# Cloud Tasks documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/dual-overview.md.txt)
Cloud Tasks is a fully managed service that allows you to manage the execution,
dispatch and delivery of a large number of distributed tasks. You can
**asynchronously** perform work outside of a user request. Your tasks can be
executed on App Engine or any arbitrary HTTP endpoint.

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  [Quickstart: Add a task to a Cloud Tasks queue](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/add-task-queue.md.txt)

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  [Create queues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/creating-queues.md.txt)

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  [Create HTTP target tasks](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/creating-http-target-tasks.md.txt)

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  [Create App Engine tasks](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/creating-appengine-tasks.md.txt)

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  [Configure queues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/configuring-queues.md.txt)

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  [Manage queues and tasks](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/deleting-appengine-queues-and-tasks)

### Reference

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  [RPC API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/reference/rpc.md.txt)

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  [REST API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/reference/rest.md.txt)

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  [Client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/reference/libraries.md.txt)

### Resources

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/pricing)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/quotas.md.txt)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/release-notes.md.txt)

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  [Get support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/getting-support.md.txt)

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  [Billing questions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/billing-questions.md.txt)

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