Automatic Assignment

You can quickly assign (or un-assign) a task to yourself using the keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+.

Other Shortcuts:

https://help.wrike.com/hc/en-us/articles/210322725-Keyboard-Shortcuts

Tasks you email to wrike@wrike.com are automatically assigned to you as well. You can choose which folder they are added to in Profile Settings -> Email addresses

I am the only person using the tool so I want all tasks to be assigned to me by default.  I don't want to make the extra click or worry that I forgot to assign it to me.  How do I do that?

Hi Erica Tripard, and welcome to the Community!

If you create a task in the My To-Do section of your Workspace, this task will be automatically assigned to you. You can then tag it into the relevant project/folder to stay organized.

Another way you could do this is to assign an advanced custom workflow to your tasks. This way, all tasks with this workflow will assign themselves to you if you choose so. You can learn more on how to set this up in this Help Centre article.

Hope this helps! If you have any other questions, be sure to let me know.

how to write a workflow to assign task to AUTHOR?

Hi Bonny Kuan, welcome to the Community 🙂

While it's not currently possible to automatically assign a task to author, it's possible to choose how to assign a new item to depending on where the task is created using Wrike's Automation:

Could you let me know if this can be helpful for your use case? 

Lisa Community Team at Wrike Wrike Product Manager Werde ein Wrike-Experte mit Wrike Discover

Lisa Wrike Team member Werde ein Wrike-Experte mit Wrike Discover