diff --git a/frontend/src/app/api/mutations/useCancelTaskMutation.ts b/frontend/src/app/api/mutations/useCancelTaskMutation.ts
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+import {
+  type UseMutationOptions,
+  useMutation,
+  useQueryClient,
+} from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+export interface CancelTaskRequest {
+  taskId: string;
+}
+
+export interface CancelTaskResponse {
+  status: string;
+  task_id: string;
+}
+
+export const useCancelTaskMutation = (
+  options?: Omit<
+    UseMutationOptions<CancelTaskResponse, Error, CancelTaskRequest>,
+    "mutationFn"
+  >
+) => {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+
+  async function cancelTask(
+    variables: CancelTaskRequest,
+  ): Promise<CancelTaskResponse> {
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/tasks/${variables.taskId}/cancel`, {
+      method: "POST",
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      const errorData = await response.json().catch(() => ({}));
+      throw new Error(errorData.error || "Failed to cancel task");
+    }
+
+    return response.json();
+  }
+
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: cancelTask,
+    onSuccess: () => {
+      // Invalidate tasks query to refresh the list
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["tasks"] });
+    },
+    ...options,
+  });
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/api/queries/useGetTaskStatusQuery.ts b/frontend/src/app/api/queries/useGetTaskStatusQuery.ts
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+import {
+  type UseQueryOptions,
+  useQuery,
+  useQueryClient,
+} from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+export interface TaskStatus {
+  task_id: string;
+  status:
+    | "pending"
+    | "running"
+    | "processing"
+    | "completed"
+    | "failed"
+    | "error";
+  total_files?: number;
+  processed_files?: number;
+  successful_files?: number;
+  failed_files?: number;
+  running_files?: number;
+  pending_files?: number;
+  created_at: string;
+  updated_at: string;
+  duration_seconds?: number;
+  result?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  error?: string;
+  files?: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+}
+
+export const useGetTaskStatusQuery = (
+  taskId: string,
+  options?: Omit<UseQueryOptions<TaskStatus | null>, "queryKey" | "queryFn">
+) => {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+
+  async function getTaskStatus(): Promise<TaskStatus | null> {
+    if (!taskId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/tasks/${taskId}`);
+    
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      if (response.status === 404) {
+        return null; // Task not found
+      }
+      throw new Error("Failed to fetch task status");
+    }
+
+    return response.json();
+  }
+
+  const queryResult = useQuery(
+    {
+      queryKey: ["task-status", taskId],
+      queryFn: getTaskStatus,
+      refetchInterval: (data) => {
+        // Only poll if the task is still active
+        if (!data) {
+          return false; // Stop polling if no data
+        }
+
+        const isActive = 
+          data.status === "pending" || 
+          data.status === "running" || 
+          data.status === "processing";
+
+        return isActive ? 3000 : false; // Poll every 3 seconds if active
+      },
+      refetchIntervalInBackground: true,
+      staleTime: 0, // Always consider data stale to ensure fresh updates
+      gcTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // Keep in cache for 5 minutes
+      enabled: !!taskId, // Only run if taskId is provided
+      ...options,
+    },
+    queryClient,
+  );
+
+  return queryResult;
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/api/queries/useGetTasksQuery.ts b/frontend/src/app/api/queries/useGetTasksQuery.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/app/api/queries/useGetTasksQuery.ts
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+import {
+  type UseQueryOptions,
+  useQuery,
+  useQueryClient,
+} from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+export interface Task {
+  task_id: string;
+  status:
+    | "pending"
+    | "running"
+    | "processing"
+    | "completed"
+    | "failed"
+    | "error";
+  total_files?: number;
+  processed_files?: number;
+  successful_files?: number;
+  failed_files?: number;
+  running_files?: number;
+  pending_files?: number;
+  created_at: string;
+  updated_at: string;
+  duration_seconds?: number;
+  result?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  error?: string;
+  files?: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+}
+
+export interface TasksResponse {
+  tasks: Task[];
+}
+
+export const useGetTasksQuery = (
+  options?: Omit<UseQueryOptions<Task[]>, "queryKey" | "queryFn">
+) => {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+
+  async function getTasks(): Promise<Task[]> {
+    const response = await fetch("/api/tasks");
+    
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error("Failed to fetch tasks");
+    }
+
+    const data: TasksResponse = await response.json();
+    return data.tasks || [];
+  }
+
+  const queryResult = useQuery(
+    {
+      queryKey: ["tasks"],
+      queryFn: getTasks,
+      refetchInterval: (query) => {
+        // Only poll if there are tasks with pending or running status
+        const data = query.state.data;
+        if (!data || data.length === 0) {
+          return false; // Stop polling if no tasks
+        }
+
+        const hasActiveTasks = data.some(
+          (task: Task) => 
+            task.status === "pending" || 
+            task.status === "running" || 
+            task.status === "processing"
+        );
+
+        return hasActiveTasks ? 3000 : false; // Poll every 3 seconds if active tasks exist
+      },
+      refetchIntervalInBackground: true,
+      staleTime: 0, // Always consider data stale to ensure fresh updates
+      gcTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // Keep in cache for 5 minutes
+      ...options,
+    },
+    queryClient,
+  );
+
+  return queryResult;
+};