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

# Projects

> Create, tune, and manage Paperzilla projects for better paper relevance.

export const AiAgents = ({path}) => <Tip>
    <b>AI agents</b>: This page is available as <a href={path + '.md'}>markdown</a>. See also the <a href="/llms.txt">docs index</a> and <a href="/llms-full.txt">full docs</a>.
  </Tip>;

<AiAgents path="/guides/projects" />

A project is your long-running research intent in Paperzilla.

It includes:

* Categories
* Interest description
* Include and exclude keywords
* Feed and email delivery settings
* Visibility and sharing settings

You can combine categories from supported preprint sources with PubMed-indexed biomedical and clinical literature. PubMed is available in Starter, Plus, and Pro.

## Create a project

1. Start from chat on the [homepage](https://paperzilla.ai) or [dashboard](https://paperzilla.ai/dashboard).
2. Describe your research focus.
3. Review the generated proposal.
4. Click **Set up delivery** and save.

## Tune project relevance

Use these levers first:

* **Interest description**: one tight paragraph of what you care about
* **Include keywords**: terms that should increase relevance
* **Exclude keywords**: terms that should remove noise
* **Include adjacent papers**: include related but non-direct matches

<Tip>
  Start narrow. Add broader terms only after you confirm quality.
</Tip>

## Manage project settings

From the project page, you can:

* Edit project details
* Add or remove source categories available on your plan
* Edit delivery settings
* Choose **Daily**, **Weekly**, or **Pause** for digest emails
* Toggle visibility (`private` or `public`)
* Pause or resume the project
* Copy RSS/Atom URL
* Browse generated summaries
* Delete the project

## Status behavior

* **Active**: project is discovering papers
* **Paused**: discovery and digest emails are paused
* **Email paused**: discovery continues but digest emails are not sent (set via **Email frequency** → **Pause** in delivery settings)
* **Setup needed**: project needs delivery completion

## Delivery behavior

* **Daily**: Paperzilla emails you when new relevant papers are ready. This is not necessarily every calendar day.
* **Weekly**: Paperzilla keeps your feed current and still builds digests in the app, but sends one weekly email with the best-scoring papers from the past week.
* **Pause**: Paperzilla continues discovery and keeps your feed available, but sends no digest emails.

Weekly delivery uses the weekday and time you choose in delivery settings, based on your **Preferred time zone** in [Account settings](https://paperzilla.ai/account/settings).

## Private vs public

* Projects are private by default.
* Public projects can be shared and listed on public pages.
* You can switch between private and public at any time.

See [sharing and visibility](/guides/sharing-and-visibility).

## Related guides

* [In-app feed](/guides/feed-in-app)
* [Email digests](/guides/email-digests)
* [RSS and Atom feeds](/guides/feeds)