When several people work on one task, Current Assignee shows who is responsible right now, in other words, whose turn it is. Everyone stays assigned to the task, but only one person is marked as the current assignee, and you can hand it over as the work moves along. Current Assignee is optional.
Turning on/off Current assignee
Current assignee is optional, so each workspace decides whether to use it. If your team wants it, an admin has to enable it in the workspace settings first.
💡 Only admins can see this setting. If you can’t find it, ask an admin in your workspace to turn it on.
To enable Current assignee:
Click your profile icon and open Settings.
Go to the Tasks tab.
Scroll all the way down to the Current assignee section.
Switch on the toggle and click Update.
Once it’s on, everyone in the workspace will see:
the Current assignee field on tasks,
the My current tasks tab,
the Current assignee grouping on the board.
If you turn it off later, these disappear again.
⚠️ The setting applies to the whole workspace, not to individual users.
What is Current Assignee?
A task often involves a few people, for example, a designer, a copywriter and an account manager. Assignees tell you who is working on the task. The current assignee tells you who needs to act next.
One task can have many assignees, but only one current assignee at a time.
You can change the current assignee whenever the task moves to someone else.
You can also remove the current assignee if nobody is responsible at the moment.
💡 Tip: Use Current Assignee on tasks where the work passes back and forth, such as design → review → copy → client feedback. Everybody can see at a glance whose turn it is.
Setting the current assignee on a task
Open the task and add everyone who works on it as an assignee.
Click the team member's avatar to open their popup.
Mark them as the current assignee.
To hand the task over, do the same for the next person. To clear it, use the remove action for the current assignee in the same popup. This only removes the "current" mark. The person stays assigned to the task.
The current assignee is shown with a highlighted border around their avatar, so you can tell them apart from the other assignees.
You can also set the current assignee straight from the Kanban board. On the task card, click the + button to the left of the assignees, then pick a person from the list (or choose Unassigned).
Finding the tasks that are waiting for you
The My Current Tasks tab in the task list shows only the tasks where you are the current assignee. It is the quickest way to see what needs your action right now, without the tasks where you are only a supporting assignee.
My Current Tasks is also available inside each project, so you can see your own tasks within that project.
⚠️ Note: In the My Current Tasks tab, you can't group by Current Assignee, because every task in that tab would be grouped under you.
Current Assignee on the Kanban board
If you use the Kanban board, you can group cards by Current Assignee. Every person gets their own column, and tasks without a current assignee appear in a separate Unassigned column.
Dragging cards between people's columns is disabled in this view. If you try, you'll see a message explaining why. Change the assignment in the task instead.
You don't need the Kanban board to use Current Assignee. It works the same way in the regular task list.
FAQ
Do we have to use Current Assignee?
No. It's optional. If your agency doesn't need it, leave it off and keep working with regular assignees.
Do I need the Kanban board to use it?
No. The current assignee works independently of Kanban, in the task list and in the Kanban board alike.
Can a task have more than one current assignee?
No. A task has one current assignee at a time, so it is always clear who is responsible right now.
What if I remove myself as current assignee?
You stay assigned to the task, but the task no longer appears in your My Current Tasks tab.
How do I see only the tasks where I'm the current assignee?
Open the My Current Tasks tab in the task list.