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Use a project to organize related chats and give ZeroTwo the context it needs. The Projects view in the ZeroTwo desktop app includes ZeroTwo projects and local projects that connect to folders on your computer.

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Choose a project or start without one

Create a project when work will continue over time, produce more than one output, or depend on the same files and sources. Start a chat without a project when the work is self-contained and doesn’t need shared project context.

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Work in a project

The Projects view brings ZeroTwo projects and local projects into one place. ZeroTwo projects carry project files and context across related chats. A local project gives chats access to one or more folders on your computer, such as a collection of source files or a codebase.Start a separate chat for each distinct outcome so its messages and results stay focused while the project keeps related work organized.
ZeroTwo desktop app showing the Atlas Launch project and its related conversations

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Organize projects and chats

Keep active work visible and move finished work out of the way:
  • Pin a project to keep it near the top of the sidebar. You can also pin it from the Projects view.
  • Pin a chat when you return to it often, even if newer chats appear in the project.
  • Rename a chat with a short title that describes its outcome, such as “Q3 launch brief” or “Checkout accessibility review.”
  • Search projects from the Projects view. Press Cmd/Ctrl+G to search past chats when you remember a phrase or branch name but not the title.
  • Archive a chat when you finish the work. From a project’s menu, select Archive chats to archive its chats together.
Pinning doesn’t add context or change what ZeroTwo can access. It only changes where the project or chat appears in the sidebar.Restore archived chats from Settings > Archived chats.
ZeroTwo desktop app

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Use local projects for folders and codebases

Add a local project when ZeroTwo needs to read or change files on your computer. Projects don’t need a folder, but you can attach folders as needed. To add or change folders, open the project’s menu and select Edit project. Select Add folder to attach multiple folders. ZeroTwo can read and change files in every attached folder. To change the default working directory, point to a folder and select Make primary. New chats start in the primary folder. ZeroCode also uses that folder as the default for Git operations and automatic discovery of AGENTS.md, skills, and config.toml. Secondary folders remain available for file search, reading, and editing, but ZeroCode doesn’t automatically discover those project files from secondary folders. Use multiple folders when related work lives in different places, like an app and its documentation or a website and its backend. Create separate projects for unrelated work or when each chat should access only one part of a repository. This keeps the working context focused. Remote projects currently support one folder. Use local environments to define setup actions and common commands for a project. The review pane can show changes across repositories attached to the same project. Pull request and worktree actions target the primary repository. When you start a chat in a worktree, the other folders remain attached. Projects and worktrees organize work, but the sandbox enforces what local commands can read, change, or access over the network.

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Start a chat without a project

Select New chat when the work is self-contained and doesn’t need shared project files, instructions, or folder access. Create a project first when several chats will depend on the same context.
ZeroTwo desktop app

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Use Quick chat for a quick question

Quick chat opens an ordinary ZeroTwo chat. ZeroTwo chats don’t appear in the ZeroCode sidebar, which contains your ZeroCode chats and projects. Point to New chat, then select the Quick chat icon on its right. You can also press Cmd+Option+N on macOS or Ctrl+Alt+N on Windows. From New chat, you can open an existing ZeroTwo chat and add it to a ZeroCode chat.

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Bring in other tools and context

  • Attach files or image inputs directly to a chat when they apply only to that request.
  • Install plugins to bring in context and actions from other services.
  • Configure MCP servers when your organization or developer setup exposes tools through Model Context Protocol.
  • Use memories, where available, to carry useful context from past work into future chats.

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Next steps

Learn how to write and refine promptsGet better results with clear goals and constraints.Learn how to use ZeroTwoChoose Chat, Work, Cowork, or ZeroCode for the task.Continue long-running workKeep multi-step tasks moving and review results later.