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Tasks gives you a single, organised view of every task you're responsible for across all clients and projects, helping you prioritise, stay focused, and plan your work with confidence.

Tasks gives you one simple place to see everything you’re responsible for across all clients and all projects. Instead of jumping between projects or trying to remember what’s due when, My Tasks pulls every task assigned to you into one tidy, organised view. It’s designed to help you stay focused, stay on track, and plan your day or week with confidence.

How Tasks Works

When you’re assigned to a task inside any project, it automatically appears in My Tasks. Tasks are organised in a clear hierarchy so you always know where each one sits:

  • Client

  • Project

  • Phase

  • Task name

  • Who else is assigned (if applicable)

  • Due date

You can click any task to jump straight into the project, or mark it complete directly from this screen.

Four ways to view Tasks

1. My Tasks

This is your full task list — every active task you’re assigned to.
This view lets you:

  • See your total task count

  • Expand clients and projects to see exactly where tasks live

  • Click any task to open it inside its project

  • Mark tasks as complete

  • Bookmark tasks to bring them into your Focus list

Most people start here and then curate what truly matters for the week.

2.Everything

Everything gives you a complete view of all projects and tasks you have access to, including work assigned to other members of your team.

It’s useful when you want to:

  • Get across everything happening across the business

  • Review all tasks for a particular client or project

  • Check what different team members have on their plate

  • Find overdue work or tasks coming up

  • Review both open and completed tasks

For example, a project manager might use Everything at the start of the week to review all open tasks due that month, check who they’re assigned to and spot anything that needs following up.

Search and filters

Use the search bar to quickly find a task, project or client. You can also filter the list by:

  • Visibility: All, Client or Internal

  • Status: Open, Completed or All

  • Due date: Overdue, This week or This month

  • Focused: Show only bookmarked tasks

  • Assignee

  • Client

  • Tags

Filters can be combined to create a more specific view. For example, you could view all open internal tasks assigned to one person that are due this week.

Select Reset all to clear your filters and return to the full Everything view.

Making quick updates

You can also make simple updates directly from the Everything view. Hover over a task to:

  • Add or change its tag

  • Add or change the assignee

  • Add or update the due date

  • Bookmark it for your Focused list

  • Mark it as complete

Any changes made here will also update the original task inside the project.

3. Focused

Focused is your “shortlist” — the tasks you’ve chosen to prioritise.
Use the bookmark icon in All Tasks to add an item to your Focus list. This is ideal for:

  • Daily planning

  • Weekly priorities

  • Grooming a long task list into something achievable

Everything you bookmark lives here until you remove it.

4. Due Soon

Due Soon automatically bubbles up tasks based on urgency. Tasks are grouped into:

  • This Week

  • Next Week

  • Later

Within each group, tasks are sorted from most urgent to least urgent, so you always know what needs attention first.

Upcoming Enhancements

We’re working on an upgrade that will let you add your own personal tasks inside My Tasks — separate from project work. These could include:

  • Admin reminders

  • Billing tasks

  • Client follow-up calls

  • Quick internal to-dos

  • Prep for meetings

  • Day-to-day tasks that don’t belong in a project

This will give you a complete view of your day — project tasks + personal tasks — all in one place.

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