Projects

Projects in Co-Scientist group the pipelines, datasets, and workflow runs that belong to a single piece of work. View and ask about them without the noise of the rest of the workspace.

Projects are not created inside Co-Scientist. They are derived from workspace labels in Seqera Platform whose names start with proj_. Each matching label surfaces in Co-Scientist as a separate project scope, with the Platform label acting as the source of truth for membership.

How projects are derived

When you open a workspace in Co-Scientist:

1. Co-Scientist reads the list of workspace labels from the Seqera Platform API.
2. Any label whose name starts with proj_ becomes a project.
3. An Entire workspace view is always included alongside your projects so you can see every resource in the workspace.
4. Pipelines, datasets, and workflow runs are scoped to a project by matching on its proj_* label.

Because membership lives on the Platform label, adding or removing a resource from a project is the same action as applying or removing the label in Platform.

Create a project

1. In Seqera Platform, open the workspace where the project should live.
2. Go to Labels in workspace settings and create a new label with the proj_ prefix. For example:
   • proj_rnaseq
   • proj_variant_calling
   • proj_chip_seq
3. Apply the label to the pipelines and datasets that belong to the project.
4. Open Co-Scientist. The new project appears on the Projects page and in the project selector on the next page load.

tip

Create the label in workspace settings before applying it to resources. This ensures the label has a Platform-assigned ID, which Co-Scientist needs to auto-attach the label when you upload new datasets into the project.

Display names

Co-Scientist strips the proj_ prefix to produce the display name:

Platform label	Co-Scientist display name
proj_rnaseq	Project rnaseq
proj_wgs	Project wgs
proj_single_cell	Project single_cell

Choose descriptive names after the prefix so projects are easy to identify.

Where projects appear

Once a proj_* label exists in the workspace and is applied to at least one resource, the project is used in the following places:

• Projects page: one row per project, plus the Entire workspace row.
• Project details page: the pipelines, datasets, and workflow runs filtered to that project's label.
• Project selector: scopes the resources Co-Scientist can see and act on during a conversation.
• Dataset upload: when you upload a dataset from inside a project, the project's label is auto-attached.

For problems with project labels and empty states, see Co-Scientist troubleshooting.

Learn more

• Seqera Platform labels: Create and manage workspace labels
• Quickstart: Run your first Co-Scientist session
• Credits: Co-Scientist credits and how to request more
• Skills: Built-in skills, slash commands, and session limits