HaloSupported tasks
Supported tasks
The kinds of computer tasks Halo handles during Preview, with examples.
Halo handles a deliberately bounded language of everyday computer tasks. Inside it, requests are fast and precise; outside it, Halo asks or says it cannot do that yet. The boundary grows throughout Preview.
| Area | For example |
|---|---|
| Files & folders | the 10 largest files here |
| Search & text | files that mention TODO |
| Structured data | rows in sales.csv where amount is over 1000 |
| Archives | zip the PDFs from yesterday |
| Media & PDFs | convert the PNGs here to JPG |
| Processes & services | what's using port 8080 |
| System information | free disk space |
| Networking | ping github.com |
| Git | what changed |
| Packages | install jq |
| Scheduling | every night at 2 run backup.sh |
| Calculations | 15% of 2,340 |
Type /capabilities in Halo for the same list.