Claude Projects is a new feature introduced by Anthropic for Claude Pro users.
Claude Projects allows users to create dedicated workspaces with enhanced context and customization capabilities.
Expanded context window: Each project includes a 200,000 token context window, equivalent to about 500 pages of text. This allows users to provide Claude with extensive background information for more informed interactions.
Knowledge base: Users can upload relevant documents, text, code, or other files to a project's knowledge base. Claude uses this information to better understand the context and background for conversations within that project.
Custom instructions: Users can set custom instructions for each project, likely added to the system prompt, to guide Claude's behavior and responses.
Persistent context: Projects allow users to maintain context across multiple chat sessions, making it easy to pick up where they left off.
File support: Various file types can be uploaded to the knowledge base, though some users reported needing to rename certain file extensions (e.g., .rst to .rst.txt) for successful upload.
Context utilization: The interface shows what percentage of the available knowledge size is being used, helping users manage their project's content.
Claude Projects differs from similar features offered by other AI platforms in that it appears to load the entire knowledge base into the context window, rather than using techniques like vector database retrieval. This approach allows for more straightforward utilization of the provided information but limits the total amount of data that can be included.