Creating & Managing Projects

A project gathers a piece of work in one place: its own conversation with the agent, plus the documents, sheets, views, and files that go with it. This guide covers creating and renaming projects, adding cover images, organizing with folders and favorites, duplicating a project's structure as a starting point, copying or moving artifacts between projects, and archiving or deleting finished work. And when the work is done, archiving completes the project's open tasks for you.

Create a Project

1. Click New Project on your home screen.

Obvious creates the project immediately with an auto-generated name and opens it. From here you can rename it, start a conversation with the agent, create artifacts, or upload files.

Rename a Project

Click the project name in the toolbar at the top of the project. The name becomes editable. Type the new name and press Enter.

You can also open the ⋯ menu in the toolbar and select Rename.

Tip: Obvious auto-renames new projects based on your first conversation. Once you rename a project manually, auto-renaming stops, and the name you choose sticks.

Add a Cover Image

To add a cover image to a project, open the ⋯ menu in the project toolbar and select Add cover. Obvious adds a cover image area at the top of the project. Once a cover is set, the menu shows Change cover and Remove cover instead. Use Change cover to swap it out or Remove cover to clear it entirely.

Duplicate a Project

Duplicating copies everything in a project (documents, sheets, files, and folder structure) into a new project.

1. Open the ⋯ menu in the project toolbar.

2. Click Duplicate.

3. Obvious creates a copy with the same name plus "(Copy)." Rename it to something that makes sense.

Duplicating is useful when you want to reuse a project's structure as a starting point without affecting the original.

Organize Projects with Folders and Favorites

On your home screen, you can switch between Recent, Favorites, and Workspace views to find projects quickly.

To favorite a project, open the ⋯ menu and select Add to favorites. Favorited projects appear in the Favorites view on your home screen and are marked with a star.

To organize projects into folders, you can create project folders from the Projects page and drag projects into them.

Copy or Move Artifacts Between Projects

You can copy or move any artifact (documents, sheets, views) from one project to another.

1. Open the artifact you want to copy or move.

2. Click the ⋯ menu in the artifact header.

3. Select Copy to or Move to, then choose an existing project or create a new one.

4. Confirm the copy or move in the dialog that appears.

Copy leaves the original in place and creates a duplicate in the target project. Move transfers the artifact entirely and removes it from the current project.

Archive a Project

Archiving removes a project from your active list without deleting it. It also completes the project's open tasks, including everything nested under them, so you no longer need to complete each task by hand before archiving. Use it for work you want out of the way but not gone.

Open the ⋯ menu on any project card on the projects page and select Archive. Obvious archives it immediately, with no confirmation step, and hides it from the sidebar. You can also archive via the status picker in the project toolbar: click the current status badge, then select Archived from the dropdown.

To view archived projects on the projects page, click Show Archived in the toolbar.

To restore a project, open the ⋯ menu on the project in the Show Archived view and select Unarchive.

Delete a Project

The project owner, project admins, and workspace admins can delete a project. Members with edit or view access don't see the Delete option.

1. Open the ⋯ menu in the project toolbar.

2. Click Delete.

3. Confirm the deletion.

Warning: Deleting a project removes all its artifacts, sheets, and files permanently. Export anything you need before deleting.