Work with projects from a chat

Continue in a chat for questions, exploration, follow-ups, and Routines. Use a project for substantial application, build, or design work that needs a durable, structured space. You can start a new project from your chat or request a change to a project you already have. Requesting a change delegates work to that project; it does not turn your chat into a new project.

Update an existing project

Ask Replit to find your project and describe the change you want. You can start the request without first opening the project.

Find the project

Name the project, describe what it does, or provide its Replit link. For example:

Find my budgeting app.

If Replit finds several matches, identify the project you want to update. You can only work with projects you have permission to access.

Describe the change

Give Replit a specific outcome:

Create a task to add CSV export. Link me to the task.

Replit can use the project’s files, development logs, and other available context to inform the request. You can also include information from connected tools, such as customer feedback in Slack.

Follow the task

Replit delegates the change as a background task in the project and provides a link to it. The request starts in your chat; an agent working on the project carries out the task.Open the linked task, or find it in the side panel of your chat, to follow its progress, review the changes, and continue work in the project.

Requesting an edit does not automatically publish your app. Review the changes before choosing to publish your project.

For example, you can ask:

Take the feedback in this Slack thread and create a task to improve onboarding in my customer portal. Link me to the task.

Update several projects at once

You can ask Replit to find and update more than one project in a single request:

Look for my portfolio and coffee shop projects and change both to Replit colors.

Replit starts a task in each project. Every task appears in the side panel of your chat, so you can follow each one and review its changes. Use the project environment for focused building, collaboration, and visual iteration.

Create a new project

For substantial application or project work, the recommended practice is to begin in a chat. Clarify the goal and gather the context that will help Replit understand the work:

Relevant files, images, or screenshots
Examples and research that show what good looks like
Information from connected tools or integrations when it supports the task

When the direction is clear, ask Replit to turn the informed chat into a project. The prior chat context carries forward, so Replit can begin with clearer intent and less repetition. You make this request in the chat; it is not an automatic change. For the complete comparison, see Chats vs. Projects.