Stop rebuilding the same context in every conversation.

A useful AI project has a clear job, a small set of durable instructions, and source material worth reusing.

The four things to decide

1. What is this project for?

Give it one clear area of responsibility.

Examples:

• newsletter
• client proposal work
• job search
• course launch
• company operations

2. What belongs in project knowledge?

Add material you expect to reuse:

• current strategy or brief
• reference documents
• approved examples
• source-of-truth files
• definitions and terminology

Avoid adding files just because they exist.

3. What belongs in project instructions?