1. A method for operating an automated assistant, comprising: at an electronic device comprising a processor and memory storing instructions for execution by the processor: detecting, by the automated assistant, an event alert issued by an application or a web-based service, wherein the event alert comprises context data; in response to detecting the event alert, prompting a user for input based at least in part on the context data of the event alert; identifying at least one task based at least in part on the context data of the event alert; performing the identified task using the user input; and providing an output to the user, wherein the output is related to the performance of the identified task.