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Claude Desktop Project Setup

Set up a Claude Desktop project for Q&A about your research papers and essay writing.

Prerequisites

  • Claude Pro or Max subscription
  • Notion account with the research workspace set up
  • Notion MCP connector enabled in Claude Desktop

Step 1: Create a Project

  1. Open Claude Desktop
  2. Go to Projects -> Create Project
  3. Name: "Academic Research" (or your essay title)

Step 2: Add Custom Instructions

Copy the contents of claude-desktop/instructions.md into the project's custom instructions field.

If you know your database IDs (from Notion URL: the 32-character hex string after the database name), replace the placeholders. Otherwise, Claude can discover them via notion-search.

Step 3: Enable Notion MCP

  1. In the project settings, ensure the Notion connector is enabled
  2. Claude can now read and write to your Notion databases

Step 4: Add Research Briefs (Optional)

If you've exported research briefs (from Cowork's /research skill or manually), add them as project knowledge:

  1. Save brief as research-brief.md
  2. Add to project knowledge files
  3. Claude can now reference this during essay writing

Usage

Ask questions about your papers

"What papers do I have on peer support in community mental health?"
"Which of my papers are meta-analyses?"
"What are the main contradictions in my literature?"

Get essay writing help

"Help me draft the literature review section using my annotated papers"
"Generate an argument outline from my core papers"
"Check which papers I haven't read yet for my essay on peer support"

Manage your workspace

"Add this paper to my Research Papers database: [paste DOI]"
"Update the stage of my essay project to 'drafting'"
"Show me my essay progress"