Quick start
Create your first task in Kard. By the end, you’ll have a task on your dashboard, ready to fill in — in about two minutes.
Kard is local-first: your cards are stored as standard assets inside your project’s Content folder, so there’s no account or server to set up.
Before you begin
Section titled “Before you begin”You need:
- Kard installed and enabled in your project — see Installation.
- An Unreal project open, with a level loaded.
Step 1 — Open Kard
Section titled “Step 1 — Open Kard”Click the Kard button in the level-editor toolbar.
Kard opens as a single dockable tab titled Kard. The first time you open it on a fresh install, Kard seeds a few starter Tasks, Notes, and Pages so the panel isn’t empty.
Step 2 — Go to the Tasks section
Section titled “Step 2 — Go to the Tasks section”In the icon rail down the left edge of the Kard panel, click Tasks.
The rail is your section switcher. Top to bottom it holds Inbox, Tasks and Pages, Notes, Activity, and Settings. Clicking Tasks brings the Tasks view to the front.
Step 3 — Create your first task
Section titled “Step 3 — Create your first task”Click the + Add Task button in the Tasks toolbar.
A new task is created in the folder you’re currently viewing and opens in its own detail tab, ready to edit.
Step 4 — Name your task
Section titled “Step 4 — Name your task”In the detail tab that just opened, type a title for your task.
A new task starts with an empty title and shows as Untitled everywhere until you name it. Its starting status is the first status in the folder’s workflow — Open by default.
You did it
Section titled “You did it”You’ve created your first Kard task. It’s now visible in the Tasks view and ready to flesh out with a description, status, and more.
Other ways to create a task
Section titled “Other ways to create a task”Once you’re comfortable with the dashboard flow, you can create tasks right where you’re working:
- In the level — right-click in the viewport and choose Kard → Tasks → Create Task Here to pin a task at the cursor’s world position. (You can also create one for Actor or for Class.)
- From an asset — right-click any asset in the Content Browser and choose Kard → Create Task for Asset. The task links back to that asset.
The Cards guide covers anchoring, contexts, and the full set of create paths.
What’s next, briefly
Section titled “What’s next, briefly”A few things to explore once you have cards flowing:
- Layouts — the Tasks view offers List, Cards, and Board layouts. Board is the swim-lane (kanban) view, with workflow statuses as columns.
- Folders and workflows — organize tasks into folders, each with its own ordered set of statuses (the default is Open → In Progress → In Review → Done).