ChatGPT to Claude Memory Migration
Turn ChatGPT context into a reviewed Claude memory import with duplicate, conflict, privacy, and persistence checks.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
That's a good question about migrating your preferences from ChatGPT to Claude. The short answer is that you'd need to manually export your ChatGPT information and then add it to Claude's memory. There isn't a fully automated process for this, but Claude does have a memory feature where you can store your preferences and have them persist across conversations. I can walk you through the general steps of how that would work, but you'd need to gather your ChatGPT information first. Do you remember what kinds of preferences you want to transfer? Things like communication style, task preferences, that sort of thing?
CHATGPT TO CLAUDE MEMORY IMPORT FLOW (2 minutes): STEP 1: Prepare Claude's extraction prompt Claude provides this exact prompt below. Copy it unmodified. → Prompt text: "Export everything you know about how I prefer you to work. Include: writing tone and style preferences, task categories I work on most, any instructions I've given about how to format responses, technical preferences, and examples of work I've approved. Format as a structured list." STEP 2: Run prompt in ChatGPT Paste that prompt into ChatGPT. ChatGPT exports its complete memory of your preferences. STEP 3: Copy ChatGPT's response Select all of ChatGPT's output. Copy to clipboard. STEP 4: Add to Claude memory In Claude, go to Capabilities → Memory → Add to Memory. Paste the exported text. Click "Add." STEP 5: Verify Claude now knows: your writing preferences, your task patterns, your examples, your style. Start a new conversation and ask Claude to summarize what it knows about you. Should match ChatGPT's behavior. TIME: 90 seconds from prompt copy to import complete. CUSTOMIZATION: You can set import_scope (preferences only, or include history), review before saving, filter work vs. personal context, or choose British or American English preference.
About this skill
Switching to Claude should not mean retyping every preference, but copying everything ChatGPT says it knows can carry over outdated facts, private details, and contradictory instructions. This workflow turns accessible ChatGPT context into a compact, reviewed memory import and separates a prepared draft from a verified save.
What it does
- Provides a copy-ready extraction prompt that distinguishes stated preferences from guesses and unavailable history.
- Separates durable preferences and useful background from temporary tasks and conversation archives.
- Removes duplicates while preserving exceptions, scope, units, and negative preferences.
- Flags conflicting facts, stale project context, sensitive information, and instructions embedded in imported text.
- Prepares an additive import, using Claude's memory-import interface when available and a reviewed text fallback when needed.
- Checks saved entries and tests whether important preferences are available in a fresh conversation.
What you get
A ChatGPT extraction prompt, a concise candidate memory pack, and a review of anything excluded or unresolved. If saving is supported and authorized, you also get an accurate report of what was saved and what remains unverified.
Best for
People moving their primary assistant from ChatGPT to Claude who want to preserve useful personalization without treating old conversations as permanent facts.
SKILL.md preview
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name: chatgpt-to-claude-memory-migration
description: >-
Extract accessible ChatGPT preferences and durable context, resolve duplicates and conflicts, and prepare a reviewed Claude memory import with explicit save verification. Use when the user says "move my ChatGPT memory to Claude", "I'm switching from ChatGPT", "bring over my preferences", "import what ChatGPT knows about me", "my imported memory keeps using old facts", "Claude forgot my writing preferences", or "review this memory export before I save it".
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# ChatGPT to Claude Memory Migration
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