Getting Started with Projects in Claude.ai

Why It Matters

Projects make Claude more useful for real work by centralizing relevant materials and preferences so responses align with team terminology and goals while enabling secure, scalable collaboration across roles. That boosts productivity for tasks from product development to course design by preserving context and controlling access.

Summary

Claude.ai’s Projects feature creates self-contained workspaces that bundle chat history, project-specific knowledge bases, custom instructions, and file uploads to deliver more context-aware AI responses. Users can create projects in three steps, define persistent instructions (tone, expertise, goals), upload documents or link drives, and rely on automatic retrieval-augmented generation when content approaches context limits. Projects support granular sharing and three permission levels (view, edit, creator) for team collaboration, and allow one-off file uploads during chats without adding to the knowledge base. The interface also includes starred projects, archiving, and notifications for shared projects to streamline team workflows.

Original Description

Discover how to use Projects in Claude to organize your work with persistent context and custom instructions. This tutorial walks you through creating your first project, adding a knowledge base, setting up project instructions, and collaborating with team members. Learn how Projects can help you maintain continuity across conversations and tailor Claude's responses to your specific needs—from brand guidelines to research initiatives to content creation workflows.