Projects

Say what done looks like. Every AI works from it.

A project is anything that takes more than one task. Your AI keeps a brief for it in Penny: the goal, where things stand, and the plan. Any AI you connect can read the brief, so you don't have to explain the project twice.

Examples

What a project looks like

A project says what done looks like and keeps everything for it in one place: where things stand, the to-dos, and the notes, trackers, and skills that go with it. A few from different parts of life:

Museum field trip

GoalAll 58 students there and back, Oct 23
ProgressSlips coming back, 43 of 58 in
  • Send permission slips homeSep 29
  • Get a bus quoteSep 30
  • Line up four chaperonesOct 9
Attached
Permission slips· tracker
Parent email· skill
Bus quote· note

Kitchen renovation

GoalDone by the Oct 21 walkthrough, under $42,000
ProgressCountertop templated; install in two weeks
  • Pick the countertopSep 15
  • Confirm the plumberTue
  • Order the backsplash tileOct 2
Attached
Budget· tracker
Contractor emails· skill
Tile quote· note

First half marathon

GoalFinish the November half without walking
ProgressLong run up to 7 miles
  • Buy new running shoesSep 6
  • Book the race hotelOct 1
  • Plan the taperNov 1
Attached
Runs· tracker
Training plan· note

One brief, from any app

Starting

Turn a growing list into a project

When a few tasks turn into something bigger, ask your AI to make it a project and say what done looks like. It saves the goal to Penny and moves the tasks you already have into the project.

Animation in Claude: Marco asks to make his field trip a project, a Project created card appears, five tasks move in, and a Tasks card lists them.
Animation in ChatGPT: Marco names nine students whose slips came back, and ChatGPT logs them: 43 of 58 are in.
Progress

Log progress in one sentence

Tell any connected AI what happened. It records the update where it belongs, like nine more permission slips on the project's tracker, and tells you where the count stands.

Skills

The project's skill shapes the work

Attach a skill to a project and your AI uses it whenever it works on that project. Ask for a reminder to families, and it comes out the way the teacher writes them: short, warm, and signed Mr. Reyes.

Animation in ChatGPT: Marco asks for a reminder to families, a Skill invoked card shows Parent email, and the reminder is signed Mr. Reyes.
Animation: slips logged in ChatGPT on Wednesday, then two weeks out in Claude, Marco asks where the trip stands and Claude reads the brief and lists what's left.
Status

Ask where it stands, from any app

Ask how a project is going and your AI reads the brief, then the tracker and notes attached to it. Because it knows the goal, it can tell you what's left and offer to help with the next step.

Finishing

Finish it by saying so

When you mention the work is done, your AI can check it against the goal and ask whether to mark the project complete. Say yes, and the brief stays in your dashboard with everything it held.

Animation in ChatGPT: Marco says they're back from the museum, ChatGPT asks to mark the project done, he says yes, and a Project updated card appears.
Your dashboard

Every project has a brief in your dashboard

Each project has a page with its purpose, its progress, the notes, trackers, and skills attached to it, the plan and its to-dos, and instructions for how the work should be done. Edit any part of it yourself. Each change is kept as a revision under History.

Animation of the Penny dashboard: the Projects page, then the Museum field trip brief opens and scrolls past Purpose, Progress, and Resources to the Plan.

Things to try saying

These work in any AI you've connected to Penny, whatever you use it for.

"Make this a project."

Turns what you're working on into a project with its own brief.

"Done means we launch by March 1."

Sets the goal every AI measures the project against.

"Move these tasks into the project."

Files tasks you already have under the project.

"Attach my notes on this to the project."

Links related notes, so any AI working on the project has them.

"Use my email skill for this project."

Attaches a skill as the way this project's work gets done.

"Where does this project stand?"

Reads the brief and tells you what's done, what's left, and what's next.

"What should I do next on this?"

Suggests a next step based on the goal and the open tasks.

"Add to the project: the venue is booked."

Updates the project's progress, so the next chat starts from it.

"We're done. Mark the project complete."

Closes the project. The brief stays in your dashboard.

Questions about projects

What's in a project brief?

The purpose (what done looks like), progress, the notes, trackers, and skills attached to it, the plan and its to-dos, instructions for how the work should be done, and a checkpoint. Your AI can read the whole brief in one step.

How is a project different from a task?

A task is one thing to do. A project is the bigger goal those tasks serve, with everything that goes with it. Tasks can live inside a project or stand on their own.

Do all my AI apps see the same project?

Yes. Projects live in your Penny account, so the brief you start in Claude is the one ChatGPT reads, and an update from either shows up in both.

Can I edit a project myself?

Yes. Every part of the brief is editable in your dashboard. Each change is kept as a revision, and you can see past revisions under History.

What happens when a project is finished?

Its status changes to Completed, and the brief stays in your dashboard with its tasks and attachments. A project can also be Active, Paused, or Canceled.

Who can see my projects?

Your projects are encrypted with AES-256-GCM in storage and in transit, like everything in Penny. We don't train on your data, and we only use AI providers that don't train on it either. Every time Penny's service decrypts your memory, it's on record in your dashboard and sealed into a public, tamper-evident log.

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