Talking to the lead

The lead is how you talk to the whole team. Describe what you want in plain words; it plans, creates cards and puts the right teammates on them.

Start a conversation

On the project page, open Chat with <lead> (⌘3).
From the Team view, choose Talk to <lead>.
From anywhere, press ⌘N, pick the project and Team · <lead> leads, and type.

Tutti's home screen: What should we work on? A box addressed to Sarah and the team, with the acme-shop project and Team · Sarah leads selected, and a Send to the team button. — The same box everywhere: the project, who it's for, the message.

What to say

Anything from one line to a full brief works. Some examples:

"We need refunds in the admin before Black Friday. What's the plan?"
"What should we work on next?"
"Assign the backlog to the right people."
"Start the cards that are ready to go."
"Split #14 into a backend and a frontend card and give them to Tom and Ada."
"Park #9 for now; it's not needed this month."

Attach files (a spec, a screenshot, a CSV) the same way as anywhere else.

What happens next

The lead reads the project and the board, asks what it needs to know, and proposes a plan, usually as cards with an owner each. When you agree, it creates the cards and starts them: they move to Ready, and free teammates pick them up. You'll see the cards appear on the board and the Team view update.

Sarah, the CTO, replies with a plan of three cards for Tom, Ada and Leo and asks whether to create and start them. — A plan with owners, waiting for your go-ahead.

Keep it on track

Be specific about done. "Done means a passing end-to-end test" saves a round of review.
Say who should not do something, or which parts of the code to leave alone.
Pick the model. Planning benefits from a strong model; change it with the model button under the message box.
Set it and forget it. With Team picks up clear cards on, the lead also handles new Backlog cards and questions on cards by itself.
House rules for every agent go in Settings → Agents & models → Standing instructions (for example "Use pnpm, not npm").

A quick task instead

Not everything needs the team. For a small change, press ⌘N, choose One agent and describe it: one agent works on it in its own branch, and you review the diff.

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