of starting over.

## How the work is organised

Emma breaks the Goal into a small number of meaningful workstreams, such as compliance and forms, the technical response, the commercial response, evidence and annexes, and review. She doesn't create one item per question. Where one piece of work needs another to finish first, she links them, then starts whatever is ready.

Alongside the work items, Emma keeps working documents in the Bid Room, typically a **Response Plan**, a deliverable and compliance matrix, and a response outline. These list every buyer deliverable, its owner and status, and the open decisions.

## Follow progress

### In the Bid Room

Open the Bid Room's **Overview** tab to see the **Work overview**:

* **Progress**, such as "3 of 8 complete", and the **Deliverables** with their state.
* The Goal's phase, such as **Active** or **Blocked**.
* The **Activity** feed, which records what Emma did.
* Unanswered questions, shown as **Needs input**. Click one to open the question in the chat.

If no Goal exists yet, start the work with Emma in the chat and it will appear.

### In the chat

A **Work progress** pill shows how many tasks are complete and the current status. Click it to see the tasks. Use **Stop work** to stop.

## Background work and subagents

For larger jobs, Emma can hand pieces of research to helpers, called subagents, that work in parallel in the background. She checks their findings before relying on them and pulls the results together herself.

## Keep going while Emma waits

When one work item needs your decision, Emma asks once and marks only that item as waiting. Everything that doesn't depend on your answer carries on. When you answer, the waiting item resumes. See [Questions and approvals](https://reyda.mintlify.site/emma/questions-and-approvals.md).

## Stay in charge of the work

* **Stop at any time.** Click **Stop work** to stop Emma's work.
* **Read her final report.** It separates what is complete, what needs review and what is still blocked. Review the drafts before you rely on them.
* **Decide what happens next.** Bidding, pricing, signatures and submission stay with you. A completed Goal means the package is prepared and checked, ready for your team to submit.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Goals and the work overview work alongside the **Final package** in the Bid Room's Documents tab. See [Final package](https://reyda.mintlify.site/bid-room/final-package.md).

## Related

> [card] [Work overview](https://reyda.mintlify.site/bid-room/work-overview.md)
>
> The Bid Room Overview tab in detail.

> [card] [Writing good requests](https://reyda.mintlify.site/emma/writing-good-requests.md)
>
> Prompts for planning and running a bid.


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