Overview
Taskade is an AI writing workspace where you outline, draft, organize research, and publish without switching apps. A project holds your messy notes. An AI agent turns them into outlines and first drafts. Your research, sources, and finished pieces all live in the same place.
This guide shows the writer workflow end to end. You will learn how to outline an idea, draft with AI, keep research in order, and ship the final piece.
TL;DR: Taskade for writers means one workspace for the whole job. Outline an idea as a list, draft each section with an AI agent trained on your notes, keep research and sources beside the draft, then publish. It runs on 15+ frontier models you can switch mid-draft, and works across all 7 project views. Start free →
Why Writers Use Taskade
Most writing tools handle one slice of the job. A doc editor holds the draft. A separate app holds research. A third tool holds the to-do list. You lose time moving between them, and your AI loses the context that makes its help worth using.
Taskade keeps the whole job in one project. The outline, the draft, the research, and the deadlines sit together. Because your AI agent reads that same project, it drafts with your real notes instead of guessing. The more you write, the more your workspace knows, so each new piece starts further ahead.
- One place for the whole piece. Idea, outline, draft, research, and publish step all live in a single project.
- AI that knows your work. Agents read your project, so drafts match your sources and your voice.
- Built for structure. Every piece starts as an outline you can expand into a draft line by line.
- Switch how you see it. View the same writing as a list, a board, a calendar of deadlines, and more.
Outline Your Idea First
Start every piece as an outline. In Taskade, a project is an outline by default, so you type your idea and break it into points without any setup.
- Create a new project and give it the title of your piece.
- Type your main sections as top-level items, like "Intro", "Main argument", and "Conclusion".
- Press Tab to nest sub-points under each section. Press Shift+Tab to move them back out.
- Drag items to reorder until the flow feels right.
Need help getting unstuck? Ask the AI Assistant inside the project to expand a thin section into talking points. You can also ask Taskade EVE to generate a full outline from a one-line brief, then edit it down to what you want.
For the mechanics of nesting, folding, and reordering, see Outlining 101. For writing the text itself, Markdown support lets you add headings, bold, links, and quotes as you type.
Draft With AI Agents
Turn each outline point into prose with an AI agent. Open the AI Chat inside your project, point it at a section, and ask it to draft.
The trick is to use a custom AI agent instead of a blank chat box. A custom agent can be trained on your past articles, your style guide, and your research, so it drafts in your voice from the start. You build one in minutes with no code, and you can generate it from a sentence if you would rather not set it up by hand.
| What you want | What to ask the agent |
|---|---|
| A rough first draft | "Draft this section from the outline points below." |
| A tighter version | "Cut this by a third and keep the strongest lines." |
| A different angle | "Rewrite this for a beginner reader." |
| A stronger opening | "Give me three opening lines for this section." |
| A quick fact check | "List the claims here that need a source." |
Every agent ships with 33 built-in tools, including web search, so it can research a point and pull it straight into your draft. Switch between 15+ frontier models mid-draft when one model writes a section better than another. For a tour of the chat features, see the AI Assistant guide.
Tip: Treat the agent like a writing partner, not a vending machine. Draft a section, react to what comes back, then ask for the next pass. The back-and-forth is where the good writing happens.
Organize Your Research
Keep research beside the draft, not in a separate app. In Taskade, you collect sources, quotes, and links as items in the same project, or in a linked research project you open alongside the draft.
- Paste links and Taskade saves them as clean, clickable references.
- Add quotes and notes as sub-items under the section they support.
- Attach files like PDFs and screenshots directly to the relevant point.
- Tag sources by theme so you can filter your research fast.
When you train a custom agent on this research, it drafts using your real sources instead of inventing them. The agent keeps persistent memory, so when you add a new source the agent connected to that project picks it up automatically.
Because your writing is structured data, you can look at it in whatever view fits the moment. Use the Board view to move sections through "Outline", "Drafting", and "Done". Use the Calendar view to map deadlines. Taskade gives you 7 project views in total: List, Board, Calendar, Table, Mind Map, Gantt, and Org Chart. See Board view to track a piece through its stages.
The Writer Workflow, Connected
Here is the full path from a raw idea to a published piece. Each stage feeds the next, and your AI agent helps at every step because it reads the same project the whole way through.
The dashed arrows are the part that compounds. Your research feeds the draft, and every finished piece becomes memory your agent uses on the next one. Write one article, and the next one starts smarter.
Publish and Reuse
Ship the piece when the draft is ready. You can share the project with an editor for comments, publish it as a page anyone can read, or export the text to paste wherever it needs to go.
Save your best structures as templates so you never start from a blank page again. Turn a finished article into a reusable template, and your next piece begins with the outline, the agent, and the research slots already in place. To go further, embed your writing agent inside a live Taskade Genesis app that drafts on demand for your whole team.
Verify Your Writing Setup
Run through this checklist after you set up your first writing project. Each row tells you what good looks like and what to fix.
| Check | You are ready when | If not |
|---|---|---|
| Outline | Your sections nest cleanly with Tab and Shift+Tab | Review Outlining 101 |
| Drafting agent | A custom agent drafts in your voice from a section | Train it in Agent Knowledge |
| Research | Sources and quotes sit beside the sections they support | Add links and notes inline |
| Views | You can switch the piece between List, Board, and Calendar | See Board view |
| Publish | You can share, publish, or export in one click | See Publishing |
| Reuse | Your best structure is saved as a template | See Use Templates |
If every row checks out, your writing workspace is set. Write one piece end to end, and the workflow becomes muscle memory.
Common Questions
Is Taskade good for writers?
Yes. Taskade gives writers one place to outline, draft, research, and publish. Every project starts as an outline you expand into prose, an AI agent drafts from your own notes, and you can view the same writing as a list, board, or calendar across 7 project views. It replaces a doc editor, a research app, and a to-do list with a single workspace.
How do I use Taskade as an AI writing workspace?
Create a project, outline your idea as nested items, then open the AI Chat inside the project and ask it to draft each section. Point the chat at a custom AI agent trained on your past work, so drafts match your voice. Keep research in the same project, then publish when the draft is ready.
Can the AI write a first draft for me?
Yes. Ask an agent in AI Chat to draft a section from your outline points, then react and ask for the next pass. Drafting works best as a back-and-forth: write, react, refine. The agent runs on 15+ frontier models you can switch mid-draft when one writes a section better than another.
How do I make the AI write in my voice?
Train a custom AI agent on your past articles, your style guide, and your notes. The agent reads those sources and drafts in your tone instead of a generic one. It keeps persistent memory, so as you add new work the agent connected to that project gets sharper at sounding like you.
Where do I keep my research?
Keep research in the same project as the draft, or in a linked research project you open alongside it. Paste links, add quotes as sub-items, and attach PDFs to the point they support. When you connect that research to a custom agent, it drafts using your real sources instead of inventing them.
Which project view is best for writing?
Use the List view to outline and draft, since a project is an outline by default. Use the Board view to track sections through "Outline", "Drafting", and "Done". Use the Calendar view to map deadlines. Taskade gives you 7 views in total, and you switch between them without moving your content. See Board view.
Can I collaborate with an editor in Taskade?
Yes. Share the project with your editor and they can comment on any line, suggest edits, or draft alongside you in real time. Taskade uses role-based access with 7 permission levels from Owner to Viewer, so you control who can edit and who can only read.
Is Taskade free for writers?
Yes. The Free plan includes AI Chat, custom agents, and unlimited projects, and starts with one-time AI credits. Paid plans add more credits and seats: Starter is $6 per month, Pro is $16, Business is $40 and the most popular, Max is $200, and Enterprise is $400, all at annual billing. AI usage is metered in credits, not seats.
Can I reuse my writing setup for the next piece?
Yes. Save a finished article as a reusable template and your next piece starts with the outline, the drafting agent, and the research slots already in place. To draft on demand for a whole team, embed your writing agent in a live Taskade Genesis app anyone can clone.
Start Writing
You have seen the full path: idea, outline, draft, research, publish. Now build your own writing project. Create it, outline your idea, point an agent at it, and write. Start free →
Related guides
- Outlining 101 — nest, fold, and reorder your ideas fast
- AI Assistant in Projects — draft and edit inside any project
- AI Chat — the chat box built into every project
- Custom AI Agents — train an agent on your voice and research
- Use Templates — save your best writing setup and reuse it