Projects

A Project is a folder on your computer that Cowork works in. Tasks inside it start with the files and history already there — no re-explaining.

Use it for: One project per area of your life: the company, each big client, your personal finances. Open the right one and Claude already knows the background.

When to reach for it

• Work that belongs together — one client, one company area, one ongoing process.
• Anything you'll come back to — the Project keeps the files and the history, so nothing gets re-explained.
• Recurring jobs — the monthly report lives where last month's files already are.

How to use it

• Create one — Projects → New project. A Project is simply a folder on your computer that Cowork works in.
• Put the files there — exports, notes, contracts. Cowork reads and writes the real files in that folder.
• Start tasks inside it — pick the project in the “Work in a project” selector and every task starts with the background known.

Pairs naturally with the board-report example: keep each month's export in the project folder and the report builds from where the files already live.

Next feature: Scheduled →