# Projects Projects are the top-level organizational unit in Hydron. Every deployment, conversation, and infrastructure plan belongs to a project. ## Creating a project To create a new project: 1. Navigate to the **Projects** dashboard 2. Click **New Project** 3. Enter a project name 4. Select the project type ### Project types Choose the type that best matches your application: | Type | Best for | |------|----------| | **Web App** | Full-stack web applications (frontend + backend) | | **Microservice** | Individual API services or backend components | | **Static Site** | HTML/CSS/JS sites, SPAs, documentation | | **Kubernetes** | Container orchestration workloads | | **Data Analytics** | Data processing and analysis pipelines | | **ML Inference** | Machine learning model serving | | **Batch Worker** | Background job processors and task queues | | **Data Storage** | Databases and storage services | The project type helps the AI optimize its code analysis and infrastructure recommendations. ## Projects dashboard The Projects dashboard is your home screen after signing in. It provides several ways to browse and organize your projects.  ### View modes Switch between two view modes: - **Card view** — Visual cards showing project name, type, and status - **List view** — Compact list with more projects visible at once ### Sorting Sort your projects by: - **Last activity** — Most recently active projects first (default) - **Name** — Alphabetical order - **Creation date** — Newest projects first ### Searching Use the search bar to filter projects by name. The search updates in real-time as you type. ### Filtering Filter projects by their environment status to quickly find projects in a specific state. ## Favorites Mark frequently accessed projects as **favorites** by clicking the star icon. Favorited projects appear in a dedicated section at the top of the dashboard and in the sidebar for quick access. ## Project settings Access project settings by clicking the gear icon or navigating to **Settings** within a project.  Available settings include: ### General - **Name** — Rename your project - **Description** — Add a description for reference - **Type** — Change the project type ### Services - View and manage all services linked to the project - Add new services or remove existing ones - Configure service-specific settings ### AI Settings - **Model** — Choose the AI model for conversations - **System prompt** — Customize the AI's behavior for this project - **Temperature** — Adjust creativity vs. determinism ### Linked servers - View which servers from your inventory are linked to this project - Link or unlink servers ### Danger zone - **Delete project** — Permanently delete the project and all associated data ## Managing projects from the sidebar The left sidebar in the chat interface provides quick access to: - All your projects with favorites at the top - Recent chats within each project - Quick project switching without leaving the chat You can **rename** or **delete** projects directly from the sidebar context menu. ## Best practices - **One project per application** — Keep related services together in one project - **Use descriptive names** — "E-commerce API" is better than "Project 1" - **Favorite active projects** — Keep your current work easily accessible - **Archive completed work** — Delete projects you no longer need to keep the dashboard clean