ChatGPT Projects, Claude Projects and one shared source
Both ChatGPT and Claude let you group files and instructions into projects. That is useful. It is also contained: a project lives inside one product. Here is how projects and a shared source work together.
A project lives inside one tool
- ChatGPT projectFiles and instructions
- Claude projectFiles and instructions
In short
- Projects keep files and instructions together, inside one assistant.
- A shared source keeps decisions current for every assistant.
- Use projects for work in progress, and the shared source for what is settled.
The feature
What projects do well
A project groups the files, instructions and conversations for one piece of work, so you do not start from a blank chat each time. For a single task in a single tool, that is often all you need.
The limit
Where projects stop
One product
A project in one assistant is not visible to another. Two tools mean two copies.
Copies go stale
Files you uploaded last month may not match what you decided last week.
No approval trail
A project does not say which material is approved and which is a draft.
Together
How the two work together
Keep the settled material in one source
Goals, voice, product facts, limits and decisions, approved by you.
Let each project point to it
Use the project for conversations and work in progress, and connect or paste the same current version.
Update the source, not the copies
When a decision changes, change it once. Every tool reads the new version.
Useful questions.
Do I still need projects if I use a shared source?
Yes, if projects help you organise work. They hold the work in progress; the shared source holds what is settled.
Can a project read my VisionBoard directly?
Where the tool supports connections, you add the VisionBoard address and sign in, and the tool reads your approved Direction. The Connect AI page lists what we have seen working.
Which is better, ChatGPT Projects or Claude Projects?
That depends on your task and changes over time. This page is about using projects in either, with one source behind them.
One source
Give every AI
the same direction.
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