To get Code Assist for Seam specific resources in an externally generated project, you should enable Seam features in Project Preferences. Right click an imported project and navigate Properties → Seam Settings. Check Seam support box to enable all available Section 10.2, “Project Preferences”.

To import an example Seam project from jboss-eap into your working directory, you should perform the following steps:

As these seam examples are non WTP projects, next you should enable Seam support for them. To do that, right click the project and go to Properties → Seam Settings.

You should right-click the project, select Properties → Java Build Path, then switch to the Source tab, select the output folder for src/hot ( src/main) and click Edit to change their output location.