# Keep ongoing work in one place

Web page: https://academy.memberpress.ai/courses/same-skills-any-assistant/l4/

Lesson 4 of 6 in [Same Skills, Any Assistant](https://academy.memberpress.ai/courses/same-skills-any-assistant/), 5 min.

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.md` travel with it.

Checked against each vendor's docs on 2026-10-14: [Claude Projects](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9517075-what-are-projects), [ChatGPT projects](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/projects), [Grok FAQ](https://docs.x.ai/grok/faq), [Cursor install](https://cursor.com/help/getting-started/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.

Next: [Connect it to your tools](https://academy.memberpress.ai/courses/same-skills-any-assistant/l5/)