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Practical advice
Start a fresh AI chat when the task changes
Prevent old instructions and examples from bleeding into a new piece of work that needs different context.
The practical answer
Start with this principle
A long chat collects assumptions. Continue it when you are refining the same job, but start fresh when the audience, objective or source material changes.
Do this in order
Three steps you can use today
Check whether the job is still the same
A new draft for the same proposal can stay in the thread. A policy review, different customer or unrelated decision deserves a clean start.
Carry over only approved context
Move the final brief or current facts into the new chat rather than relying on the AI to separate them from abandoned ideas.
Name the new outcome
Open with the task, audience and output required. This gives the new conversation a clear boundary from its first message.
Copy and adapt
When to start a new chat
Start a NEW chat when:
- The subject changes, even slightly
- You are moving from drafting to checking
- The last few replies have started drifting or repeating
- You are about to paste a different client's or project's details
Stay in the SAME chat when:
- You are refining the same piece of work
- The earlier context is genuinely needed for the next answer
An old chat carries every assumption made in it. That is useful until it is
the reason the answer is wrong.