Maverick's AI chat isn't a search engine — it's a scheduling assistant that can read your project data and make real changes on your behalf. Here are eight of the most useful things you can ask it to do, with example prompts you can adapt to your own projects.
1. Move a task to a new date
"Move the kickoff meeting to March 3" updates the task's start date and cascades any linked downstream tasks forward or backward automatically. No form to fill out, no manual recalculation — the AI reads the task name and handles the scheduling math in one operation.
2. Add a new task to the project
"Add a stakeholder review task after the design phase, lasting 3 days" creates a new task with a Finish-to-Start link to the design phase and a 3-day duration. The AI places it at the correct position in the task list and updates the Gantt chart. You can then edit the task name, add resources, or refine the dates with a follow-up prompt.
3. Assign a resource to a task
"Assign Sarah Chen to the database migration task at 50 percent" looks up Sarah Chen in your resource pool, assigns her to the specified task, and sets her allocation to half time. If she is already over-allocated for that period, the AI will note the conflict so you can adjust before committing the update.
4. Find the critical path
"What is the critical path for this project?" identifies the chain of tasks that controls the finish date — the sequence with zero scheduling float. The AI returns the tasks in order, along with the total project duration and the date the critical path drives. Use this before any replanning session to know where schedule risk actually lives.
5. Summarize project status
"Give me a status summary for the leadership meeting" produces a concise plain-language overview of completed tasks, in-progress work, upcoming milestones, and schedule health. Paste the output directly into an email or slide — or use it as a starting point and edit for tone before sending.
6. Detect scheduling conflicts
"Are there any tasks where resources are double-booked?" scans the allocation data and returns a plain-language list of conflicts — which resources are over-allocated, during which periods, and on which tasks. This is the fastest way to audit a staffing plan without opening the allocation chart for every resource individually.
7. Set or compare a baseline
"Set today as the project baseline" locks the current schedule so you can track drift over time. Later, "How far behind are we compared to the baseline?" returns a task-by-task comparison of planned versus actual dates, flagging which tasks have slipped and by how many days. Baseline comparisons turn vague status questions into data-backed answers.
8. Generate a stakeholder report
"Write a two-paragraph project health report for the executive team" synthesizes task status, budget position, resource utilization, and schedule performance into a professional summary. The AI writes from your actual project data — not a template — so the output is specific to your current state. Edit for completeness or audience before distributing.