diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae4c19b503..4111975141 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -89,3 +89,16 @@ pytest.ini
 # testing
 python/cuml/cuml_accel_tests/upstream/umap/umap-upstream
 python/cuml/cuml_accel_tests/upstream/scikit-learn/sklearn-upstream
+
+# NVIDIA AI Workbench: generated or temporary project files
+.project/*
+!.project/spec.yaml
+!.project/configpacks
+
+# Temp directories and notebooks created by jupyterlab
+.Trash-*/
+.jupyter/
+.local/
+
+# Model artifacts generated by notebook runs, e.g. random_forest_demo.ipynb
+*.sav
diff --git a/apt.txt b/apt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a72505bc2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# apt packages to install should be listed one per line
diff --git a/onStart.bash b/onStart.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12da72a617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onStart.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This file contains bash commands that will be executed when the Project container starts.
+#
+# Note: Passwordless sudo is available during the execution of this script
+# Note: This file may be removed if you don't need to use it
diff --git a/postBuild.bash b/postBuild.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5143e5e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postBuild.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This file contains bash commands that will be executed at the end of the container build process,
+# after all system packages and programming language specific package have been installed.
+#
+# Note: This file may be removed if you don't need to use it
diff --git a/preBuild.bash b/preBuild.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2866a14ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preBuild.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This file contains bash commands that will be executed at the beginning of the container build process,
+# before any system packages or programming language specific package have been installed.
+#
+# Note: This file may be removed if you don't need to use it
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e1e599611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+jupyterlab>3.0
diff --git a/variables.env b/variables.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09aa24a513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variables.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Set environment variables in the format KEY=VALUE, 1 per line
+# This file will be sourced inside the project container when started.
+# NOTE: If you change this file while the project is running, you must restart the project container for changes to take effect.
+