Practical guide · Orange Ink
How to organise ChatGPT chats so work does not vanish
Chat history is not a filing cabinet. Treat chats like workspaces with jobs — then archive ruthlessly.
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One weekly ops chat per week
Name it YYYY-MM-DD week. Brief, meetings, and Friday close live here. Start a new one each Monday.
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Separate deep-work threads
Proposals, SOPs, and research get their own chats so the ops desk stays short.
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Archive experiments
Prompt toys and failed drafts do not need to sit next to client work. Archive or delete weekly.
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ChatGPT for Business Ops Kit
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Before you decide
Should I use Projects or folders?
Use whatever your plan offers to group by client or function — but still keep a single weekly ops chat as the desk.