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

# Projects and directories

> Why a project is created from the command line, inside a directory.

A **project** is one archive of coding-agent history, and it is tied to a
directory on disk.

`resumecontext init` does two things that have to happen together: it creates
the project in the cloud, and it writes a marker file in the directory recording
which project this is. Everything afterwards, including sync, sharing and
the MCP URL, reads that marker to know which project it is talking about.

<Note>
  This is why projects cannot be created from the website. A browser has no
  directory to mark, so a project made there would have nothing syncing into it.
</Note>

## One directory, one project

`init` marks the **exact directory you run it in**, and never walks up to an
enclosing git root. That is deliberate: it lets a subfolder of a monorepo be its
own project with its own archive and its own access list.

## A cloned repo that is already a project

If the marker file is committed to git, a teammate clones it, accepts their
invite (in the CLI or dashboard), and runs `resumecontext sync` once from that
clone. The first sync registers the directory with their local daemon. From
then on their local history syncs automatically into the shared project.

They should not run `init`: a directory without the shared marker would create
a separate project instead of joining yours.

## Renaming

A project is named after the directory you ran `init` in. The owner can rename
it from the [dashboard](https://resumecontext.com/dashboard): **Rename** on the
project's card. Only the name changes; the project id, so every member's marker
file and MCP URL, stays the same. Coding agents pick up the new name the next
time they connect.

## Deleting

```bash theme={"theme":"nord"}
resumecontext projects delete <projectId>
```

Deletes the project and all the conversations synced into it, for everyone.
Owner only, and it cannot be undone. You can also delete from the
[dashboard](https://resumecontext.com/dashboard).