Working · Keep It Organised, Connected and Checked
Keep ongoing work in one place
A one-off question can live in a one-off chat. Work that goes on for weeks needs a home, so the files and instructions are there every time you come back.
The habit
One project per piece of ongoing work, with its own files and its own instructions. Start a new chat inside it when a conversation gets long, rather than scrolling up.
Side by side
- Claude: Projects hold their own chats, knowledge and instructions.
- ChatGPT: projects hold chats, Sources and project instructions. OpenAI suggests one when work "will continue over time".
- Grok: xAI's FAQ mentions Projects on grok.com but doesn't document how they work, so check the app itself.
- Cursor: a project is the folder or repository you open. Its rules and
AGENTS.mdtravel with it.
Checked against each vendor's docs on 2026-10-14: Claude Projects, ChatGPT projects, Grok FAQ, Cursor install.
Try these prompts
- Suggest how I should split my work into projects: what goes in each, and which files and instructions each one needs.Open in ChatGPT (new tab)Open in Claude (new tab)
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