A project groups related issues into one initiative: a feature, a launch, a cleanup. The project carries the shared facts (lead, dates, status); the issues carry the work. Labels are the other grouping tool, and they cut across projects instead of sitting inside one. Open Bright →

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Create a project

  1. Open Plan and select Projects.
  2. Select New project.
  3. Add a name and a one-line summary.
  4. Pick a status: Backlog, Planned, In progress, Done, or Cancelled.
  5. Optionally set a Lead, a Start date, and a Target date.
  6. Select Create project.
Status words differ between objects. An issue can be Triage or Review; a project cannot.

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Watch it on the timeline

Timeline, the row under Projects in the Plan rail, draws each project as a bar from its start date to its target date, at one fixed zoom. A marker shows where today sits and the Today button scrolls back to it, so a slip is visible at a glance. A project with no dates shows as not scheduled.

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Post a project update

A project’s page has three tabs: Overview, Updates, and Issues. Open Updates to report where the project stands.
  1. Write the update in the box that asks Where does this project stand?
  2. Pick a health beside it: On track, At risk, or Off track.
  3. Select Post update or press Cmd+Enter.
The latest update sets the health shown in the project header. Until someone posts one, the header reads No health update.

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Manage labels

Labels are tags that cut across projects, like Bug or Feature. Create and manage them in Settings → Labels, where each label gets a name, a color, and a description. Attach labels from the Labels property on an issue’s rail; the same tag then works in any view or project.

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How projects fit the rest

  • Issues are the work inside a project. Set Project on an issue to place it: Issues.
  • Documents hold the plan behind the project: Documents.
  • Chat does the work: Sessions and modes.

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Good to know

  • A project has five statuses: Backlog, Planned, In progress, Done, and Cancelled. It has no Triage or Review; an issue does.
  • Lead, Start date, and Target date are optional.
  • Timeline sits under Projects in the Plan rail, at one fixed zoom, with a marker for today and a Today button. Projects without dates show as not scheduled.
  • Labels live in Settings → Labels. Each one has a name, a color, and a description.
  • Health is On track, At risk, or Off track, set by the latest post on the Updates tab.

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Next step

See how an issue moves from capture to Done in Issue and project lifecycle.