Teams & Projects

Each project in Operum gets its own AI team — a dedicated set of agents with their own knowledge base, workflow, and configuration.

What is a Team?

A team is a project workspace. When you create a team, you get:

  • Agents — PM, Architect, Engineer, Tester, Marketing, and Community
  • Project Knowledge — Project goals, decisions, and context that agents share
  • Workflow Board — A Kanban board tracking every task through the workflow
  • Repository — the GitHub repo your agents work in: one we create (Quick Start) or your own (Connect your repo).
  • Templates — Customizable agent behavior definitions

Creating a Team

Click "Create Team" in the sidebar and choose your setup:

  • Quick Start — We create a repository for you. Best for small projects and first experiments.
  • Connect your repo — Link an existing GitHub repository. Best for complex long-running projects and if you want full control.

Then configure your project:

  1. Enter a project name (e.g., "My SaaS App")
  2. Pick a color to identify it in the sidebar
  3. Click "Create"
Remember: After creating your team, you need to Start each agent from the Agents page or Start all in the Mission Control tab. Agents won't begin working until you start them.

Templates

Templates define how each agent behaves. Operum uses a layered template system:

  • System Templates — Auto-synced from Operum's cloud. Handle workflow, IPC, branching, and coordination. You don't need to touch these.
  • Custom Instructions — Your per-agent customizations. Add project-specific context, coding standards, or special instructions for any agent.

Templates are composed at runtime — system templates provide the foundation, and your custom instructions are layered on top. This means you get the latest workflow improvements automatically while keeping your customizations intact.

Teams by Plan

Operum does not cap how many teams you can create, and every plan includes all six agents. What the plans differ on is how many features your team develops at the same time — see plans and pricing.

What the Free plan gives you

When your 14-day Premium trial ends you move to Free ($0) automatically — nothing gets deleted and nothing stops working. Free keeps all six agents, unlimited projects, and community support.

What changes is how much runs at once. On Free your team builds one feature at a time, start to finish, before starting the next, and nothing ships without your approval. Standard ($49/mo) raises that to three features at once and adds auto-merge and scheduling; Premium ($99/mo) runs six at once and adds Turbo mode. See plans and pricing.

Managing Teams

Switching Teams

Use the team switcher in the sidebar to switch between projects. Each team maintains its own state.

Deleting a Team

Open Settings → Team, scroll to Danger Zone and click "Move Team to Trash". The team stays in Trash for 7 days, so you can restore it. On a Quick Start team, download your code (Settings → Team → Managed Repository) before the 7 days end.

Downgrading your plan does not touch your teams. Nothing is archived, nothing is deleted, and no recovery window starts. Your teams, projects and code stay exactly as they are; what changes is how many features your team develops at the same time. The 7-day window above applies only when you delete a team yourself.

Best Practices

  • One team per project — Keep teams focused on a single product or codebase
  • Use descriptive names — Make it easy to identify projects at a glance
  • Customize your PM first — Add project context to the PM's custom instructions so it understands your product

What's Next?