Creating a New Workspace

When I start a new AI evaluation project, I want to create a dedicated workspace, so I can keep my research organized and separate from other initiatives.

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Introduction

Every great AI project starts with organization. Whether you’re evaluating models for a new chatbot, planning infrastructure for fine-tuning, or comparing cloud providers for your training workloads, Lattice helps you keep everything structured.

In this journey, you’ll see how to create a dedicated workspace that becomes your central hub for research, analysis, and decision-making.

Step 1: Open the Workspace Selector

The Lattice interface features a three-panel layout: Sources on the left, the Lab (chat) in the center, and Studio (artifacts) on the right. At the top of the Sources panel, you’ll see the workspace selector showing your current workspace—in this case, “Nvidia Research.”

Click the workspace selector to manage your workspaces.

Step 2: View Existing Workspaces

The dropdown reveals all your workspaces. Each entry shows:

• Workspace name (e.g., “Nvidia Research,” “LLM Architectures”)
• Source count — how many documents are indexed
• Message count — your conversation history

A checkmark indicates the currently active workspace. At the bottom, you’ll find the ”+ New Workspace” button.

Step 3: Start Creating a New Workspace

Click ”+ New Workspace” and an inline input field appears. This keeps you in flow—no modal dialogs or page navigations. Simply type your workspace name directly.

Step 4: Name Your Workspace

Enter a descriptive name that reflects your project’s focus. In this example, we’re creating “Claude Sonnet Evaluation”—a workspace dedicated to evaluating Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet models for a production use case.

Use naming conventions that help you quickly identify workspaces later: include the model family, use case, or date as needed.

Step 5: Your New Workspace is Ready

Press Enter (or click the checkmark) to create the workspace. Lattice immediately:

• Creates the workspace and switches to it
• Updates the selector to show “Claude Sonnet Evaluation” as active
• Displays the empty workspace state with “No sources added yet”
• Generates fresh Suggested prompts relevant to a new project

Notice the workspace appears in the dropdown list alongside your other projects, showing “0 sources · 0 messages”—ready to be populated with your research materials.

What You’ve Accomplished

You now have a dedicated workspace for your AI infrastructure research. This workspace will contain all your sources, conversations, scenarios, and generated artifacts—keeping your analysis organized and accessible.

Next steps: Add sources to give Lattice context for your specific use case.