From the video
How to Switch from ChatGPT to Claude
It takes about two minutes. Here's how to do it properly.
Anthropic built a native import tool that transfers what ChatGPT knows about you — your preferences, communication style, and working context — directly into Claude's memory in about two minutes. You'll find it inside your Claude account under Settings → Capabilities → Import Memory from Other AI Providers. It gives you a prompt, you run it in ChatGPT, paste the output back into Claude, and you're done.
Most guides stop there. Here's what they miss: before you run the prompt in ChatGPT, go to Settings → Personalization and make sure all three toggles are on — Reference Saved Memories, Reference Browser Memories, and Reference Chat History. Then switch the model from Auto to Thinking. The Thinking model searches your account more thoroughly and pulls context that the standard model leaves behind. In my case it surfaced two years of working preferences I'd long since stopped mentioning. That's the difference between a shallow transfer and one that actually sticks.
The one step most people skip
- 1.In ChatGPT: Settings → Personalization → turn on all three toggles
- 2.Switch model from Auto → Thinking
- 3.Now paste the Claude prompt and run it
Opens Claude settings directly. You'll need a Claude account — free tier works.
If you use ChatGPT Projects — saved files, custom instructions, work context — there's one more step. I've got a separate two-minute video that covers exactly that. Coming 23 Apr.