Projects

Projects let you organize work into collaborative spaces where you and your team share conversations, upload reference files, and work with AI together. Instead of scattered chats across your account, a project keeps shared context, files, and conversations in one place.

They work well for teams with a shared goal — for example preparing a report, researching a topic, planning an initiative, or ongoing work that benefits from shared AI-assisted conversations.

Creating a project

1. Open the Projects page from the sidebar.
2. Click New Project in the top-right corner.
3. Enter a name (required, up to 100 characters).
4. Optionally add a description for collaborators (up to 300 characters).
5. Click Create.

You land in the new project, where you can chat, upload files, and invite members.

Finding your projects

The Projects page has three sections:

• Pending Invitations — Projects you've been invited to but haven't accepted yet.
• My Projects — Projects you created and own.
• Projects I'm In — Projects you've joined as a member.

Use the search bar at the top to filter by name or description. Each section includes a Show Archived toggle to list archived projects.

Working with a project

When you open a project, the header shows its name and description, with tabs for the areas below.

Chats

The Chats tab is the default. It has a chat input at the top and a list of recent conversations below.

• Start a new chat by typing in the input. The thread is tied to the project and uses the project's context, including uploaded files and custom instructions.
• View recent chats in the list. Filter between All chats (everyone in the project) and My chats (only yours).
• Continue a conversation by opening a chat in the list.
• Refresh the list to load the latest threads from teammates.

Chats in the project can use the project's files and instructions so the model has consistent context.

Settings

The Settings tab is available to the project owner and organization administrators:

• Project Name — Display name (up to 100 characters).
• Project Description — Short summary (up to 300 characters).
• Model — Default model for new chats in this project. If you leave the default, the organization's default model applies.
• Custom Instructions — Instructions the model follows in every chat in this project (up to 4,000 characters), such as response format, domain focus, or style.

Click Save after changes.

Files

The Files tab is where you upload documents that apply as context in project chats.

Uploading files:

1. Click the Add button, or drag and drop files directly onto the page.
2. Select one or more files from your computer.
3. Review the files in the upload queue, then click Upload.

Supported file types include PDF, Word documents (DOCX), spreadsheets (XLSX, CSV), text files (TXT), Markdown (MD), JSON, and various source code files.

After upload, files go through a processing stage:

• Pending — File is queued for processing.
• Processing — Text content is being extracted.
• Ready — File content is available to the AI in chats.
• Error — Something went wrong during processing.
• Unsupported — The file type couldn't be processed.

The page includes a token usage chart for how much of the file context window your uploads use. Each project has at least 100,000 tokens of file capacity; some models allow more.

Previewing files: Click a file in Ready status to open a side panel with extracted text.

Deleting files: Use the delete icon next to a file to remove it from the project.

Members

The Members tab is where the owner controls access.

Adding members:

1. Search for users in your organization at the top of the tab.
2. Select one or more users and click Add.
3. Invited users see the invitation under Pending Invitations on their Projects page.

Member roles:

• Owner — Created the project. Can change settings, files, members, and archive or delete the project. There is always exactly one owner.
• Accepted — Members who accepted the invitation. They can view project content, join chats, and upload files.
• Pending — Invited users who have not accepted yet.

Transferring ownership: The owner can transfer ownership to an accepted member via the menu next to that member → Transfer Ownership. This cannot be undone.

Removing members: The owner can remove any member (accepted or pending). Removed users lose access immediately.

Responding to invitations

When someone invites you, the project appears under Pending Invitations at the top of the Projects page, with the project name, description, and current members.

• Click Accept to join the project.
• Click Decline to reject the invitation.

Archiving and deleting projects

Archiving

Archiving hides a project from the default list without deleting it — useful when you may need the project again later.

• Archive from the project header Archive button, or from the project card menu on the Projects page.
• Archived projects show a yellow Archived badge.
• Restore with Unarchive from the project header or the card menu.
• Archived projects appear only when Show Archived is on.

Deleting

Deleting removes the project and its data permanently. This cannot be undone.

• Delete from the project Delete button or the card menu.
• Only the project owner and organization administrators can delete.

Leaving a project

If you are a member (not the owner) and want to leave:

1. Open the project.
2. Click Leave in the project header, or Leave next to your name on the Members tab.
3. Confirm.

The project disappears from your list; the owner can invite you again.

How the AI uses project context

When you start a chat in a project, the model receives:

• The project name and description for purpose and scope.
• Custom instructions from project settings.
• Text from uploaded files in Ready status, ordered by relevance and size within the model's context window.

You do not need to repeat context or re-upload documents on every new thread.

Tips

• Write clear custom instructions — specificity helps the model behave consistently across project chats.
• Upload useful references — specs, research, notes, and style guides work well as project files.
• Use clear names and descriptions — easier for teammates to find projects and adds context for the model.
• Watch token usage — the Files tab chart helps you stay within limits; remove stale or low-value files when you are near the cap.
• Use chat filters — on the Chats tab, switch between All chats and My chats to find threads faster.