# What is MonoDesk?

> A quick tour of the workspace: what each part does and where to find it.

Category: Getting started
Web version: https://www.monodesk.com/help/getting-started/what-is-monodesk
Last updated: September 8, 2026

MonoDesk is one workspace for creative professionals who run the whole project: winning the work, doing the work, and keeping clients in the loop, all in one place.

![The Today page, your daily starting point](https://www.monodesk.com/help/screenshots/today.png)

Prefer a tour on video? Watch [Take a look around MonoDesk](https://www.monodesk.com/help/videos#take-a-look-around).

## The sidebar

Everything lives in the left sidebar, grouped by how you actually work:

- **Today:** a daily brief assembled from your projects, clients and planner, refreshed each morning
- **Win Work:** **Discover Leads** for live discovery calls, and **Proposals** to win the job
- **Deliver Work:** your **Projects**, the weekly **Planner**, **Time Tracking** and **Invoices**
- **Relationships:** **Clients**, their **Client Portals**, and **Client Updates**

## Your Co-Worker

The **Co-Worker Mode** toggle in the top-right turns MonoDesk into a focused workspace where your AI Co-Worker can plan your day, draft invoices and proposals, and pull project context together. See [What your Co-Worker can do](https://www.monodesk.com/help/co-worker/what-your-co-worker-can-do).

## Finding things fast

- **Search** (`⌘K`) finds anything across clients, projects and tasks
- **Start timer** in the sidebar begins tracking time from anywhere
- Each section has a short **"How it works"** video. Look for the play button at the top of the page

## The Get Started checklist

The **Get started** checklist in the bottom-left walks you through the nine essentials, from adding your first client to sending your first invoice. Start with [adding your first client](https://www.monodesk.com/help/getting-started/add-your-first-client): MonoDesk sets most of it up for you from a website URL.

![The Get Started checklist](https://www.monodesk.com/help/screenshots/get-started-checklist.png)