Projects
A project is where you work: a brief in BENCHY.md, a folder of files, canvases and docs, and the chats about them.
What's in a project
Start one for a piece of work: a print, a product, a client job. Everything about it lives in a folder tree you arrange yourself. Projects in Studio has three views: This workspace, Shared with you (projects in other workspaces you were invited to) and Trash.
| Item | What it is |
|---|---|
BENCHY.md | The project's brief, at the top of the folder tree. See BENCHY.md. |
| Folders and files | Any kind of file, each with a preview and its versions. See Files and versions. |
| Links | Web pages kept next to the files, such as a tutorial or a supplier's page |
| Canvases and docs | Boards that lay out the project's files, and documents you write together. See Canvases and docs. |
| Made by Benchy | Everything Benchy makes: generations, exports and print files |
| Websites | What the project publishes to the web. See Websites. |
| Chats | Conversations with Benchy about this project. See Chats. |
Screenshot: a project page — the folder tree, BENCHY.md and the chats about it.
Start a project
- New project in Studio: a name, a one-line description, and who can open it.
- Open a folder in Benchy Desktop pairs a folder on your Mac with a project.
- Ask Benchy in a chat to start one.
BENCHY.md
Every project has a BENCHY.md brief: what the project is, what has been decided, and which skills and Elements the work uses (under ## Use). Benchy reads it before every turn, your own agents can read it too, and it travels with the files. The project page shows it in a panel beside the files. See BENCHY.md.
Who can open it
A new project is open to Everyone in the workspace, at their role. Choose Only me and people I invite to keep it to yourself and your invitees. A member who can only view sees a note saying so and can ask the owner for Can edit. Projects Benchy Desktop pairs from your Mac start private, in the workspace it is signed in to. See Sharing.
Anyone who can open a project can comment on it, or on one of its files, with Comments beside Share. See Comments.
Rename, hide or delete
Rename, Make private and Open to the workspace are in the project's actions menu, next to Share and Download all.
Move to trash takes the project and everything in it out of the workspace. Its websites go offline. Its owner can restore it from Trash for 30 days; then it goes for good, with its files and websites. A file version published on World stays with its listing.