> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://aidocs.ethanbragdon.icu/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Projects

> Use Starfire AI projects as durable workspaces for conversations, files, knowledge, artifacts, and project context.

# Projects

Projects are Starfire AI's durable workspace boundary for work that should outlive one conversation.

A project gives related material a shared home instead of forcing every chat to carry the entire history of the work.

## What belongs in a project

A project can organize or connect concepts such as:

* conversations
* files
* project instructions
* knowledge sources
* repositories
* research runs
* FORGE builds
* artifacts
* agents or workflows associated with the work

Exact availability depends on the current NEXUS rollout.

## Why projects matter

Without a project boundary, long-running work tends to fragment across chats and attachments. A project creates a stable owner and context for that work.

For example, a software product project can contain architecture notes, code repositories, debugging conversations, build outputs, and release documentation without requiring every prompt to restate the product from scratch.

## Personal and organization projects

Projects can exist in personal or organization context. Ownership matters because it can affect:

* who can access the project
* which billing/credit pool funds work
* which organization policies apply
* which knowledge sources are available
* who owns produced artifacts

<Warning>
  Do not assume that moving work into an organization automatically makes every organization member an editor. Access should follow the project's and organization's permission model.
</Warning>

## Project context vs Knowledge

A project is the **workspace boundary**. Knowledge is the **retrieval/reference layer**.

A project can use Knowledge without the two concepts being identical.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Project OS" icon="diagram-project" href="/projects/project-os">Understand Starfire's persistent project-context model.</Card>
  <Card title="Knowledge" icon="brain" href="/knowledge/overview">Learn how indexed sources and retrieval fit into a project.</Card>
</CardGroup>