ContextSwitch Guides

In-depth, practical guides on context windows, prompts, moving work between AI assistants, and using MCP in your coding tools.

How to Move a ChatGPT Conversation to Claude (or Any AI) Without Losing Context

A step-by-step method for carrying a long ChatGPT conversation into Claude, Gemini or another assistant — what to copy, what to summarize, and how to check nothing important was lost.

7 min read

Context Windows Explained: Why Long AI Chats Forget Things

What a context window is, how tokens are counted, why assistants lose track of early details in long conversations, and practical ways to keep important information in view.

6 min read

What Is MCP? A Practical Guide to MCP Servers in Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code

A plain-language explanation of the Model Context Protocol, how local and remote MCP servers differ, how to add one to popular coding tools, and how to use them safely.

8 min read

How to Write Better AI Prompts: A Practical Framework with Examples

A simple five-part structure for prompts that get useful answers from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini the first time, with before-and-after examples you can adapt.

6 min read