Ruben Hassid · 10 min read · Gen AI Tools
Claude Cowork + Project.
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Claude Cowork now integrates Projects with persistent memory across sessions, enabling dedicated folders, custom instructions, scoped memory, and scheduled tasks within the same Cowork workspace. The piece contrasts the old, memory-less setup with the new, and provides a three-path guide to creating your first Cowork Project: start from scratch, import an existing Claude Project, or wrap a local folder.
Key Takeaways
- Memory persistence in Claude Cowork Projects lets you build on last week's work without it leaking into other projects.
- Each Project provides its own folder, custom instructions, scoped memory, scheduled tasks, and local task history.
- You can create a Cowork Project in three ways: start from scratch, import an existing Claude Project, or wrap an existing local folder.
- Scoped memory is the standout feature, enabling context continuity within a single Project.
Excerpt
You switched from ChatGPT to Claude. You read my guides on Claude , Cowork , Teams , Charts , Code , and Computer . In my Claude guide back in February, I wrote: “ I don’t use Projects anymore. ” I meant it. The old Projects (on claude.ai) were fine for chat. Upload files, write instructions. But they couldn’t create documents or run hard tasks. It’s a chatbot with a better memory, basically. Then Claude launched Claude Cowork. Claude Cowork is the best thing to happen to AI since ChatGPT. It’s the closest we ever got to an AI employee,…