diff --git a/dot_config/ghostty/config b/dot_config/ghostty/config
index e5ce961..525e582 100644
--- a/dot_config/ghostty/config
+++ b/dot_config/ghostty/config
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ keybind = shift+enter=text:\n
 # command palette: ctrl+space is tmux's root-table C-Space (tmux-palette);
 # sent explicitly as NUL so no keyboard-protocol mode can turn it into a CSI
 keybind = ctrl+space=text:\x00
+# project tasks palette (pj): tmux prefix t
+keybind = ctrl+shift+space=text:\x02t
 
 # tabs → tmux windows
 keybind = ctrl+shift+t=text:\x02c
diff --git a/dot_config/tmux-palette/commands.json b/dot_config/tmux-palette/commands.json
index 35fcd3c..e63f975 100644
--- a/dot_config/tmux-palette/commands.json
+++ b/dot_config/tmux-palette/commands.json
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
     "aliases": ["hist"],
     "action": { "tmux": "split-window -v -l 25% -c '#{pane_current_path}' 'exec atuin-pick'" }
   },
+  {
+    "icon": "",
+    "title": "Project Tasks",
+    "description": "pj: install, dev, make, uv, scripts",
+    "category": "Tools",
+    "shortcut": "Ctrl+Shift+Space",
+    "aliases": ["pj", "run"],
+    "action": { "palette": "tasks" }
+  },
   {
     "icon": "󱂬",
     "title": "Sessions (sessionx)",
diff --git a/dot_config/tmux-palette/palettes/tasks.json b/dot_config/tmux-palette/palettes/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..585df1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_config/tmux-palette/palettes/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "title": "Project Tasks",
+  "command": "~/.local/bin/pj-palette",
+  "grouped": true,
+  "emptyText": "No tasks in this project"
+}
diff --git a/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf b/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf
index da2abd5..cc8a42b 100644
--- a/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ set -g @plugin 'eduwass/tmux-palette'
 # bun). User config (commands ported from kitty, cyberdream theme, Ghostty
 # shortcut labels) lives in ~/.config/tmux-palette/.
 set -g @palette-key 'C-Space'
+# pj's task runner as a palette (pj-palette): quick actions + project tasks,
+# each run in a new window. prefix + t (Ghostty ctrl+shift+space).
+bind -N "Project tasks (pj)" t run-shell "~/.config/tmux/plugins/tmux-palette/bin/tmux-palette.sh tasks"
 
 # sessionx: fuzzy session switcher/creator on prefix + o (Ghostty
 # ctrl+shift+o). A query with no match goes to zoxide; uses fzf --tmux.