No option for opening a new imported project

Am I the only one that can’t figure out how to start building in a new imported project? I have billing connected and the API key but there are no buttons or options to open the project. All I can do is start a new free tier project. I’m trying to build without my project being used for training.

I already looked at documentation, checked all over the UI for options, and my billing checks out as well. I don’t know what else it could be, I tried using Chrome.

In the build chat, under + add files - upload a zip of your existing codebase & then use build - might work - might need some manual changes?

Well but I need to build inside my imported project. Not sure what to think at this point.

I see my projects but no way to open them to work. Also, no clear confirmation that I am in fact working inside the one project I do have access to.

Yeah, because the project selection folder or file isn’t visible for me anywhere and the option for working on a project from the Dashboard isn’t available to me either.

Actually change what I said - AIstudio needs a simple file to use, not a zip file - create a flatpack text file of your project folder (presumably on local disk - use AI to learn how to do this) - then in AIstudio use + to add the flatpack file and give this command to “

This is a flat packed codebase file.

For each section:
=== FILE:  ===

=== END FILE ===

Write <content>  to disk at <path>  exactly.
Do not create any other files.
Do not run npm/Vite.
After writing, list the first 20 created paths.
STOP.”