# Create a project & let MonoDesk draft the tasks

> Start from scratch or describe the work and get a first-draft task list.

Category: Getting started
Web version: https://www.monodesk.com/help/getting-started/create-a-project-and-generate-tasks
Last updated: October 23, 2026

Projects live under **Deliver Work** in the sidebar. You can link a project to a client, or keep it standalone; internal work and side projects are projects too.

## Create the project

1. Go to **Projects** and click **Add New Project** (or use **Add New Project** from a client's page; it arrives pre-linked to them)
2. Name the project, pick a **Project Type** and, if you like, describe what you're making

## Project types

The **Project Type** list belongs to your team. It starts with *Web & App*, *Video & Motion*, *Graphic Design*, *Marketing Campaign* and *Other*. You can change a project's type later on its **Details** tab.

![The Project Type list in the new project form](https://www.monodesk.com/help/screenshots/new-project-type.png)

- **Need another type?** Choose **Custom…** at the bottom of the list, type your own (say, *Podcast*) and press Enter. It's saved on the project and added to your team's list, so it's there for the next one. Click **×** to go back to the list without adding it.
- **Workspace admins manage the list** in **Settings → Projects**. Add a type, rename one with the pencil, or remove one with the bin. Each type shows how many projects use it.
- **Renaming** a type renames it on every project that uses it too.
- **Removing** a type only takes it off the list. Projects that already use it keep it, and **Undo** puts it back.

Other teammates can see the list in **Settings → Projects** but can't rename or remove anything. If they can edit projects, they can still add a type with **Custom…**.

![Project types in Settings → Projects](https://www.monodesk.com/help/screenshots/settings-project-types.png)

## Two ways to fill the board

- **Build it yourself.** Add tasks straight onto the board and shape the columns to how you work.
- **Let MonoDesk draft it.** Describe the project and MonoDesk generates a working task list: tasks with **subtasks** breaking each one down, **labels** like *Brief*, *Concept* and *Revisions*, and **suggested due dates**, marked *(suggested)* until you confirm or change them.

![A freshly generated task board](https://www.monodesk.com/help/screenshots/project-board.png)

Either way, everything stays editable: rename, reorder, delete, or mix the two approaches. A generated list is a first draft from a colleague who knows the brief, not a plan you're locked into.

## Next steps

- [Plan the week](https://www.monodesk.com/help/planner-today/plan-your-week): schedule the tasks you'll actually do
- [Share the project through a client's portal](https://www.monodesk.com/help/client-portal/share-a-project-through-the-portal)