Claude has overhauled its project management system, transitioning from a folder-based structure to a conversational workflow. This update, currently in beta for select Claude Pro and Max subscribers, introduces a more dynamic way to handle complex tasks.
In the past, managing multiple sessions across a build required dividing work, juggling handoffs, and stitching results together. Now, you can describe what needs to be done, and Claude manages the work. It scopes the request, delegates tasks, coordinates parallel threads, reviews outputs, and assembles the finished result. This means you can steer progress even from your phone and the system keeps working after you step away from your computer.
For example, you can configure a project to reduce your app’s checkout p75 latency. Claude will profile each endpoint, test optimizations, and open PRs in parallel threads. Or, you can connect your API, web, and mobile repos to set a goal to retire a deprecated v1 endpoint. Claude creates a thread per repo to migrate callers, run tests, open PRs, and then tells you which ones need to merge first.
Projects are designed for long-running or agentic workflows, meaning work that takes longer than one reply and has more than one part. Over time, Claude learns more about the project details and applies them to its work. Every thread now adds to and draws from a shared memory, reducing the need for complex prompt engineering. Claude can remember details like release dates, why certain features were dropped, or who to check in with before touching specific services.
Each thread is a Claude Code cloud session working on its own branch and copy of the repo. The coordinator keeps work organized, but if any threads work on the same code, the overlap is resolved as a merge conflict just like any other PR. Each thread can further split its delegated work into pieces using subagents, loops, and workflows when needed, so large assignments finish faster.
Alongside memory, projects now include a library that collects the files you add and the artifacts produced by Claude. This makes it easier to find relevant materials and for new work to build on past efforts. You can also customize how often Claude checks in, how frequently it starts new threads, or how detailed to make each update.
However, because projects can run several threads at once, and each one is a full Claude Code session, they can reach usage limits faster. You can check project-specific usage and select the model and effort levels used by the coordinator chat as well as the worker threads. Currently, threads run in the cloud, but running them on your machine alongside your local tools and code and behind your network is coming very soon.
This update is a significant step forward in how Claude handles complex, multi-threaded projects. For those interested in trying out the new system, you can start using projects by visiting the Claude Projects Redesigned page.
