Teamwork?

KINDAYou can build the valuable core, but the established product has meaningful operational complexity. Pick one narrow promise for v1.

BUILD FIRST

One specific customer type and one primary use case
A vertical slice that completes the main job without manual workarounds
Visible limits, review steps, and a fallback when an external dependency fails

LEAVE FOR LATER

Broad third-party integrations
High-scale collaboration, syncing, and permissions
Automation that can cause harm without human review

RESEARCH NOTES

What this tool actually does.

Checked 2026-09-06

Teamwork.com is a SaaS project management platform aimed at agencies and client-services teams. Core workflow: plan projects via templates or an AI Project Wizard; structure work with tasks, milestones, and dependencies; view work in List, Board, Table, Timeline, and Gantt views; standardize process with reusable Workflows (custom stages applied across projects) and trigger-based automations; collect client requests via Forms that convert to tasks, plus a help-desk module (Teamwork Desk) that turns tickets into tasks. It includes resource management (forecasting, workload/capacity, utilization targets, skills/roles, scenario planning, availability with holidays), native time tracking with billable/non-billable flags, budgets, quoting, invoicing synced to Xero/QuickBooks, and reporting (Project Health, planned vs actual, profitability, utilization, custom reports). Permissions are user- a

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RESEARCHED BUILD PROMPT

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Build a focused replacement for Teamwork.com's core client-work project management workflow, called something original (not 'Teamwork'). The workflow: a client-services team takes in requests, plans projects, assigns and tracks tasks, manages capacity, logs billable time, and reports on project health. User-facing requirements: (1) projects with templates, milestones, task dependencies, custom fields, and status; (2) task views: List, Board (drag-and-drop), Table, and a Timeline/Gantt with drag-to-reschedule; (3) reusable Workflows: named stage sets applied to projects, with simple trigger-based automations (e.g., on stage change, notify assignee); (4) intake Forms that create tasks; (5) time tracking with timers, manual entry, and billable/non-billable flags; (6) per-project budgets with spend alerts; (7) dashboards: project health, planned vs actual, utilization, profitability; (8) roles: admin, project manager, member, and client (client sees only their projects). Technical requirements: web app with React/Next.js frontend, Node or Python backend, Postgres, auth (e.g., Auth.js), REST API, WebSockets for live updates, CSV export, and seeded demo data. Implementation approaches: use a Gantt library (e.g., Frappe Gantt) for timeline, a DnD library for board/kanban, and a simple dependency graph for scheduling; persist timers server-side. Do not copy Teamwork's brand, logo, colors, copy, or UI; design an original interface. Deliberately out of scope: AI wizard/comment summarization, help-desk/ticketing, Xero/QuickBooks integrations, SSO/enterprise security, mobile apps, multi-tenant billing. Include a README with setup steps and important limitations (e.g., no real-time conflict resolution, single-tenant, no invoicing).

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