The Uncook Blog
Practical guides for people whose real work lives inside long AI conversations — and how to keep those conversations from falling apart.
Switching AI models without starting over
New models land every few weeks, and everyone says to use the best fit. That only works if switching is cheap. How to move a conversation instead of rebuilding it.
Read the guide → ExplainerMy ChatGPT chat is a mess — how to sort it out
One long chat with everything in it, and now it forgets, repeats and pulls the wrong thing back? That's normal. Why it happens, and the one-minute fix.
Read more → ExplainerChatGPT remembers the wrong thing — why, and how to fix it
It keeps bringing up the wrong topic, or an old answer you'd moved past, or blends two things together. Here's why a long chat does that — and the fix.
Read more → GuideShould I start a new chat or keep going?
Push through in the same chat, or start fresh and risk losing your context? A simple rule for when to restart — and how to do it without losing anything.
Read the guide → FixChatGPT share Error 413: what it means and what to do
Error 413 when you try to share a ChatGPT conversation means the chat is too large to package into a link. Here's what's really happening — and how to move forward.
Read the fix → ExplainerMy ChatGPT conversation feels lost — why, and how to fix it
Wandering, forgetful, like it lost the thread? You're not imagining it. The real reason a long chat feels lost — and the simple fix.
Read more → ExplainerWhy it feels like ChatGPT is hallucinating in a long chat
When ChatGPT seems to make things up deep in a long chat, it's usually not real hallucination — it's the conversation running out of room. The honest fix.
Read more → ExplainerMy AI chat stopped making sense — what's happening
Going in circles, contradicting itself, losing the thread? Here's the real cause when an AI chat stops making sense — and how to start clean.
Read more → GuideHow to continue a ChatGPT conversation that hit the limit
ChatGPT stopped your thread because it's too long. Your work isn't lost — here's a clear, step-by-step way to move it into a fresh chat without re-explaining everything.
Read the guide → ExplainerWhy long AI chats get worse: context rot, explained
Long conversations don't just hit a wall — they quietly degrade first. Here's what context rot is, why it happens, and how to spot it in your own chat before it wastes your time.
Read the explainer → How-toHow to hand off an AI conversation to a fresh chat
The skill that keeps you productive with AI isn't prompting — it's the handoff. Here's how to write a reboot message that lets a brand-new chat pick up your work cold.
Read the how-to → ExplainerWhy ChatGPT forgets earlier messages in a long chat
ChatGPT isn't ignoring you on purpose. Here's the mechanical reason it drops details you set early on, and what to do so the things that matter don't get lost.
Read the explainer → How-toHow to share a ChatGPT conversation link
Turn any ChatGPT thread into a shareable link in a few clicks — plus what a share link actually exposes, and how to un-share it the moment you're done.
Read the how-to → How-toHow to share a Claude conversation link
The steps to create a public link to a Claude conversation, what stays private, and why you should un-share it once you've finished with it.
Read the how-to → GuideClaude says your conversation is too long — what to do
Claude hit its maximum length and won't let you continue. Nothing is lost. Here's how to carry your work into a fresh Claude chat without starting from zero.
Read the guide → ExplainerWhat is a context window? A plain-English explainer
The single idea behind almost every "the AI forgot" and "conversation too long" problem. What a context window is, in plain language, and why it fills up.
Read the explainer → How-toHow to start a new ChatGPT chat without losing context
Starting fresh doesn't have to mean starting over. Here's how to open a new chat that already knows your goal, your decisions and your constraints.
Read the how-to → How-toHow to move a ChatGPT conversation over to Claude
Switching models mid-project? Here's how to carry your goal, decisions and current state from a ChatGPT thread into a fresh Claude chat cleanly.
Read the how-to → GuideHow to merge several ChatGPT conversations into one
The same project ended up spread across three or four different chats. Here's how to combine several ChatGPT or Claude conversations into one clean handoff or brief.
Read the guide → GuideHow to summarize a long ChatGPT conversation
A long conversation stops being useful as a record. What a good summary of a chat actually contains, and how to get one without scrolling back through fifty messages.
Read the guide → ExplainerWhy ChatGPT keeps repeating itself in a long chat
It keeps giving the same answer no matter what you type. Why long chats fall into loops, why arguing with it makes things worse, and the honest fix.
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