# Your dashboard

Source: https://meptools.com/docs/dashboard/

## What the dashboard is

The dashboard at [/dashboard](/dashboard) is the signed-in home for your workspace. It appears as
**Dashboard** in the header once you are signed in; guests are redirected to sign in.

It is a summary, not a separate place to work: every card links back to a tool, the
[projects page](/projects), or your account.

![The dashboard for a Free-plan member with three saved projects: Resume card, Recent projects, Quick launch, and the Usage and Go further cards on the right](./_assets/dashboard.png)

## The greeting

The top of the page greets you by name and counts your **saved projects** and **pinned tools**.
Your plan shows alongside it (for example **Free plan** or **Pro**). If you are over your project
limit, the greeting says so and points you at freeing up space or upgrading — see
[Projects & saving](/docs/projects#project-limits).

## The left column

The head of the left column is owned by one card at a time, depending on where your account is:

| Your situation                                         | Card at the top                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Email not verified yet                                 | **Getting started** — verify your email         |
| Verified, and unsaved work is being moved to the cloud | **Cloud saving** — progress of that move        |
| Free plan, verified, no saved projects                 | **Getting started** — "Your workspace is ready" |
| You have saved projects                                | **Resume** — your most recently updated project |
| Paid plan, nothing saved yet                           | **No projects yet** — open a tool and save      |

### Getting started

A three-step rail: **Account created → Verify your email → Save projects to the cloud**. The
card changes with your state:

- **Activate cloud saving** — you have not verified your email. Work you do before verifying
  stays on this device. The card offers **Resend verification email** and **I've verified — check
  again**.
- **Protect your unsaved work** — same as above, but you already have unsaved work on this
  device. The card tells you how many pieces of work will be saved to the cloud automatically
  once you verify, and how many older ones will stay on the device because of your project
  limit. See [Save status & unsaved work](/docs/save-status#what-happens-when-you-verify).
- **Saving your unsaved work** — you just verified; eligible work is being uploaded newest
  first.
- **Your work isn't saved yet** — an upload failed. It is still on this device and is retried
  automatically.
- **Project limit reached** — the upload was refused because your plan's project limit is
  full. The work stays on this device until you delete a project or upgrade.
- **We couldn't load your account state** — the app could not read your account. Your work is
  safe on this device; reload to check again.
- **Your workspace is ready** — verified, nothing saved yet. Open a tool.

If you have saved projects, the getting-started card stacks **above** the Resume card rather
than replacing it, so you never lose the resend and recheck controls.

### Resume

Your most recently updated saved project, with a **Resume** button that opens it in its tool
and an **Open a different tool** link.

### Unsaved work — on this device

Work that exists only in this browser (see [Save status & unsaved work](/docs/save-status)).
The dashboard shows up to five entries with **Continue** and **Delete**; **See all** goes to
the projects page. Each row shows a state such as **Stored on this device**, **Saving…**,
**Not saved yet — we'll retry automatically**, or **Kept on this device — project limit
reached**.

If a piece of unsaved work belongs to a tool that is no longer available, a notice says how
many items stay on this device for that reason.

### Recent projects

Your five most recently updated saved projects, each opening in its tool. A **Locked** badge
marks projects that are over your plan's limit. **All projects** goes to
[/projects](/projects).

### Quick launch

Three shelves of tools:

- **Pinned** — tools you pinned with the **Pin tool** control on a quick-launch card. Pins are
  stored with your account, so they follow you to other devices and browsers.
- **Recently used** — up to four tools you opened recently, excluding pinned ones. Also stored
  with your account.
- **Suggested for you** — shown when you have nothing pinned or recent.

A tool your plan does not include shows **Upgrade to open** instead of **Open**.

## The right column

### Usage

Your **Projects** quota as a progress bar — used out of your plan's limit (3 on Free, 15 on
Pro), with an **Upgrade** link on Free. If you are over the limit, the card says how many
projects are locked and offers **Manage projects**.

Quotas that are unlimited on your plan (such as server-side exports on Pro) are not shown. The
same numbers appear on [/billing](/billing).

### Go further

On the Free plan with a verified email, an upgrade card offers **Start 7-day trial** (or **See
pricing** while paid plans are not open). It is not shown while your email is unverified — that
step comes first — and never on a paid plan.

### Activity

Your three latest notifications — the same items as the bell in the header and the
[/notifications](/notifications) page. **View all** opens that page. When there is nothing new
it reads "You're all caught up".

## Related

- [Projects & saving](/docs/projects) — the project library, limits, and locked projects
- [Save status & unsaved work](/docs/save-status) — what "on this device" means and how work
  reaches your account
- [Account & security](/docs/account) — email verification