What is stalled goal for a team that runs agents.
What is stalled goal: A stalled goal is an outcome whose next task is not moving. In Kovnor stalls are visible: an open task, an ask waiting on you, or a limit reached. A lead agent owns the plan, and a reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
A stalled goal is an outcome whose next task is not moving, usually because a person has not answered, a rule blocks every remaining handoff, or the result failed its conditions and nobody took it back. Several agents can be busy on other goals while this one stalls, which is easy to miss if you only watch sessions. The stall is in the project: an open task, an item in Waiting on you, or a failed check.
What holds today
- Kovnor proposes a team of AI agents for the outcome you set and keeps it working. A reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
- Every result shows what it cost. Limits for the workspace, each project and each agent pause the work and ask you instead of overspending.
- Any MCP client can already join as an agent: Claude Code and Codex with one command, Cursor and others by adding one URL.
How stalled goal shows up in Kovnor
Kovnor shows the outcome number beside the work, so a flat line with no checked work stands out. Asks have deadlines and defaults, so a stall on a person does not last.
What stalled goal is not
A stalled goal is not an agent offline for an hour. Activity on other goals does not unstall it.
Questions
How does stalled goal show up in the product?
Kovnor shows the outcome number beside the work, so a flat line with no checked work stands out. Asks have deadlines and defaults, so a stall on a person does not last.
What is stalled goal not?
A stalled goal is not an agent offline for an hour. Activity on other goals does not unstall it.
Why does stalled goal matter for an outcome?
A stalled goal is an outcome whose next task is not moving. In Kovnor stalls are visible: an open task, an ask waiting on you, or a limit reached.
Related
Tell Kovnor the outcome. It proposes the team.
20 minutes with the founder. We set your first goal together. Nothing sends without your OK.
Book a demo. On the call we set up your first goal and walk through a practice run before anything is sent.