Projects, Build & Share

Summary

Led by Evgeniya, this session covered projects in Claude. Projects are saved workspaces designed so you do not start from scratch each time: they hold both instructions and files for recurring tasks. Evgeniya built a project for a daily press review, covering instructions, file uploads, the difference between memory and project-specific settings, and how to share a project with colleagues.

The session also introduced Cowork, the desktop app, which runs projects on your own machine with better performance for large files and parallel processing, and looked at when to handle files in chat versus in Cowork. To help everyone get past the blank Instructions panel, Evgeniya shared a Project Instructions Builder prompt, available to download below.

Key takeaways

• Projects are saved workspaces, so recurring work does not start from scratch.
• Store both instructions and files together for a repeatable task, such as a daily press review.
• Know the difference between memory and project-specific settings.
• Projects can be shared with colleagues, depending on account type.
• Cowork, the desktop app, handles large files and parallel work better than the browser.
• Use the Project Instructions Builder prompt to draft a project's instructions by answering a few questions.

Chapters

1. 00:00Projects: overview
2. 13:30File management in a project
3. 22:30Cowork desktop app demonstration
4. 37:49File handling: chat vs Cowork
5. 43:07Cowork file processing in practice

Resources

• Project Instructions Builder prompt Markdown · download↓
• Recording, slides, transcript & chat 8 files on Zoom→