function Get-SamyTasks {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$Url
    )

    try {
        $json = Get-RemoteText -Url $Url
        if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($json)) { throw "Tasks JSON was empty." }

        $parsed = $json | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
        $tasks  = @($parsed)

        if ($tasks.Count -eq 0) { throw "Tasks JSON parsed but contained no tasks." }

        foreach ($task in $tasks) {

            $labelRaw = $task.Label
            if ($labelRaw -is [System.Collections.IEnumerable] -and -not ($labelRaw -is [string])) {
                $labelRaw = @($labelRaw)[0]
            }
            $label = [string]$labelRaw
            $task.Label = $label

            $tooltipRaw = $null
            if ($task.PSObject.Properties.Name -contains 'Tooltip') {
                $tooltipRaw = $task.Tooltip
            }

            $tooltip = if ($tooltipRaw -is [string]) {
                $tooltipRaw
            }
            elseif ($tooltipRaw -is [System.Collections.IEnumerable] -and -not ($tooltipRaw -is [string])) {
                [string](@($tooltipRaw)[0])
            }
            else {
                [string]$tooltipRaw
            }

            if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($tooltip)) { $tooltip = $label }

            if ($task.PSObject.Properties.Name -contains 'Tooltip') {
                $task.Tooltip = $tooltip
            }
            else {
                $task | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Tooltip -NotePropertyValue $tooltip -Force
            }
        }

        return $tasks
    }
    catch {
        Write-LogHybrid "Failed to load tasks from ${Url}: $($_.Exception.Message)" Error UI -LogToEvent
        return $null
    }
}