---
title: "Find the boxes that need you"
description: "See which boxes in a large task are stuck or waiting on an answer, and attach to one."
order: 10
verified:
  cli: "0.0.0-mock"
  date: "2026-10-20"
---

Run `vakna status`: it prints the task's totals first, then the boxes that are stuck or waiting on you, then the command to look at the first.

## Which boxes need me?

```sh
$ vakna status
```

```prints
task prove-hypothesis-42 tsk_eu1a_4x5y6z7a
997 done · 2 stuck · 1 waiting on you · $4.11 so far 3m 12s
  stuck prove-hypothesis-42-0137 · waiting on port 5432 · quiet for 1m 40s
  stuck prove-hypothesis-42-0588 · waiting on port 5432 · quiet for 1m 38s
  waiting on you prove-hypothesis-42-0412 · asks "apply migration 0042? [y/N]"
  … 994 more done
errors: 1 signature (OOM in test runner) ×3
next: vakna attach prove-hypothesis-42-0412  # it is waiting on you
```

## How do I see what a box is asking?

Attach to it. Watching is read-only, so nothing you type reaches the box by accident.

```sh
$ vakna attach prove-hypothesis-42-0412
```

```prints
attached prove-hypothesis-42-0412 · watching, read-only 0.09s
pnpm db:migrate…
pnpm db:migrate asks "apply migration 0042? [y/N]"
detached
```