Guides & How-Tos
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Step-by-step guides for features and topics — from AI chat and scheduling to resource management and reporting. Everything you need to get the most out of Maverick.
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What Are AI Providers and Models?
A plain-language guide to AI providers, models, and API keys — and how to connect your first AI service to Maverick in minutes.
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How to Sign Up for an AI Provider
Choose a provider, create a free account, copy your API key, and connect it to Maverick — step by step, start to finish.
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What to Expect When AI Updates Your Project
Where changes appear, how specific to be with prompts, what hallucinations are, and how to use the Gantt and Resource Allocation views after an AI update.
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AI Can Make Mistakes — What to Watch For
Hallucinations, scope creep, date errors, and name confusion — what they look like in project data and the habits that keep your schedule accurate.
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Chat with AI to Analyze and Update Your Projects
Use plain language to move tasks, add resources, find the critical path, and get instant summaries — no forms or menus required.
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Every Project Property, Explained
A complete reference for every project-level field in Maverick — scheduling, billing, resource access, AI controls, custom scripts, and change history.
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Every Project Task Property, Explained
A complete reference for all 50+ task fields in Maverick — dates, costs, resources, dependencies, custom fields, and more.
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Every Resource Property, Explained
A complete reference for every field on a human resource, machine, or material — access rights, billing rates, AI provider settings, skills, and more.
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Human, Machine, and Material Resources
How Maverick models your team, equipment, and supplies — organized in workgroups, allocated to tasks, and tracked in Gantt and allocation charts.
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Assigning Resources to Project Tasks
Step-by-step guide to assigning human, machine, and material resources to tasks — with workgroup browsers, availability schedules, percentage or hour allocations, and color-coded bar charts.
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Project Management Gantt Charts
A visual guide to Gantt charts — timelines, task bars, dependencies, the critical path, baseline tracking, and how to navigate the Gantt view in Maverick.
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How to Prompt AI for Best Results
The techniques that turn vague requests into accurate project updates — action words, specific targets, exact dates, follow-up prompts, and ready-to-use templates.
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Assigning AI Providers and Models to Resources
Give each employee, machine, and workgroup its own AI provider, model, and API key — for role-based access, transparent billing, and easy offboarding.
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Resource Allocation Bar Chart
Read the color-coded bars, spot over-allocation before it causes delays, find unused capacity, and balance your team — a complete guide to Maverick's allocation view.
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Every AI Provider Property, Explained
A complete reference for every field on an AI provider record — provider type, API key, API secret, base URL, API version, active flag, and folder organization.
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Every AI Model Property, Explained
A complete reference for every field on an AI model record — model name, provider, system prompt, temperature, Top P, max output tokens, deployment name, and per-model credential overrides.
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Task Link Relationships
How FS, FF, SS, and SF dependencies control your schedule — link types explained, date cascades, Gantt chart arrows, lag, lead, and the critical path.
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What to Expect When You Sign Up
Billing details, cloud provisioning timeline, your welcome email, and a step-by-step guide to setting up users, projects, and AI on day one.
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