diff --git a/frontend/public/tasks.json b/frontend/public/tasks.json
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+++ b/frontend/public/tasks.json
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+../../tasks.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/task-loader.ts b/frontend/src/task-loader.ts
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+export type TaskDescriptor = {
+    id: string
+    requires: []
+    comment?: string
+}
+
+
+export type TasksFile = {
+    tasks: TaskDescriptor[]
+    clusters: { [name: string]: string[] }
+}
+
+export async function loadTasks(): Promise<TasksFile> {
+    const r = await fetch("/tasks.json")
+    return await r.json()
+}