Hey there, Merlin users!
We're excited to introduce
Merlin Projects
in Beta, a brand-new way to organize your information and work smarter. Projects are available to use for all signed-in users on Merlin. You can enable Projects from 'Labs' on the sidebar.
With Projects, you can collect information from multiple sources to create knowledge bases, and use AI to have ongoing, context-aware conversations with them.
As of now, we support adding context through docs (PDFs, PPTs, CSVs, XLSs, DOCs, etc), images, text and weblinks.
We're soon expanding support for Github repos, pre-existing Merlin chats and Google Drive links.
What's in it?
- Specify custom instructions:Add system prompt-like instructions to your Project for it to understand what its purpose is. Specify instructions like, for example: 'Cite sources always in APA format', 'Format it like a research paper', etc.
- Have multiple chats organised in projects:You can have separate, labelled chat threads in the same Project. You can use it to organise your project into sub-tasks.
- Use any model, web-access or upload temporary files as attachments too:Projects are flexible to the capabilities of the Merlin workspace.
Applications:
- Creating educational assistants for academic courses:Upload lecture notes, textbooks and assignments as knowledge.
- Developing brand voice applications for content creation:Upload social media feeds as reference, scraped post CSVs and write detailed instructions on style and tone.
- Building documentation helpers for technical projects:Upload documentation/help guides as knowledge.
- Assisting with comprehensive research projects like market research and capstone projects:Upload all your information sources as knowledge and add custom instructions to maintain formatting.
FAQs:
Q: How can I access Merlin Projects?
A: To access Merlin Projects:
- Navigate to the Labs section in the Merlin sidebar
- Activate the "Projects" feature
- Locate the new "Projects" icon in your sidebar
- Select it to begin creating and managing your projects
Q: Are there limitations on the number of projects a user can create?
A. No. As long as your query limits allow for it, you can create as many Projects as you want. Want more queries?
Q: Is my personal data safe, when I add it as knowledge?
A. Your uploaded data stays private, and is not sent to the LLM providers. Only necessary, anonymised (i.e. with no signs of your identity) context is shared with LLM providers, otherwise LLMs can't answer the query without any context. Our providers are bound by our Data Processing Agreement. We never use your data for training. For details, see our full privacy policy.
Thanks for being a part of the Merlin family! We hope you enjoy using Projects, and make the most of it.