> Source: https://builder-docs.ema.ai/core-concepts/projects
> Title: Projects

# Projects

**Note:** Projects are not available for all AI Employees and cannot be added by a builder at this time.

Projects are multi-step, goal-oriented workflows that extend beyond single-query interactions. While a standard AI Employee processes individual requests, a Project manages an end-to-end process with multiple stages, configuration, and status tracking.

## What Projects Are

A Project is a stateful unit of work associated with an AI Employee. It has:

-   A **project type** that determines its structure and available stages.
-   A **configuration** (proto config) that stores project-specific settings.
-   A **state** that tracks progress through the project lifecycle.
-   A **status log** that records state transitions and events.

Projects are accessed from the AI Employees page under the associated AI Employee.

## Project Types

The platform supports the following project types:

Project Type

Description

**SDR** (Sales Development)

Sales outreach campaigns with prospect research, messaging, and follow-up.

**Executive Recruiter**

Recruitment workflows with candidate sourcing, screening, and outreach.

**RFP**

Request for Proposal response generation with template management and section drafting.

**Chatbot**

Chatbot-based project workflow.

**Rule Validation**

Compliance or rule-checking project workflow.

**PPT Generator**

Presentation generation projects.

**Generalized Document Writer**

General-purpose document creation projects.

**Workflow-Based Document Generator**

Document generation driven by GWE workflows.

**Proposal Writer**

Proposal drafting and generation projects.

### Sub-Project Types

Some project types support sub-projects for more specific use cases:

-   **Custom Document** -- Free-form document creation.
-   **Advanced RFP** -- Complex RFP responses with multi-section management.
-   **Blog** -- Blog post generation.
-   **Simple RFP** -- Streamlined RFP response.
-   **Meeting Summary** -- Meeting notes and action item generation.
-   **Sales Intelligence Report** -- Account research and competitive intelligence.

## Project Lifecycle

Projects progress through the following states:

State

Description

`draft`

Project created but not yet started. Configuration is being set up.

`active`

Project workflow is running or ready for interaction.

`completed`

Project has finished successfully.

`failed`

Project workflow encountered an error.

`cancelled`

Project was manually cancelled.

`inactive`

Project is paused or deactivated.

## Creating and Running Projects

1.  Navigate to an AI Employee that supports projects.
2.  Create a new project from the AI Employee's interface.
3.  Configure project-specific settings through the step-by-step UI.
4.  Trigger the project workflow. The project transitions from `draft` to `active`.
5.  Monitor progress and interact with results as the workflow executes.

The exact entry point for creating projects may vary by AI Employee template and interaction type.

## Updating Projects

Projects support configuration updates after creation. The update flow reuses the same step-by-step interface but in update mode, allowing you to modify settings and re-trigger the workflow.

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