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Create Your First Project

Start a Work Project or Code Project and run your first task in LM Studio Bionic.

Choose a Work Project for documents, research, and analysis. Choose a Code Project for developing in a local codebase.

Start a Work Project

  1. Create a new Work project
  2. In the new session, select a model if Bionic has not already chosen the Root model.
  3. Tell the agent what you'd like to do.

For example:

Research the options in these notes, summarize the tradeoffs, and save a recommendation as recommendation.md.

Attach or drag in files and folders to add source material. Files Bionic creates appear in the right sidebar under Project Files. Project Files are shared across all sessions in the same project.

Learn more in Work Project.

Start a Code Project

  1. Create a new Code project
  2. Select Select working directory, then choose your local codebase.
  3. Select a model if needed.
  4. Tell the agent what you'd like to do.

For example:

Find where request timeouts are handled. Explain the current behavior, fix the failing edge case, and run the relevant tests.

Bionic can search the repository, edit several files, and run local shell commands. Review its diffs and command output before keeping the changes.

Learn more in Code Project.

Keep tasks focused

Give Bionic a clear goal, relevant files, and a concrete output. For larger work, ask it to investigate first, then implement in the same session.

See Projects and Sessions to organize more work.