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Persistent workspace projects and modular reusable skills for AI agents
Projects & Skills Hub
Nowing lets you organize work into Projects inside a workspace and attach reusable Skills to those projects. This gives every chat a persistent, context-rich home instead of starting from a blank thread.
What are Projects?
A project is a persistent domain workspace within a Nowing workspace. It carries:
- Master instructions — high-level context the agent reads before every turn in that project.
- Pinned documents — workspace documents pinned for quick reference.
- Linked skills — reusable
.skill.mdinstructions that activate when a trigger pattern matches. - Chat thread linkage — research and chat threads can be associated with a project, so context survives across sessions.
You can list, create, update, archive, and delete projects through the REST API or MCP tools. Archiving a project hides it from default lists without deleting its history.
What are Skills?
Skills are modular instruction blocks registered at the workspace level:
| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
name / slug | Human and machine identifiers |
description | What the skill does |
trigger_pattern | When the skill should activate (e.g., a keyword or intent) |
content_markdown | The actual instructions given to the agent |
parameters_schema | JSON Schema for parameters the skill can accept |
skill_type | Currently prompt (extensible for future skill runtimes) |
Each skill is scoped to a workspace and can be linked to one or more projects. When a chat is tied to a project, only the active skills attached to that project are considered, keeping context focused.
How to use it
- Create a project from your workspace with a name, description, and master instructions.
- Pin documents that the project should always reference.
- Register workspace skills with a clear trigger pattern and instruction body.
- Link skills to the project so they are available in project-scoped chats.
- Start a chat in the context of that project — the agent loads the master instructions, pinned documents, and active skills automatically.
API surface
GET /workspaces/{id}/projects— list projectsPOST /workspaces/{id}/projects— create a projectGET /workspaces/{id}/projects/{project_id}— get project with pinned documentsPATCH /workspaces/{id}/projects/{project_id}— update projectDELETE /workspaces/{id}/projects/{project_id}— delete projectPOST /workspaces/{id}/projects/{project_id}/documents/{document_id}/pin— pin a documentDELETE /workspaces/{id}/projects/{project_id}/documents/{document_id}/pin— unpin a document
Skills are managed through the modular skill execution service and can also be invoked via the Nowing MCP server.