diff --git a/core/Controller/TaskProcessingApiController.php b/core/Controller/TaskProcessingApiController.php
index 6e2a039606f..e0c8eb90464 100644
--- a/core/Controller/TaskProcessingApiController.php
+++ b/core/Controller/TaskProcessingApiController.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\PreConditionNotMetException;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\UnauthorizedException;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\ValidationException;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\IManager;
-use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeEnumValue;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\Task;
 use RuntimeException;
 
@@ -67,26 +67,35 @@ class TaskProcessingApiController extends \OCP\AppFramework\OCSController {
 	#[PublicPage]
 	#[ApiRoute(verb: 'GET', url: '/tasktypes', root: '/taskprocessing')]
 	public function taskTypes(): DataResponse {
-		$taskTypes = $this->taskProcessingManager->getAvailableTaskTypes();
-
-		$serializedTaskTypes = [];
-		foreach ($taskTypes as $key => $taskType) {
-			$serializedTaskTypes[$key] = [
-				'name' => $taskType['name'],
-				'description' => $taskType['description'],
-				'inputShape' => array_map(fn (ShapeDescriptor $descriptor) =>
-					$descriptor->jsonSerialize() + ['mandatory' => true], $taskType['inputShape'])
-					+ array_map(fn (ShapeDescriptor $descriptor) =>
-					$descriptor->jsonSerialize() + ['mandatory' => false], $taskType['optionalInputShape']),
-				'outputShape' => array_map(fn (ShapeDescriptor $descriptor) =>
-					$descriptor->jsonSerialize() + ['mandatory' => true], $taskType['outputShape'])
-					+ array_map(fn (ShapeDescriptor $descriptor) =>
-					$descriptor->jsonSerialize() + ['mandatory' => false], $taskType['optionalOutputShape']),
-			];
-		}
-
+		$taskTypes = array_map(function (array $tt) {
+			$tt['inputShape'] = array_map(function ($descriptor) {
+				return $descriptor->jsonSerialize();
+			}, $tt['inputShape']);
+			$tt['outputShape'] = array_map(function ($descriptor) {
+				return $descriptor->jsonSerialize();
+			}, $tt['outputShape']);
+			$tt['optionalInputShape'] = array_map(function ($descriptor) {
+				return $descriptor->jsonSerialize();
+			}, $tt['optionalInputShape']);
+			$tt['optionalOutputShape'] = array_map(function ($descriptor) {
+				return $descriptor->jsonSerialize();
+			}, $tt['optionalOutputShape']);
+			$tt['inputShapeEnumValues'] = array_map(function (array $enumValues) {
+				return array_map(fn (ShapeEnumValue $enumValue) => $enumValue->jsonSerialize(), $enumValues);
+			}, $tt['inputShapeEnumValues']);
+			$tt['optionalInputShapeEnumValues'] = array_map(function (array $enumValues) {
+				return array_map(fn (ShapeEnumValue $enumValue) => $enumValue->jsonSerialize(), $enumValues);
+			}, $tt['optionalInputShapeEnumValues']);
+			$tt['outputShapeEnumValues'] = array_map(function (array $enumValues) {
+				return array_map(fn (ShapeEnumValue $enumValue) => $enumValue->jsonSerialize(), $enumValues);
+			}, $tt['outputShapeEnumValues']);
+			$tt['optionalOutputShapeEnumValues'] = array_map(function (array $enumValues) {
+				return array_map(fn (ShapeEnumValue $enumValue) => $enumValue->jsonSerialize(), $enumValues);
+			}, $tt['optionalOutputShapeEnumValues']);
+			return $tt;
+		}, $this->taskProcessingManager->getAvailableTaskTypes());
 		return new DataResponse([
-			'types' => $serializedTaskTypes,
+			'types' => $taskTypes,
 		]);
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/ResponseDefinitions.php b/core/ResponseDefinitions.php
index 1108e8013a6..4edde2dde36 100644
--- a/core/ResponseDefinitions.php
+++ b/core/ResponseDefinitions.php
@@ -165,15 +165,22 @@ namespace OC\Core;
  * @psalm-type CoreTaskProcessingShape = array{
  *     name: string,
  *     description: string,
- *     type: "Number"|"Text"|"Audio"|"Image"|"Video"|"File"|"ListOfNumbers"|"ListOfTexts"|"ListOfImages"|"ListOfAudios"|"ListOfVideos"|"ListOfFiles",
- *     mandatory: bool,
+ *     type: "Number"|"Text"|"Audio"|"Image"|"Video"|"File"|"Enum"|"ListOfNumbers"|"ListOfTexts"|"ListOfImages"|"ListOfAudios"|"ListOfVideos"|"ListOfFiles",
  * }
  *
  * @psalm-type CoreTaskProcessingTaskType = array{
  *     name: string,
  *     description: string,
  *     inputShape: CoreTaskProcessingShape[],
+ *     inputShapeEnumValues: array{name: string, value: string}[][],
+ *     inputShapeDefaults: array<string, numeric|string>,
+ *     optionalInputShape: CoreTaskProcessingShape[],
+ *     optionalInputShapeEnumValues: array{name: string, value: string}[][],
+ *     optionalInputShapeDefaults: array<string, numeric|string>,
  *     outputShape: CoreTaskProcessingShape[],
+ *     outputShapeEnumValues: array{name: string, value: string}[][],
+ *     optionalOutputShape: CoreTaskProcessingShape[],
+ *     optionalOutputShapeEnumValues: array{name: string, value: string}[][]}
  * }
  *
  * @psalm-type CoreTaskProcessingIO = array<string, numeric|list<numeric>|string|list<string>>
diff --git a/core/openapi-full.json b/core/openapi-full.json
index a90cc1efaaf..e52b62d6fa6 100644
--- a/core/openapi-full.json
+++ b/core/openapi-full.json
@@ -496,8 +496,7 @@
                 "required": [
                     "name",
                     "description",
-                    "type",
-                    "mandatory"
+                    "type"
                 ],
                 "properties": {
                     "name": {
@@ -515,6 +514,7 @@
                             "Image",
                             "Video",
                             "File",
+                            "Enum",
                             "ListOfNumbers",
                             "ListOfTexts",
                             "ListOfImages",
@@ -522,9 +522,6 @@
                             "ListOfVideos",
                             "ListOfFiles"
                         ]
-                    },
-                    "mandatory": {
-                        "type": "boolean"
                     }
                 }
             },
@@ -602,7 +599,15 @@
                     "name",
                     "description",
                     "inputShape",
-                    "outputShape"
+                    "inputShapeEnumValues",
+                    "inputShapeDefaults",
+                    "optionalInputShape",
+                    "optionalInputShapeEnumValues",
+                    "optionalInputShapeDefaults",
+                    "outputShape",
+                    "outputShapeEnumValues",
+                    "optionalOutputShape",
+                    "optionalOutputShapeEnumValues"
                 ],
                 "properties": {
                     "name": {
@@ -617,11 +622,133 @@
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
                         }
                     },
+                    "inputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "inputShapeDefaults": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
+                            "oneOf": [
+                                {
+                                    "type": "number"
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalInputShape": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalInputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalInputShapeDefaults": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
+                            "oneOf": [
+                                {
+                                    "type": "number"
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
                     "outputShape": {
                         "type": "array",
                         "items": {
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
                         }
+                    },
+                    "outputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalOutputShape": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalOutputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             },
diff --git a/core/openapi.json b/core/openapi.json
index 869bc4ef2c5..d597796f94e 100644
--- a/core/openapi.json
+++ b/core/openapi.json
@@ -496,8 +496,7 @@
                 "required": [
                     "name",
                     "description",
-                    "type",
-                    "mandatory"
+                    "type"
                 ],
                 "properties": {
                     "name": {
@@ -515,6 +514,7 @@
                             "Image",
                             "Video",
                             "File",
+                            "Enum",
                             "ListOfNumbers",
                             "ListOfTexts",
                             "ListOfImages",
@@ -522,9 +522,6 @@
                             "ListOfVideos",
                             "ListOfFiles"
                         ]
-                    },
-                    "mandatory": {
-                        "type": "boolean"
                     }
                 }
             },
@@ -602,7 +599,15 @@
                     "name",
                     "description",
                     "inputShape",
-                    "outputShape"
+                    "inputShapeEnumValues",
+                    "inputShapeDefaults",
+                    "optionalInputShape",
+                    "optionalInputShapeEnumValues",
+                    "optionalInputShapeDefaults",
+                    "outputShape",
+                    "outputShapeEnumValues",
+                    "optionalOutputShape",
+                    "optionalOutputShapeEnumValues"
                 ],
                 "properties": {
                     "name": {
@@ -617,11 +622,133 @@
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
                         }
                     },
+                    "inputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "inputShapeDefaults": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
+                            "oneOf": [
+                                {
+                                    "type": "number"
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalInputShape": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalInputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalInputShapeDefaults": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
+                            "oneOf": [
+                                {
+                                    "type": "number"
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
                     "outputShape": {
                         "type": "array",
                         "items": {
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
                         }
+                    },
+                    "outputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalOutputShape": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaskProcessingShape"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "optionalOutputShapeEnumValues": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "object",
+                                "required": [
+                                    "name",
+                                    "value"
+                                ],
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "value": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             },
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 379a1edbe63..4abb976e1a9 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ISynchronousProvider' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ISynchronousProvider.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ITaskType' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ITaskType.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ShapeDescriptor' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeDescriptor.php',
+    'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ShapeEnumValue' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeEnumValue.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\Task' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/Task.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\AudioToText' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/AudioToText.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\ContextWrite' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/ContextWrite.php',
@@ -762,6 +763,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextSimplification' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextSimplification.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextSummary' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextSummary.php',
     'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextTopics' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTopics.php',
+    'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextTranslate' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTranslate.php',
     'OCP\\Teams\\ITeamManager' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Teams/ITeamManager.php',
     'OCP\\Teams\\ITeamResourceProvider' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Teams/ITeamResourceProvider.php',
     'OCP\\Teams\\Team' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Teams/Team.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 41109fd5f3d..d7a58bff1a2 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ISynchronousProvider' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ISynchronousProvider.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ITaskType' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ITaskType.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ShapeDescriptor' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeDescriptor.php',
+        'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\ShapeEnumValue' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeEnumValue.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\Task' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/Task.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\AudioToText' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/AudioToText.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\ContextWrite' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/ContextWrite.php',
@@ -795,6 +796,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextSimplification' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextSimplification.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextSummary' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextSummary.php',
         'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextTopics' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTopics.php',
+        'OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\TextToTextTranslate' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTranslate.php',
         'OCP\\Teams\\ITeamManager' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Teams/ITeamManager.php',
         'OCP\\Teams\\ITeamResourceProvider' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Teams/ITeamResourceProvider.php',
         'OCP\\Teams\\Team' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Teams/Team.php',
diff --git a/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php b/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php
index ad690acefd7..73086b55e56 100644
--- a/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use OCP\TaskProcessing\IProvider;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\ISynchronousProvider;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\ITaskType;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeEnumValue;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\Task;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\TaskTypes\AudioToText;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\TaskTypes\TextToImage;
@@ -70,11 +71,12 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 	/** @var list<IProvider>|null  */
 	private ?array $providers = null;
 
-	/** @var array<string,array{name: string, description: string, inputShape: array<string, ShapeDescriptor>, optionalInputShape: array<string, ShapeDescriptor>, outputShape: array<string, ShapeDescriptor>, optionalOutputShape: array<string, ShapeDescriptor>}>|null  */
+	/**
+	 * @var array<array-key,array{name: string, description: string, inputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], inputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][], inputShapeDefaults: array<array-key, numeric|string>, optionalInputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], optionalInputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][], optionalInputShapeDefaults: array<array-key, numeric|string>, outputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], outputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][], optionalOutputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], optionalOutputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][]}>
+	 */
 	private ?array $availableTaskTypes = null;
 
 	private IAppData $appData;
-
 	public function __construct(
 		private IConfig $config,
 		private Coordinator $coordinator,
@@ -95,9 +97,7 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 		$this->appData = $appDataFactory->get('core');
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return IProvider[]
-	 */
+
 	private function _getTextProcessingProviders(): array {
 		$oldProviders = $this->textProcessingManager->getProviders();
 		$newProviders = [];
@@ -155,6 +155,30 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 						throw new ProcessingException($e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
 					}
 				}
+
+				public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
 			};
 			$newProviders[$provider->getId()] = $provider;
 		}
@@ -289,6 +313,30 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 					}
 					return ['images' => array_map(fn (ISimpleFile $file) => $file->getContent(), $files)];
 				}
+
+				public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
 			};
 			$newProviders[$newProvider->getId()] = $newProvider;
 		}
@@ -351,6 +399,30 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 					}
 					return ['output' => $result];
 				}
+
+				public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
+
+				public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+					return [];
+				}
 			};
 			$newProviders[$newProvider->getId()] = $newProvider;
 		}
@@ -439,35 +511,67 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 
 	/**
 	 * @param ShapeDescriptor[] $spec
+	 * @param array<array-key, string|numeric> $defaults
+	 * @param array<array-key, ShapeEnumValue[]> $enumValues
 	 * @param array $io
+	 * @param bool $optional
 	 * @return void
 	 * @throws ValidationException
 	 */
-	private function validateInput(array $spec, array $io, bool $optional = false): void {
+	private static function validateInput(array $spec, array $defaults, array $enumValues, array $io, bool $optional = false): void {
 		foreach ($spec as $key => $descriptor) {
 			$type = $descriptor->getShapeType();
 			if (!isset($io[$key])) {
 				if ($optional) {
 					continue;
 				}
+				if (isset($defaults[$key])) {
+					if (EShapeType::getScalarType($type) !== $type) {
+						throw new ValidationException('Provider tried to set a default value for a non-scalar slot');
+					}
+					if (EShapeType::isFileType($type)) {
+						throw new ValidationException('Provider tried to set a default value for a slot that is not text or number');
+					}
+					$type->validateInput($defaults[$key]);
+					continue;
+				}
 				throw new ValidationException('Missing key: "' . $key . '"');
 			}
 			try {
 				$type->validateInput($io[$key]);
+				if ($type === EShapeType::Enum) {
+					if (!isset($enumValues[$key])) {
+						throw new ValidationException('Provider did not provide enum values for an enum slot: "' . $key .'"');
+					}
+					$type->validateEnum($io[$key], $enumValues[$key]);
+				}
 			} catch (ValidationException $e) {
 				throw new ValidationException('Failed to validate input key "' . $key . '": ' . $e->getMessage());
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Takes task input data and replaces fileIds with File objects
+	 *
+	 * @param array<array-key, list<numeric|string>|numeric|string> $input
+	 * @param array<array-key, numeric|string> ...$defaultSpecs the specs
+	 * @return array<array-key, list<numeric|string>|numeric|string>
+	 */
+	public function fillInputDefaults(array $input, ...$defaultSpecs): array {
+		$spec = array_reduce($defaultSpecs, fn ($carry, $spec) => array_merge($carry, $spec), []);
+		return array_merge($spec, $input);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param ShapeDescriptor[] $spec
+	 * @param array<array-key, ShapeEnumValue[]> $enumValues
 	 * @param array $io
 	 * @param bool $optional
 	 * @return void
 	 * @throws ValidationException
 	 */
-	private function validateOutputWithFileIds(array $spec, array $io, bool $optional = false): void {
+	private static function validateOutputWithFileIds(array $spec, array $enumValues, array $io, bool $optional = false): void {
 		foreach ($spec as $key => $descriptor) {
 			$type = $descriptor->getShapeType();
 			if (!isset($io[$key])) {
@@ -478,6 +582,9 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 			}
 			try {
 				$type->validateOutputWithFileIds($io[$key]);
+				if (isset($enumValues[$key])) {
+					$type->validateEnum($io[$key], $enumValues[$key]);
+				}
 			} catch (ValidationException $e) {
 				throw new ValidationException('Failed to validate output key "' . $key . '": ' . $e->getMessage());
 			}
@@ -486,12 +593,13 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 
 	/**
 	 * @param ShapeDescriptor[] $spec
+	 * @param array<array-key, ShapeEnumValue[]> $enumValues
 	 * @param array $io
 	 * @param bool $optional
 	 * @return void
 	 * @throws ValidationException
 	 */
-	private function validateOutputWithFileData(array $spec, array $io, bool $optional = false): void {
+	private static function validateOutputWithFileData(array $spec, array $enumValues, array $io, bool $optional = false): void {
 		foreach ($spec as $key => $descriptor) {
 			$type = $descriptor->getShapeType();
 			if (!isset($io[$key])) {
@@ -502,6 +610,9 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 			}
 			try {
 				$type->validateOutputWithFileData($io[$key]);
+				if (isset($enumValues[$key])) {
+					$type->validateEnum($io[$key], $enumValues[$key]);
+				}
 			} catch (ValidationException $e) {
 				throw new ValidationException('Failed to validate output key "' . $key . '": ' . $e->getMessage());
 			}
@@ -569,10 +680,16 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 				$availableTaskTypes[$provider->getTaskTypeId()] = [
 					'name' => $taskType->getName(),
 					'description' => $taskType->getDescription(),
-					'inputShape' => $taskType->getInputShape(),
 					'optionalInputShape' => $provider->getOptionalInputShape(),
+					'inputShapeEnumValues' => $provider->getInputShapeEnumValues(),
+					'inputShapeDefaults' => $provider->getInputShapeDefaults(),
+					'inputShape' => $taskType->getInputShape(),
+					'optionalInputShapeEnumValues' => $provider->getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(),
+					'optionalInputShapeDefaults' => $provider->getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(),
 					'outputShape' => $taskType->getOutputShape(),
+					'outputShapeEnumValues' => $provider->getOutputShapeEnumValues(),
 					'optionalOutputShape' => $provider->getOptionalOutputShape(),
+					'optionalOutputShapeEnumValues' => $provider->getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(),
 				];
 			}
 
@@ -592,10 +709,14 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 		}
 		$taskTypes = $this->getAvailableTaskTypes();
 		$inputShape = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['inputShape'];
+		$inputShapeDefaults = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['inputShapeDefaults'];
+		$inputShapeEnumValues = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['inputShapeEnumValues'];
 		$optionalInputShape = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['optionalInputShape'];
+		$optionalInputShapeEnumValues = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['optionalInputShapeEnumValues'];
+		$optionalInputShapeDefaults = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['optionalInputShapeDefaults'];
 		// validate input
-		$this->validateInput($inputShape, $task->getInput());
-		$this->validateInput($optionalInputShape, $task->getInput(), true);
+		$this->validateInput($inputShape, $inputShapeDefaults, $inputShapeEnumValues, $task->getInput());
+		$this->validateInput($optionalInputShape, $optionalInputShapeDefaults, $optionalInputShapeEnumValues, $task->getInput(), true);
 		// authenticate access to mentioned files
 		$ids = [];
 		foreach ($inputShape + $optionalInputShape as $key => $descriptor) {
@@ -614,7 +735,9 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 			$this->validateUserAccessToFile($fileId, $task->getUserId());
 		}
 		// remove superfluous keys and set input
-		$task->setInput($this->removeSuperfluousArrayKeys($task->getInput(), $inputShape, $optionalInputShape));
+		$input = $this->removeSuperfluousArrayKeys($task->getInput(), $inputShape, $optionalInputShape);
+		$inputWithDefaults = $this->fillInputDefaults($input, $inputShapeDefaults, $optionalInputShapeDefaults);
+		$task->setInput($inputWithDefaults);
 		$task->setStatus(Task::STATUS_SCHEDULED);
 		$task->setScheduledAt(time());
 		$provider = $this->getPreferredProvider($task->getTaskTypeId());
@@ -703,15 +826,17 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 		} elseif ($result !== null) {
 			$taskTypes = $this->getAvailableTaskTypes();
 			$outputShape = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['outputShape'];
+			$outputShapeEnumValues = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['outputShapeEnumValues'];
 			$optionalOutputShape = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['optionalOutputShape'];
+			$optionalOutputShapeEnumValues = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['optionalOutputShapeEnumValues'];
 			try {
 				// validate output
 				if (!$isUsingFileIds) {
-					$this->validateOutputWithFileData($outputShape, $result);
-					$this->validateOutputWithFileData($optionalOutputShape, $result, true);
+					$this->validateOutputWithFileData($outputShape, $outputShapeEnumValues, $result);
+					$this->validateOutputWithFileData($optionalOutputShape, $optionalOutputShapeEnumValues, $result, true);
 				} else {
-					$this->validateOutputWithFileIds($outputShape, $result);
-					$this->validateOutputWithFileIds($optionalOutputShape, $result, true);
+					$this->validateOutputWithFileIds($outputShape, $outputShapeEnumValues, $result);
+					$this->validateOutputWithFileIds($optionalOutputShape, $optionalOutputShapeEnumValues, $result, true);
 				}
 				$output = $this->removeSuperfluousArrayKeys($result, $outputShape, $optionalOutputShape);
 				// extract raw data and put it in files, replace it with file ids
@@ -929,9 +1054,6 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 		$inputShape = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['inputShape'];
 		$optionalInputShape = $taskTypes[$task->getTaskTypeId()]['optionalInputShape'];
 		$input = $task->getInput();
-		// validate input, again for good measure (should have been validated in scheduleTask)
-		$this->validateInput($inputShape, $input);
-		$this->validateInput($optionalInputShape, $input, true);
 		$input = $this->removeSuperfluousArrayKeys($input, $inputShape, $optionalInputShape);
 		$input = $this->fillInputFileData($task->getUserId(), $input, $inputShape, $optionalInputShape);
 		return $input;
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/EShapeType.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/EShapeType.php
index 059f9d0c3c7..cd8d6d837da 100644
--- a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/EShapeType.php
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/EShapeType.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum EShapeType: int {
 	case Audio = 3;
 	case Video = 4;
 	case File = 5;
+	case Enum = 6;
 	case ListOfNumbers = 10;
 	case ListOfTexts = 11;
 	case ListOfImages = 12;
@@ -30,6 +31,25 @@ enum EShapeType: int {
 	case ListOfVideos = 14;
 	case ListOfFiles = 15;
 
+	/**
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 * @param ShapeEnumValue[] $enumValues
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function validateEnum(mixed $value, array $enumValues): void {
+		if ($this !== EShapeType::Enum) {
+			throw new ValidationException('Provider provided enum values for non-enum slot');
+		}
+		foreach ($enumValues as $enumValue) {
+			if ($value === $enumValue->getValue()) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		throw new ValidationException('Wrong value given for Enum slot. Got "' . $value . '", but expected one of the provided enum values: "' . implode('", "', array_map(fn ($enumValue) => $enumValue->getValue(), $enumValues)) . '"');
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param mixed $value
 	 * @return void
@@ -37,6 +57,9 @@ enum EShapeType: int {
 	 * @since 30.0.0
 	 */
 	private function validateNonFileType(mixed $value): void {
+		if ($this === EShapeType::Enum && !is_string($value)) {
+			throw new ValidationException('Non-text item provided for Enum slot');
+		}
 		if ($this === EShapeType::Text && !is_string($value)) {
 			throw new ValidationException('Non-text item provided for Text slot');
 		}
@@ -159,4 +182,13 @@ enum EShapeType: int {
 	public static function getScalarType(EShapeType $type): EShapeType {
 		return EShapeType::from($type->value % 10);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param EShapeType $type
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public static function isFileType(EShapeType $type): bool {
+		return in_array(EShapeType::getScalarType($type), [EShapeType::File, EShapeType::Image, EShapeType::Audio, EShapeType::Video], true);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php
index d7cd96edc45..e3e6b3be09d 100644
--- a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ interface IManager {
 	public function getPreferredProvider(string $taskType);
 
 	/**
-	 * @return array<string,array{name: string, description: string, inputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], optionalInputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], outputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], optionalOutputShape: ShapeDescriptor[]}>
+	 * @return array<array-key,array{name: string, description: string, inputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], inputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][], inputShapeDefaults: array<array-key, numeric|string>, optionalInputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], optionalInputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][], optionalInputShapeDefaults: array<array-key, numeric|string>, outputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], outputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][], optionalOutputShape: ShapeDescriptor[], optionalOutputShapeEnumValues: ShapeEnumValue[][]}>
 	 * @since 30.0.0
 	 */
 	public function getAvailableTaskTypes(): array;
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IProvider.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IProvider.php
index 68a708ca834..a4e752216c7 100644
--- a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IProvider.php
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IProvider.php
@@ -58,4 +58,52 @@ interface IProvider {
 	 * @psalm-return ShapeDescriptor[]
 	 */
 	public function getOptionalOutputShape(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the option list for each input shape ENUM slot
+	 *
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 * @psalm-return ShapeEnumValue[][]
+	 */
+	public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the default values for input shape slots
+	 *
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 * @psalm-return array<array-key, string|numeric>
+	 */
+	public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the option list for each optional input shape ENUM slot
+	 *
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 * @psalm-return ShapeEnumValue[][]
+	 */
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the default values for optional input shape slots
+	 *
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 * @psalm-return array<array-key, string|numeric>
+	 */
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the option list for each output shape ENUM slot
+	 *
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 * @psalm-return ShapeEnumValue[][]
+	 */
+	public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the option list for each optional output shape ENUM slot
+	 *
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 * @psalm-return ShapeEnumValue[][]
+	 */
+	public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array;
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeDescriptor.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeDescriptor.php
index 5759b260865..19e57c8a91d 100644
--- a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeDescriptor.php
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeDescriptor.php
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ class ShapeDescriptor implements \JsonSerializable {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return array{name: string, description: string, type: "Number"|"Text"|"Audio"|"Image"|"Video"|"File"|"ListOfNumbers"|"ListOfTexts"|"ListOfImages"|"ListOfAudios"|"ListOfVideos"|"ListOfFiles"}
+	 * @return array{name: string, description: string, type: "Number"|"Text"|"Audio"|"Image"|"Video"|"File"|"Enum"|"ListOfNumbers"|"ListOfTexts"|"ListOfImages"|"ListOfAudios"|"ListOfVideos"|"ListOfFiles"}
 	 * @since 30.0.0
 	 */
 	public function jsonSerialize(): array {
-		/** @var "Number"|"Text"|"Audio"|"Image"|"Video"|"File"|"ListOfNumbers"|"ListOfTexts"|"ListOfImages"|"ListOfAudios"|"ListOfVideos"|"ListOfFiles" $type */
+		/** @var "Number"|"Text"|"Audio"|"Image"|"Video"|"File"|"Enum"|"ListOfNumbers"|"ListOfTexts"|"ListOfImages"|"ListOfAudios"|"ListOfVideos"|"ListOfFiles" $type */
 		$type = $this->getShapeType()->name;
 		return [
 			'name' => $this->getName(),
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeEnumValue.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeEnumValue.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc500524304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/ShapeEnumValue.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCP\TaskProcessing;
+
+/**
+ * Data object for input output shape enum slot value
+ * @since 30.0.0
+ */
+class ShapeEnumValue implements \JsonSerializable {
+	/**
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @param string $value
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function __construct(
+		private string $name,
+		private string $value,
+	) {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getName(): string {
+		return $this->name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getValue(): string {
+		return $this->value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array{name: string, value: string}
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function jsonSerialize(): array {
+		return [
+			'name' => $this->getName(),
+			'value' => $this->getValue(),
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToText.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToText.php
index 7ac7f2eca05..92eaf5629e8 100644
--- a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToText.php
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToText.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class TextToText implements ITaskType {
 	 * @since 30.0.0
 	 */
 	public function getDescription(): string {
-		return $this->l->t('Runs an arbitrary prompt through a language model that retuns a reply');
+		return $this->l->t('Runs an arbitrary prompt through a language model that returns a reply');
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTranslate.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTranslate.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11b71ec3eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/TaskTypes/TextToTextTranslate.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\TaskProcessing\TaskTypes;
+
+use OCP\IL10N;
+use OCP\L10N\IFactory;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\EShapeType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ITaskType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * This is the task processing task type for generic text processing
+ * @since 30.0.0
+ */
+class TextToTextTranslate implements ITaskType {
+	/**
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public const ID = 'core:text2text:translate';
+
+	private IL10N $l;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IFactory $l10nFactory
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function __construct(
+		IFactory $l10nFactory,
+	) {
+		$this->l = $l10nFactory->get('core');
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @inheritDoc
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getName(): string {
+		return $this->l->t('Translate');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @inheritDoc
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getDescription(): string {
+		return $this->l->t('Translate text from one language to another');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getId(): string {
+		return self::ID;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return ShapeDescriptor[]
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getInputShape(): array {
+		return [
+			'input' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Origin text'),
+				$this->l->t('The text to translate'),
+				EShapeType::Text
+			),
+			'origin_language' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Origin language'),
+				$this->l->t('The language of the origin text'),
+				EShapeType::Enum
+			),
+			'target_language' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Target language'),
+				$this->l->t('The desired language to translate the origin text in'),
+				EShapeType::Enum
+			),
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return ShapeDescriptor[]
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getOutputShape(): array {
+		return [
+			'output' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Result'),
+				$this->l->t('The translated text'),
+				EShapeType::Text
+			),
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib/TaskProcessing/TaskProcessingTest.php b/tests/lib/TaskProcessing/TaskProcessingTest.php
index c88f73a861c..ac9dec1cd1d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/TaskProcessing/TaskProcessingTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/TaskProcessing/TaskProcessingTest.php
@@ -104,6 +104,30 @@ class AsyncProvider implements IProvider {
 			'optionalKey' => new ShapeDescriptor('optional Key', 'AN optional key', EShapeType::Text),
 		];
 	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
 }
 
 class SuccessfulSyncProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousProvider {
@@ -138,6 +162,30 @@ class SuccessfulSyncProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousProvider {
 	public function process(?string $userId, array $input, callable $reportProgress): array {
 		return ['output' => $input['input']];
 	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
 }
 
 class FailingSyncProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousProvider {
@@ -173,6 +221,30 @@ class FailingSyncProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousProvider {
 	public function process(?string $userId, array $input, callable $reportProgress): array {
 		throw new ProcessingException(self::ERROR_MESSAGE);
 	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
 }
 
 class BrokenSyncProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousProvider {
@@ -207,6 +279,30 @@ class BrokenSyncProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousProvider {
 	public function process(?string $userId, array $input, callable $reportProgress): array {
 		return [];
 	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
 }
 
 class SuccessfulTextProcessingSummaryProvider implements \OCP\TextProcessing\IProvider {