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

# Assignee

> Assign tasks to yourself or teammates on a shared project.

## What is an assignee?

Every task can have an assignee — the person responsible for completing it. By default, tasks are assigned to whoever created them. On shared projects, you can reassign tasks to any project member.

## Assigning a task

Open any task and select an assignee from the **Assignee** field. The dropdown shows all members of the project (or just yourself for personal tasks).

From the CLI:

```bash theme={null}
tandem task assign <task-id> <username-or-email>
tandem task unassign <task-id>
```

## Filtering by assignee

On a shared project, you can filter the task list to see only tasks assigned to a specific person. This makes it easy to see what anyone on the team is working on without losing context.

## How it works with connections

Assignee requires the task to be in a shared project. You can only assign tasks to project members. See [Connections](/connections) for how to add people to your network, and [Projects](/projects) for how project membership works.

<Note>
  Assigning a task to someone doesn't automatically notify them — notifications for task assignment are coming in a future update.
</Note>