How to Use ClickUp AI

Quick summary

ClickUp AI is a built-in artificial intelligence assistant that helps teams generate task descriptions, create subtasks, summarize work, and get progress updates — all without leaving the platform. Enabling it through ClickApps unlocks AI-powered writing and task management features directly inside any ClickUp task.

Steps

1. Click your profile avatar in the bottom left corner to access workspace settings — this is required if ClickUp AI is not already enabled.
2. Select Apps from the menu that appears.
3. Select ClickApps from the submenu.
4. Find ClickUp AI in the list and toggle it on to enable the feature for your workspace.
5. Open an existing task and navigate to the task Description area, then click the AI option in the description toolbar or menu.
6. Select Continue writing to let ClickUp AI extend your task description automatically.
7. Review the AI-generated content and click Insert to add it to your task description.
8. In the subtasks section, click Suggest subtasks to have ClickUp AI generate relevant subtasks for the task.
9. Once subtasks are generated, click Create subtasks to add them all to the task.
10. Click Summarize to have ClickUp AI produce a concise summary of the entire task.
11. Review the AI-generated summary and click Insert to embed it into the task.
12. Click Progress update to request an AI-generated status update for the task.
13. Select which progress to include and click Generate to create the update.
14. Click Send to share the progress update.
15. Click Ask AI to open a conversational AI prompt directly within the task.
16. Type your question in the input field and click the send icon to submit it to ClickUp AI.
17. Once the AI returns an answer, choose to Insert, copy, or regenerate the response to finalize your output.