Core Concepts

Projects & Missions

Learn the difference between Projects and Missions in Burros.AI. Understand the project lifecycle from draft to archived.

What is a Project?

A Project is the long-lived container for all your work on a specific initiative. It persists over time and holds:

  • Context files — Documents, specs, images, and reference materials you upload to the Knowledge Base.
  • The Blackboard — A shared "Agent Memory" area where agents store architecture decisions and facts.
  • Conversation history — All messages between you and your AI team in the Mission Chat.
  • Deliverables — Files and artifacts produced by your agents stored in the Vault.
  • Mission history — Records of all missions run within this project.

What is a Mission?

A Mission is a single execution run within a project. It's the actual "work session" where agents break down your goal, execute tasks, and produce deliverables.

  • Each project supports one active mission at a time.
  • You can launch multiple missions over the life of a project (e.g., Mission 1: "Set up the database," Mission 2: "Build the API").
  • Agents in later missions automatically reference the Blackboard and previous work to maintain context.

Mission Lifecycle

PhaseWhat happens
InitializationThe Coordinator reads your objective and generates a Task Tree.
Active ExecutionSpecialists (Developers, QA) pick up tasks and perform the work.
Decision GatesHigh-trust actions pause the mission for your explicit approval.
ReviewAgents present their staged deliverables in the chat for feedback.
CompletedWork is finalized, artifacts are Promoted to the Vault, and the mission closes.

Managing Projects

From the project dropdown in the top navigation:

  • Create new projects
  • Archive a project (pauses all activity, but preserves data)
  • Delete a project (permanent, destroys all files and memory)