diff --git a/src/tasks.rs b/src/tasks.rs
index 853a831..4617c3c 100644
--- a/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/tasks.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
-use std::{env, process::Command};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, env, process::Command};
 
 use crate::{gitlab::GitLab, jira::Jira, result::Result};
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct MergeRequestRef {
+    url: String,
+    state: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Task {
+    jira_key: String,
+    description: String,
+    merge_requests: Vec<MergeRequestRef>,
+    jira_priority: i64,
+    local_priority: i64,
+    status: String,
+    tags: HashSet<String>,
+}
+
 pub struct Tasks {
     pub gitlab: GitLab,
     pub jira: Jira,
@@ -29,4 +46,14 @@ impl Tasks {
 
         Ok(Self { gitlab, jira })
     }
+
+    pub async fn all(&self) -> Result<Vec<Task>> {}
+
+    /// fetches jira issues and compares to known local tasks
+    /// for use when sync'ing local tasks to remote state (jira, gitlab)
+    pub async fn desyncs(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let issues = self.jira.assigned_open_issues().await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }