Getting Started
Set up your organization, create a project, and configure teams.
Skald organizes work in three levels: Organization → Projects → Teams. Set these up once, then start defining requirements.
1. Create Your Organization
An organization is your workspace. All data — projects, requirements, backlog items — lives inside it. Skald uses Clerk for authentication, so creating an account automatically sets up your organization.
Use the organization switcher in the sidebar to switch between workspaces if you belong to more than one.
2. Create a Project
A project is a product unit you manage (e.g., "Mobile App", "Backend Platform"). Go to Organization in the sidebar and create your first project.
Projects have a name, description, and status (Active or Archived). The project switcher in the sidebar lets you jump between projects. Requirements and backlog items are scoped to the active project.
3. Set Up Teams
Teams are groups of people that do the work. Create teams from the Organization page, then assign them to projects.
Key things to know about teams:
- Teams are organization-wide — one team can work on multiple projects
- Backlog items are assigned to teams for execution
- The Team Overview page (
/teams) shows each team's workload across projects - Removing a team from a project clears that team's backlog item assignments for that project
What's Next
Once your organization, project, and teams are in place, head to Requirements to start defining what to build, or read Concepts to understand the methodology behind Skald.