Projects

Projects group related tasks, carry funding goals, and define how work is sorted and who can see it.

Creating a project

From the dashboard, click New Project. A project needs a name and a description. From there you can configure:

• Access level — public projects are visible to everyone and surface in the funding dashboard; private projects are visible only to members.
• Funding goals — yearly targets per project (e.g. $60,000/yr). Goals only surface in the funding dashboard for public projects; the app warns you if goals are set on a non-public project.
• Weight sort template — which weights matter and how much, driving task order across the project.
• Industry — projects are tagged by industry (e.g. software). AI code authoring is available only on software-industry tasks.

Project sections

The project page has four main areas:

• Tasks — the sortable task list. This is the work queue.
• Awaiting Review — tasks submitted for your approval, each with an auto-approve countdown (red within 24 hours). Sorted soonest-to-auto-approve first.
• Funding — goals, pledges, and payout status per task.
• Sub Tasks — nested work lives under parent tasks at the bottom of the task detail page (see Tasks).

Task sorting

Tasks sort by a composite score from the project's weight template. The five weights are:

Weight	Meaning	Scoring
Importance	How much the task matters	1–5, higher = more important
Urgency	How soon it needs doing	1–5, higher = more urgent
Effort	How much work it takes	1–5, negative weight — harder tasks sink
Fun	How enjoyable it is	1–5
Business Value	Revenue/strategic impact	1–10 scale in the default template

The default template weights Business Value heavily ({Importance: 5, Urgency: 3, Effort: -2, Business Value: 10} with a funding bonus), so high-value, low-effort work floats to the top. Owners can adjust the template in project settings; contributors see tasks in the resulting order. Projects without a template get weight sliders for one-off custom sorting.

Score each weight independently — your best guess. Don't overthink it; you can adjust later.

Members and roles

Invite members from Project → Settings → Members:

Role	Can do
Owner	Full control: edit tasks, manage members, approve reviews, set funding
Admin	Manage tasks and reviews; no billing/funding changes
Contributor	Bid, volunteer, and work on tasks
Viewer	Read-only access

Project settings

Project → Settings covers:

• General — name, description, access level (public/private), industry.
• Funding goals — yearly targets. If goals are set but the project isn't public, you'll see a warning: goals only surface in the funding dashboard for public projects.
• Weight template — adjust the composite sort weights.
• Members — invite, change roles, remove.
• API tokens — project-scoped tokens (including idea-creation scope) for integrations.
• AI Workers — pair and manage ff-worker instances. See Agent Integration.

Visibility

• Public — anyone can see the project, its tasks, and its funding progress. Required for funding goals to appear in the funding dashboard.
• Private — visible only to members. Good for internal work or stealth projects.

You can switch between public and private at any time in settings.

Ideas

Projects can collect ideas — lightweight task proposals from anyone. Owners triage ideas and promote the good ones to real tasks. Ideas are a low-friction way to gather suggestions without committing to full task write-ups.

Next steps

• Write tasks: Tasks
• Set up funding: Funding
• Automate with AI: Agent Integration