wroughtline user guide

wroughtline keeps a freelance writer's work in one place: the assignments you've taken on, the editors and companies they come from, the invoices you send, and insights into how fast you write, what you really earn, and whether you have room for the next piece. An Assistant can do much of this for you in plain language, and you can connect your own AI app (Claude, Cursor, and others) to your data.

New here? Start with Getting started.

Onboarding

Getting started: from sign-up to your first assignment, in order
Connect an AI client: use wroughtline from Claude or another MCP app

Reference

Assignments: fields, statuses, billing, filters, profitability
Companies and editors: who your work comes from
Importing assignments: bulk-create from a CSV file
Invoices: drafts, issuing, payments
Insights: benchmarks, capacity, "Should I take this?"
The Assistant: ask in plain language, approve what it changes
Tools reference: every action the Assistant and connected AI apps can take

Glossary

Term	Meaning
Company	An outlet or client you write for (e.g. a magazine). Holds a default word rate.
Editor	A person at a company who assigns you work. Every editor belongs to one company.
Assignment	One piece of work: title, word count, due date, status, and how it's billed. Every assignment belongs to one editor.
Overdue	An assignment whose due date has passed while it's still Pending or In progress.
Invoice	A bill to one company, made of line items (usually one per assignment).
Target hourly rate	The rate you want to earn. wroughtline compares what each piece actually pays against it.
Capacity	How many billable hours you have each week, from your work schedule in Settings.
Assistant	wroughtline's built-in AI helper at Assistant (`/agent`).
AI client / MCP	An outside AI app you connect to wroughtline. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard it connects with.
Scope	A permission you grant an AI client, like `companies:read` or `write`.