#Your first task

Hand Arachne a real goal, watch it work, and walk away with a result you can reuse.

#Overview

Your first task is the fastest way to feel what Nourva is for. Instead of clicking through steps yourself, you describe the outcome you want and let Arachne do the work across real websites while you watch.

This page walks you through a complete first task from start to finish: describe what you want, choose how much freedom to give, watch Arachne work, and review and reuse what it produces. Along the way you will see the two ideas that make Nourva different — you ask for outcomes, not steps, and every action is checked before it is reported done.

#What you can do

In a single first task you will:

• Describe a goal in plain language instead of specifying how to reach it.
• Choose a permission level so you stay as in-control or as hands-off as you want.
• Watch Arachne work live as it reads pages, navigates, and gathers what it needs.
• Trust the result, because every action is verified before it is reported finished.
• Keep the result as an artifact you can reopen, reuse, and export later.

#How to use it

1. Open Arachne. From Nourva's main window, move to Arachne — this is where work on the open web happens.
2. Describe the outcome. Type what you want in plain language. Say what "done" looks like, not which steps to take. If you already have a link or a constraint, include it.
3. Choose a permission level. For a first run, start cautious — Plan first lets Arachne propose its approach and wait for your approval, and Ask before acting pauses before each change. You can change the level at any time.
4. Let it work, and watch. Arachne moves toward your goal one step at a time, confirming each result before it continues. You can watch this happen live.
5. Steer if you want to. Because you can see the work, you can stop or adjust at any moment. Stopping always works immediately, whatever level you chose.
6. Review the result. When Arachne reaches the goal, it reports back with the result in whichever format fits best — a table, chart, report, comparison, dashboard, media gallery, alert, or source pack. A "done" means the outcome was confirmed, not just attempted.
7. Reuse it. The result is saved as an artifact. You can reopen it, build on it, ask for changes in plain language, or export and download it.

#Examples

What you ask:

Compare three popular note-taking apps on price, offline support, and platforms, and lay it out side by side.

What you see: Arachne visits each product's site, reads the relevant details, and returns a comparison — a side-by-side of the three options against the things you asked about, saved so you can reopen it later.

What you ask:

Research the main approaches to composting at home and summarize what each one needs and who it suits.

What you see: Arachne reads several real sources, draws them together into a short report, and gathers the references into a source pack so you can check where any point came from.

#Tips

• Be specific about the result, not the route. "Find me the three best-reviewed options under this budget and tell me why" gives Arachne a clear target; a list of steps does not.
• Watch the first run. Staying with the work the first time shows you how Arachne approaches a goal and lets you steer early — you will trust it more on later runs.
• Start cautious, then loosen up. Begin with Plan first or Ask before acting while you are learning a task, and give more freedom once you know the work and trust it.
• Keep what you make. Everything Arachne produces is an artifact — when a result is good, you can return to it, refine it in plain language, or export it instead of starting over.

#Related

• What Arachne does
• Getting started with Arachne
• Outcomes, not steps
• How Nourva checks its work
• Permissions & control