---
title: Projects & Tasks
description: Example prompts for searching and managing projects and tasks.
---
## Searching Projects
### Find projects by name
**Prompt:**
> "Search for projects with 'migration' in the name"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_projects` with `searchTerm: "migration"`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"summary": "Found 2 projects (showing 1-2)",
"items": [
{
"id": 5021,
"projectName": "Cloud Migration Phase 2",
"status": 1,
"startDate": "2024-02-01",
"endDate": "2024-06-30",
"companyID": 29683451,
"_enhanced": {
"companyName": "Northwind Traders"
}
},
{
"id": 5018,
"projectName": "Email Migration to Office 365",
"status": 5,
"startDate": "2023-09-01",
"endDate": "2023-12-15",
"companyID": 29683452,
"_enhanced": {
"companyName": "Summit Solutions"
}
}
],
"total": 2
}
```
### Find projects for a company
**Prompt:**
> "Show me all projects for company ID 29683451"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_projects` with `companyID: 29683451`.
---
## Creating Projects
### Create a new project
**Prompt:**
> "Create a project called 'Firewall Upgrade' for company 29683451 starting on 2024-03-01"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_project` with `projectName: "Firewall Upgrade"`, `companyID: 29683451`, and `startDate: "2024-03-01"`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"message": "Created project with ID: 5025",
"data": 5025
}
```
---
## Searching Tasks
### Find tasks on a project
**Prompt:**
> "Show me tasks for project ID 5021"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_tasks` with `projectID: 5021`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"summary": "Found 4 tasks (showing 1-4)",
"items": [
{
"id": 78001,
"title": "Assess current infrastructure",
"status": 5,
"projectID": 5021,
"assignedResourceID": 12345,
"_enhanced": {
"assignedResourceName": "John Smith"
}
},
{
"id": 78002,
"title": "Configure cloud environments",
"status": 1,
"projectID": 5021,
"assignedResourceID": 12346,
"_enhanced": {
"assignedResourceName": "Jane Doe"
}
}
],
"total": 4
}
```
---
## Creating Tasks
### Add a task to a project
**Prompt:**
> "Create a task 'Set up VPN tunnel' on project 5021 assigned to resource 12345"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_task` with `title: "Set up VPN tunnel"`, `projectID: 5021`, and `assignedResourceID: 12345`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"message": "Created task with ID: 78005",
"data": 78005
}
```
---
## Searching Resources
### Find a technician
**Prompt:**
> "Search for resource named Smith"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_resources` with `searchTerm: "Smith"`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"summary": "Found 2 resources (showing 1-2)",
"items": [
{
"id": 12345,
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Smith",
"email": "john.smith@example.com",
"isActive": true
},
{
"id": 12350,
"firstName": "Sarah",
"lastName": "Smithson",
"email": "sarah.smithson@example.com",
"isActive": true
}
],
"total": 2
}
```
