# Creating An Engagement **URL:** An **Engagement** is the foundation of every assessment in PenTest.WS. It acts as the container for all the work you’ll perform — including hosts, ports, findings, notes, and reporting. By creating an engagement, you establish the structure that ties every part of the testing lifecycle together. From the Dashboard, click **Create Engagement** to begin: ![Create Engagement](/files/rEPHnQuvEfwy3IeyMuat) #### Why Start with an Engagement? * **Organized Workflow** – Each engagement keeps your scope, assets, and findings grouped and separate from other projects. * **Hosts and Ports** – All hosts discovered or imported during testing are tied back to an engagement. Their associated ports, services, and evidence remain organized within this container, making it easy to pivot between technical details and higher-level reporting. #### Tips for Creating an Engagement * Choose a **clear, descriptive name** so the engagement is easy to identify in your dashboard. * Always **link the correct client**, as this connection is used throughout reporting and collaboration. * Use the **summary** field to capture the objective or scope (e.g., *“External black-box assessment of public web applications”*). Once created, you’ll be taken into the engagement workspace where you can begin adding hosts, importing scan data, and tracking findings. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.pentest.ws/getting-started/creating-an-engagement.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.