Hubs
Creating a hub
Set up a workspace with its own instructions, brief, model and persona for a project or a team.
Step 1
What a hub is for
A hub groups chats, files and people around one topic. It has its own instructions and brief that every chat in it follows, a default model and persona, and a Team chat for the people in it. Use one for a recurring project or a team, so you never have to re-explain the context.
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Workspaces that group your chats and documents
Step 2
Press New hub
Open Hubs in the left rail. New hub is the dark button at the top right of the overview. If you have no hubs yet, a Create your first hub button also sits in the middle of the page. On a phone, New hub is in the top bar.
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Workspaces that group your chats and documents
Step 3
From the Hubs panel
While a hub chat is open, the Hubs panel shows on the left, and the white New hub pill at its top opens the same window. You can also create a hub on the spot with New hub inside Move to Hub, or Start New Hub when a chat reaches its context limit.
Step 4
Name and appearance
The New Hub window opens on Basic. Give the hub a name and, if you like, a description, then pick a colour and an icon so it is easy to spot. The square in the window header previews them. Name is the only thing you have to fill in.
New Hub
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Step 5
Names must be unique
Hub names are unique in your organization, and project names within their hub. If the name is already taken, a message appears directly under the name and the window stays open, so change the name and press Create again.
New Hub
A hub called “Product Launch” already exists
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Step 6
Brief and instructions
Switch to AI Settings. The Project brief is background the AI keeps in mind, such as what the project is working towards. Hub instructions are rules every chat in the hub follows, on top of each chat's persona.
New Hub
Describe what this hub is working towards. The AI uses this as background context: not rules, just awareness of the bigger picture.
64/5000
These rules apply to every chat in this hub, on top of each chat's own persona.
58/10000
New chats in this hub will start with this model. Persona settings override this.
Claude Sonnet 5.5New chats in this hub will default to this persona. Can be changed per chat.
Step 7
Default model and persona
Further down, pick the Default model new chats start with, and a Default persona if you want one. Only shared personas are listed, so the default works for every member. New persona, there if you may create personas, makes one without leaving the window. A persona's own model and temperature win over the hub defaults, and both can be changed per chat.
New Hub
Describe what this hub is working towards. The AI uses this as background context: not rules, just awareness of the bigger picture.
0/5000
These rules apply to every chat in this hub, on top of each chat's own persona.
0/10000
New chats in this hub will start with this model. Persona settings override this.
Claude Sonnet 5.5New chats in this hub will default to this persona. Can be changed per chat.
Step 8
Create it
Press Create hub. It opens straight away and appears in the overview. Everything here can be changed later under Manage.
New Hub
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Step 9
Add people from your organisation
Open the hub, press Manage, and use Add member; only hub admins see it. Search by name or email, choose Viewer, Editor or Admin (Viewer is the default), and press Add. They get a notification under Chats & hubs and join when they accept; until then they are listed under Pending invites, where you can resend or cancel. Invites expire after 7 days. Only people already in your organisation can be invited. If their organisation role does not include hubs, Secretary refuses the invite and says so; an organization admin can change their role first.
Add member
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Sam Lee
sam@example.com
They get a notification and join the hub when they accept. Until then they are listed under Pending invites.
Try it in Secretary, or create an account to get started.
Related guides
Finding and switching between hubs
Where your hubs live, how to open one, and how to move a chat into a hub.
Inside a hub: Chats, Team, Files and Manage
What each part of a hub's workspace is for, and who can do what in it.
Browsing all your hubs at once
The Hubs overview shows every hub as a card, searches every hub's chats at once, and keeps archived hubs.