ClickUp Brain

ClickUp Brain is the AI inside ClickUp, the project management app. It reads your tasks, docs, chats and connected apps, then answers questions like what's blocking the website launch, writes status updates, fills in task fields and drafts docs. Super Agents can run jobs on a schedule, such as a Monday summary of overdue work. It can also take meeting notes, search across Google Drive and Slack, and switch between GPT, Claude and Gemini models.

It only makes sense if your team already runs its work in ClickUp. There it has context a general chatbot doesn't, and it can act on tasks instead of just talking about them. If you live in Notion, Notion AI does the same job there. If you just want writing help, ChatGPT or Claude can connect to ClickUp through MCP without paying ClickUp for AI.

The catch is price and stability. In 2026 ClickUp has changed its AI pricing several times: add-ons, credits, then new plans with AI bundled in, which it is still testing in October 2026. Long-time users on r/clickup complain about pushy upsells, premium-model limits added mid-contract and features that now eat credits. ClickUp itself is often called slow and buggy, and some workspaces lost Brain for days at a time.

• Project managers
• Agencies
• Operations teams
• Marketing teams

Teams that already run their projects in ClickUp and want AI that knows their tasks and docs.

• Ask about your work

  Ask what's overdue, who is overloaded or what a client asked for last week, and get answers from your tasks, docs and chats.

• Super Agents

  Set up agents that run on a schedule or trigger, like a weekly client update or triaging new requests.

• Writing and AI fields

  Draft docs, task descriptions and updates, and let AI fill in summary or category fields on every task.

• Choose your model

  Switch between GPT, Claude and Gemini models with your workspace context carried over.

• AI Notetaker

  Joins calls, takes notes and turns action items into tasks.

• Connected search

  Searches across ClickUp plus Google Drive, Slack, GitHub and other connected apps.

• Free Forever

  Free

  Trying Brain on a small workspace.

  • Brain trial with 500 AI credits per workspace
  • Unlimited tasks and members
  • 60 MB of storage
• Our pick

  Brain AI add-on

  $9/user/mo on top of a paid ClickUp plan

  Teams that mainly want AI chat and writing inside ClickUp.

  • Brain assistant and @Brain agent
  • 1,500 AI credits per user a month
  • Choice of AI models

• Business (new pricing)

  $25/user/mo, or $17/user/mo billed yearly

  Teams on ClickUp's new plan layout, with AI bundled in.

  • Brain with premium models
  • 1,500 pooled AI credits per user a month
  • 10,000 automations a month

• Everything AI add-on

  $28/user/mo on top of a paid ClickUp plan

  Heavy users of agents, notetaker and AI automations.

  • 5,000 AI credits per user a month
  • AI Notetaker, AI fields and automations
  • More Super Agent usage

• Max

  $120/user/mo, or $100/user/mo billed yearly

  Power users who run agents all day.

  • 10,000 pooled AI credits per user a month
  • Unlimited Autopilot agents
  • Enterprise features

Prices in USD unless noted, checked 21 October 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm on their site before you buy.

Ways ClickUp Brain can slot into your week.

1. 1

   Monday status update

   Ask Brain to summarise what each client project shipped, what's late and who is blocked, then post it to the team.

2. 2

   Client request triage

   Set a Super Agent to read new form requests, tag them by client and urgency and assign the right person.

3. 3

   Project briefs

   Turn a meeting transcript into a brief with tasks, owners and due dates in a few clicks.

4. 4

   Finding old decisions

   Ask where the team landed on a client's logo direction and get the doc or comment it came from.

It lives inside ClickUp and reaches out to Google Drive, Slack, GitHub and other apps. If your team prefers Claude or ChatGPT, ClickUp's MCP server and ChatGPT plugin let those tools work with your tasks instead.

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