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Set up task queues

Task queues are Dollar Platoon gigs — fund one, set the recommended price, and let it distribute work to the people you've invited.

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A task queue is the engine that actually pays gigworkers. In Gigdesk a queue is a Dollar Platoon gig — a funded, priced job that hands out tasks to whoever holds a valid invite. This chapter walks you from a project's Tasks Queue page over to Dollar Platoon, where you fund the gig and set a price so it can start paying out.

Queues live on Dollar Platoon

Open a project and go to Tasks — the page is titled Tasks Queue. In client mode each card there is a Dollar Platoon gig: it shows a price like $0.25/task, a LIVE badge when it's running, and a dollarplatoon.com/gig/… URL. The page copy sums it up: "Dollarplatoon task queues attached to this workspace. Open a queue's timeline, or manage your mailboxes on dollarplatoon."

Note Gigdesk is a thin pipe. The card in your project mirrors a gig; the money, the funding balance, and the payouts all live on Dollar Platoon. Payouts settle as USDC on Base.
Client Tasks Queue listing the Dollar Platoon gigs with Timeline, Manage and Add Task Queue Attach a task queue A funded gig, LIVE
A project's Tasks Queue — each card is a Dollar Platoon gig. Add Task Queue attaches one; Manage ↗ opens it on Dollar Platoon.

Fund it, then it pays out

Open a queue with Manage ↗ and you land on the gig detail on Dollar Platoon. Here you'll see the price per task, Distribution: queue, a Review Timeout (say 2 days), Available Funds, Visibility and Terms. The key field is Available Funds: a gig can't pay anyone until you fund it with USDC. Once funded and priced, the gig distributes tasks to whoever holds a valid invite, and proofs pay out on-chain.

Dollar Platoon gig detail: price per task, distribution queue, review timeout, available funds Price per task Queue · review timeout · funds
On Dollar Platoon the gig shows its price per task, queue distribution, review timeout, and Available Funds — fund it before it can pay out.
Dollar Platoon My Gigs list showing active gigs with $0.00 available funds Create & manage gigs $0.00 — fund before it pays
Your gigs live under My Gigs on Dollar Platoon — Create Gig makes a new one; each shows its status and balance ($0.00 until you fund it).

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open the project's Tasks Queue

    In client mode, open the project and click Tasks. The Tasks Queue page lists the Dollar Platoon gigs attached to this workspace.

  2. 2

    Add a task queue

    Click + Add Task Queue to attach a gig. Each card carries its price, its LIVE badge, and its dollarplatoon.com/gig/… link.

  3. 3

    Open it on Dollar Platoon

    Hit Manage ↗ on the card. It opens the gig detail on Dollar Platoon showing price per task, Distribution: queue, Review Timeout, and Available Funds.

  4. 4

    Set a price and fund it with USDC

    Pick a recommended price per task (e.g. $0.25/task) and add USDC to Available Funds. Until it's funded the gig can't pay anyone.

  5. 5

    Let it distribute

    With funds in place the gig distributes tasks to anyone holding a valid invite. Use Timelines ↗ to watch task activity as proofs come in.

Pick a fair price Dollar Platoon shows Recommended Prices so your queue attracts gigworkers without overpaying. The Review Timeout (e.g. 2 days) is how long you have to review a proof before it auto-resolves — set it to something you can actually keep up with.

Key takeaways

  • A task queue is a Dollar Platoon gig — the Tasks Queue page shows each with a price, a LIVE badge, and a dollarplatoon.com/gig/… URL.
  • + Add Task Queue attaches one; Manage ↗ opens it on Dollar Platoon where you fund and price it.
  • Fund the gig with USDC and set a price so it can distribute tasks to invite holders — payouts settle as USDC on Base.

Funded and live. Now handle the work.

Once tasks flow, gigworkers submit proofs. Next up — reviewing those proofs and releasing payment.

Next: Review proofs & pay out