From b3ab41dd565e0f913c02b3d8ff4e5b3559346a07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Opray <jon@surgehq.ai>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 08:00:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused private_workforce

---
 examples/Surge SDK Example.ipynb | 1 -
 surge/projects.py                | 6 ------
 tests/test_projects.py           | 2 --
 3 files changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/Surge SDK Example.ipynb b/examples/Surge SDK Example.ipynb
index 0427545..143b71c 100644
--- a/examples/Surge SDK Example.ipynb	
+++ b/examples/Surge SDK Example.ipynb	
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "project = surge.Project.create(\n",
     "    name=\"Categorize this website\",\n",
     "    payment_per_response=0.0,\n",
-    "    private_workforce=True,\n",
     "    num_workers_per_task=3,\n",
     "    fields_template='{{company}}',\n",
     "    instructions=\"You will be asked to categorize a company.\",\n",
diff --git a/surge/projects.py b/surge/projects.py
index e7a623e..7bcc483 100644
--- a/surge/projects.py
+++ b/surge/projects.py
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ def create(
         cls,
         name: str,
         payment_per_response: float = None,
-        private_workforce: bool = False,
         instructions: str = None,
         questions: list = None,
         qualifications_required: list = None,
@@ -105,8 +104,6 @@ def create(
             name (str): Name of the project.
             payment_per_response (float, optional):
                 How much a worker is paid (in US dollars) for an individual response.
-            private_workforce (bool, optional):
-                Indicates if the project's tasks will be done by a private workforce.
             instructions (str, optional): Instructions shown to workers describing how they should complete the task.
             questions (list, optional): An array of question objects describing the questions to be answered.
             qualifications_required (list, optional): Deprecated in favor of teams_required.
@@ -148,7 +145,6 @@ def create(
 
         params = {
             "name": name,
-            "private_workforce": private_workforce,
             "instructions": instructions,
             "questions": questions_json,
             "qualifications_required": teams_required,
@@ -262,8 +258,6 @@ def list_copies(self, api_key: str = None):
     def launch(self, api_key: str = None):
         """
         Launches a project.
-        If work is being completed by the Surge workforce, you will be charged when the project launches
-        and your accounts neeeds to have sufficient funds before launching.
 
         Returns:
             project: new Project object with updated status
diff --git a/tests/test_projects.py b/tests/test_projects.py
index 6919256..26fdacb 100644
--- a/tests/test_projects.py
+++ b/tests/test_projects.py
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ def test_init_complete():
         "interrater_agreement": {
             "What is this video?": 0.859154078549849
         },
-        "private_workforce":
-        False,
         "num_tasks_in_progress":
         0,
         "payment_per_response":