> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.biomni.phylo.bio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Projects & Drive

> Organize your work with projects, tasks, and the Drive file system

Biomni Lab uses projects and tasks to organize your work, with a Drive system to manage files across your analyses.

## The Sidebar

The sidebar lets you navigate between projects and view all your tasks and files in one place.

### Project Selector

Use the dropdown at the top of the sidebar to switch between projects. You can also create a new project directly from this dropdown.

### Tasks Tab

The **Tasks** tab shows all conversation tasks within the selected project:

* Click a task to open it
* Use the search bar to filter tasks by name
* Hover over a task to rename or delete it
* Click **+** to start a new task

### Files Tab

The **Files** tab shows all files the agent can see for the current project:

* Browse uploaded files and agent-generated results
* Expand folders to see nested contents
* Search across all files and folders
* Click the eye icon to preview a file
* Click the external link icon to open the full Drive view

## Projects vs Tasks

### Projects

A **project** is a container for related work. Use projects to:

* Group analyses around a research question or dataset
* Share files across multiple tasks
* Keep related work organized together

**Example projects:**

* "RNA-seq Analysis - Treatment vs Control"
* "CRISPR Screen - Gene Knockouts"
* "Protein Structure Predictions - Kinase Family"

### Tasks

A **task** is a single conversation with Biomni Lab within a project. Each task has:

* Its own chat history
* Access to all files in the project
* Generated results specific to that analysis

**Example tasks within a project:**

* "Differential expression analysis"
* "GO enrichment of upregulated genes"
* "Volcano plot and heatmap visualization"

### Quick Tasks

When you first join Biomni Lab, a **Quick Tasks** project is automatically created for you. This is your default workspace for:

* One-off analyses
* Exploring Biomni Lab's capabilities
* Quick questions or lookups

Quick Tasks works just like any other project—you can create multiple tasks within it and files are shared across all Quick Tasks.

<Info>
  You can create additional projects anytime to organize work by research question or dataset.
</Info>

## File Visibility

The agent can automatically see all files in the current project:

| File Location                   | Agent Can See?                       |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Any file in the current project | Yes                                  |
| Files in other projects         | No (must be uploaded or @ mentioned) |

<Tip>
  **The agent sees all project files automatically.** You don't need to attach files each time—just describe what you want to do and the agent will find the relevant files in your project.
</Tip>

## Uploading Files

Upload files in several ways:

1. **Drag and drop** files into the chat or Drive
2. **Click upload** in the Drive toolbar
3. **Attach to chat** using the paperclip icon

## Using Files in Analysis

Reference files in your requests:

* **Project files**: The agent automatically sees them—just describe what you want to do
* **Specific files**: Use `@` mentions to reference files by name

```
Example: "Run differential expression on the RNA-seq counts
using the sample metadata file"
```

The agent will find the relevant files in your project automatically.