Allow adding Library files directly to Projects
OpenAI Developer Community
July 3, 2026
I’d like to share feedback about the current workflow between Library and Projects in ChatGPT.
The Library is useful as a place to store files created by ChatGPT, but at the moment there does not seem to be a direct way to add a file from Library into a Project as project knowledge/material. This creates an unnecessary extra step: I need to download the file manually and then upload it again into the Project.
A smoother workflow would be to allow actions such as:
“Add this file to Project”
“Save to Project”
“Use this Library file as Project knowledge”
“Move/copy from Library to Project”
This would make Projects much more useful as a real workspace, especially for longer-term work where ChatGPT generates reports, notes, markdown files, summaries, drafts, or technical documentation that should stay attached to a specific project.
Right now, Library and Projects feel like separate areas that should be connected but are not fully integrated. Being able to promote a Library file directly into a Project would remove friction and make the workflow much closer to how users naturally work with persistent documents.
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