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createProject

Create Project

Create a Cloud Project : the container a body of work lives in, so a brief and its Tasks belong to something a later session can open, instead of being loose Pages.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "start a project for X", and it calls createProject.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "name": "<name>"
  },
  "name": "createProject"
}

Arguments

• iconstringoptionalA single emoji for the project's icon, e.g. 🚀
• instructionsstringoptionalLong-form context for the project. Loads as the AI preamble for every chat in it.
• namestringrequiredWhat the project is called
• spaceIdstringoptionalSpace to file it in, from listPageSpaces. Omit for the personal workspace.

Returns

Returns the project id (pass it to createTask as projectId), its url and a portableReference.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• start a project for X
• make a project
• turn this into a project

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listProjects
• createTask
• updateProject
• listPageSpaces

Questions

• What does createProject do?

  Create a Cloud Project : the container a body of work lives in, so a brief and its Tasks belong to something a later session can open, instead of being loose Pages. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use createProject from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "start a project for X", and it calls createProject.

• Is createProject safe to let an AI call?

  createProject changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.