Projects

Any outcome that takes more than one action is a project. Projects hold the tasks toward that outcome, plus a clear successful outcome statement.

Press p to open the Projects view (when you're not already typing in a field — shortcuts are suppressed inside note editors, task titles, and other text inputs).

Successful outcome

"Book is printed and shipped" beats "Book project." The outcome statement is how future-you knows when to mark this complete. Be concrete. Name the state of the world when it's done.

When you create a project, the name and outcome default to the same text. Edit the outcome to make it more specific if you want — click the line below the project name.

Parallel vs Sequential

Two flavors of project, inherited from classic GTD:

• Parallel (default) — every active task is available simultaneously. "Plan vacation": book flights, research hotels, buy luggage — any order.
• Sequential — each task blocks the next. "Set up home office": buy desk → assemble desk → set up monitor. Doing step 3 before step 1 doesn't make sense.

Set per-project via the chip in Project Detail labeled "Parallel" or "Sequential." Hover for "Treat Next actions as" tooltip.

The Sequential toggle on Next Actions

On the Next Actions view, there's a Sequential toggle in the header. When on:

• Sequential projects collapse to just their first incomplete task
• Parallel projects show all their active tasks (no change)
• Projectless tasks (loose items) always show

When you complete the visible task of a sequential project, the next one auto-surfaces. This is how sequential mode stays useful — you never see future steps that aren't yet actionable.

Default for new projects

Settings → Preferences → Default sequence mode for new projects. Set it once. Applies to every project you create afterward. Can always be overridden per project.

Tasks in a project

Inside a project detail, tasks are grouped by status:

• Next Actions — ready to go
• Waiting For — delegated or dependent
• Scheduled — pinned to a future date
• Other — leftover (someday/etc. that got attached)
• Completed — collapsed by default

Drag to reorder or re-classify

• Drag within a section → reorders tasks. This is also how you set the sequence for a Sequential project.
• Drag to a different section → changes the task's status. Dropping on Waiting sets the waiting date to now. Dropping on Scheduled sets the start date to today (edit via the chip afterward).

Waiting and Scheduled sections only appear when they have tasks — they pop into view when you start dragging.

Project-level actions

Each project row and the project detail page both have a ⋯ menu with:

• Duplicate project — clones name, outcome, area, sequence mode, and all non-completed tasks
• Mark complete — sets status to done
• Delete project — confirm dialog, then removes project + all its tasks

Health indicators

The colored dot on each project row tells you at a glance:

• ● Healthy — next action exists, tasks flowing
• ⚠ Stalled — no next action, but incomplete tasks remain
• ◉ Blocked — only Waiting tasks, nothing you can do
• ○ Paused — on hold or someday
• ✓ Complete

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