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Anthropic's Claude Desktop limits Cowork projects to single folder

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Users of Anthropic's Claude Desktop application are encountering a limitation where new Cowork projects can only be associated with a single folder. This change, which appears to be part of a merge between Chat and Cowork features, prevents users from including multiple reference folders in their projects, a functionality that was available in older projects. This new restriction forces users to either consolidate all project materials into one large folder or manually copy files, impacting workflows that rely on distinct reference directories. AI

IMPACT This change may disrupt workflows for users who rely on multi-folder project structures within Claude's Cowork feature.

RANK_REASON User-reported limitation in a specific product feature.

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Anthropic's Claude Desktop limits Cowork projects to single folder

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/WaterlooScotsman ·

    New Cowork projects only take one folder now ... how are you handling it?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Quick check on something I ran into this weekend with Claude Desktop. I created a new Cowork project on the Mac desktop app and there's no way to give it a second folder. You pick one folder when you create the project, and that's it ... the Cont…

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