The Openlayer workspace is organized around projects. Each project represents an AI initiative within your organization and provides a structured space to evaluate, observe, and govern your AI efforts. This guide walks you through creating a project using both the UI and programmatically.
Prerequisite: you need an Openlayer account to follow this guide.
Create new project

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Create a project in the UI

The UI is the quickest way to set up a new project.
  1. Log into your Openlayer account
  2. Navigate to the workspace home page.
  3. Click the “Create” button on the top right.
  4. Follow the onboarding prompts to set the project name, type, and mode, and review suggested tests for your use case.
After the project is created, you are ready to start using it to evaluate your AI system.

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Create a project using the REST API or CLI

You can also create projects using our REST API or CLI tool. This is particularly useful for automation workflows or CI/CD integration. To authenticate, you need to create an API key.
You can create a project by making a POST request to the /projects endpoint. Refer to the Create project API reference page for details.
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.openlayer.com/v1/projects \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "name": "My Project",
    "description": "My project description.",
    "taskType": "llm-base"
  }'

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Next steps

Once you have created a project, you can immediately start evaluating your AI system. Common paths are:

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