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3232For a conversation inside a project, Claude can list and read files in folders added to the project in Claude Desktop, and can't change them.
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34* **Folders the user adds.** To have Claude read a folder, the user adds it to the project in Claude Desktop and starts a new conversation. For a folder that an [import](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/import) put on the project, or that was on the project before Chat could read folders, the user adds it to the project again.
34* **Folders the user adds.** To have Claude read a folder, the user adds it to the project in Claude Desktop and starts a new conversation. For a folder that an [import](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/import) put on the project, or that was on the project before Chat could read folders, the user adds it to the project again. For the steps, see [Make an imported project folder readable in Chat](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/import#make-an-imported-project-folder-readable-in-chat).
3535* **Folders you allow.** If you set [`allowedWorkspaceFolders`](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#allowedworkspacefolders), the list also limits which of a project's folders Claude reads.
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3737## What a Chat conversation cannot do
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