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Workspaces builds folders from each document’s path. Folders are not separate objects. A path such as guides/setup.md creates the guides folder in the file tree.

Add a document

You must sign in and have edit access to use the browser’s file controls. Guests with edit access can edit a Markdown document’s body, but the guest view has no controls to create, rename, move, or delete files.
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Open the file tree

Open the workspace and find its file tree.
2

Create the document

Select New document and enter the full path, such as research/decision.md.
3

Choose a useful suffix

Use .md or .markdown for Markdown. Use .html or .htm for HTML. Workspaces treats every other suffix as Markdown in this dialog.
The new document appears at its path. Any missing folder levels appear in the tree.
Workspaces file tree with notes/risks.md and plans/launch.md, plus the Rename or move and Delete actions for launch.md.

The file tree builds folders from document paths. Each document's menu contains Rename or move and Delete.

Rename or move a document

Open the document’s file menu and select Rename or move…. Enter the New document path, including the filename and suffix. Workspaces moves the existing document, so it keeps its comments and history. Workspaces reports a path conflict if a document or uploaded artifact already uses the target path.

Delete a document

Open the document’s file menu and select Delete…. In the Delete ? dialog, select Delete document. The app warns There is no undo from the app. Deletion removes the document from the workspace. To move a document, use Rename or move…. Deleting and recreating it loses its history and comments.

Path rules

Documents and uploaded artifacts share one path space. Two items cannot use the same path. A path cannot:
  • Start or end with /, or contain //.
  • Contain a . or .. segment.
  • Contain a .git path segment, a backslash, a control character, ?, #, or %.
  • Be refs or start with refs/, which Workspaces reserves.
Spaces and Unicode characters are allowed.

Current copy limit

The browser cannot copy a document within the same workspace. The API can copy one. Fork can place one document in a new workspace. Reviewed July 20, 2026. Maintained by the Plannotator documentation team.
Last modified on July 24, 2026