How can I create and manage projects? (original) (raw)
How to create a project
Once your project is set up, you can initiate chats with Claude within the project.
Adding content to project knowledge
You'll find the project knowledge base on the right side of your project's main page. Anything you upload to this space will be used across all of your chats within that project.
To add content to your project knowledge base
To add project instructions to your project knowledge base
Sharing projects
If you are a member of a Team or Enterprise plan organization, you can share projects with other members of your organization.
To share a project
Managing shared project access
Finding shared projects
Projects that others have shared with you will appear in the "Shared with me" tab on your Projects page. You'll also receive an email notification when someone shares a project with you.
Starring projects for quick access
Starring a project allows for quick access from your projects and chats list, visible when hovering over the left side of your account. You can star a project from two different areas:
From the “Projects” page
From the project
How to move chats into projects
You can move a standalone chat into a project by clicking on the dropdown arrow next to the chat name, then “Add to project”:
Browse or search for the correct project in the Move chat modal that appears, then click on it to move the chat.
You can also remove chats from projects, or move them between projects, using the same dropdown menu within the chat:
Select the chats you want to move, then click the icon next to the number of selected chats to move them into your project.
Move chats to manage Claude’s memory
For Team and Enterprise plans using Claude’s memory, the ability to move chats into and out of projects allows you to manage what’s included in memory summaries. Claude maintains separate memory summaries for each individual project, as well as a summary including the rest of your non-project chats. For example, if you accidentally start an unrelated chat in a project and need to remove it from the project-specific memory summary, you can click “Remove from project” so it will be included in Claude’s overall memory summary instead.
How to archive projects
Archiving is a way to organize your projects and declutter your project list. It's particularly useful for completed projects or those you're not actively working on but may need to reference in the future.
Here's what you need to know about archiving:
To archive a project, follow these steps
How to access archived projects
You can access an archived project in the archived projects tab on the Projects page.
How to unarchive a project
There are two ways to make archived project active again:
From the archived projects tab
From the project
Deleting projects
From the “Projects” page
From the project
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