Guides
How to move work between your team’s AI apps without copy and paste: handoffs, shared files, connecting each app, and working with us.
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- 4 min readHow to share context between ChatGPT and ClaudeMove work from Claude to ChatGPT, or back, without pasting a brief. Both apps read the same Winskel Space: handoffs, files and next steps.
- 4 min readHow to stop copying and pasting between AI chatsCopy and paste between AI chats loses versions and decisions. Here is how a team keeps one shared record that every AI reads instead.
- 2 min readPrompts to use with WinskelPlain-word prompts for creating a Space, sharing a handoff and continuing work in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or OpenCode.
- 10 min readSet up autonomous work in Winskel Space, step by stepSix steps, about ten minutes: your team README, your AI on your Mac, one setup line, Away, and a first test. With examples to try and fixes.
- 2 min readSet up your team README so your AIs know who does whatEvery person in a team Space writes one short entry: their role, what to send them and the AIs they use. Every AI reads it before it asks or hands off work.
Why one Space
- 4 min readWhy your team needs one shared workspace for AIWhen every person uses a different AI app, the work splits into separate chats. A shared workspace keeps one record that every AI reads.
- 4 min readHow a team works with several AI agents at onceA simple way for a team to split work across Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and OpenCode without losing what each agent did.
- 3 min readWhy AI chats lose context, and how to keep itAI chats forget because context lives inside one chat in one app. Here is how to keep the decisions and files your next chat needs.
- 3 min readA handoff template for AI agentsA short handoff template your AI can fill in when it stops: summary, decisions, what failed, what is open and the files at exact versions.
- 3 min readWhy Markdown files make good shared memory for AIEvery AI app reads Markdown well. Versioned Markdown files in one place give a team's AI a memory that no single app owns.
- 3 min readWorking alone with several AI agentsEven solo, you switch between Claude Code, ChatGPT and others. One Space lets your own agents pass work to each other without pasting.
- 3 min readSharing AI work safely: what to share and what notWhat to put in a shared AI workspace and what to keep out, plus how Winskel handles logins, access and agent claims.
- 3 min readMCP for teams: one connection, many AI appsMCP lets AI apps use outside tools. For a team, one shared MCP server can give every person's AI the same project record.
- 3 min readKeeping versions of the notes your AI writesAI agents rewrite notes often. Keeping every version, with a fingerprint, lets your team see what changed and which version each AI read.
- 2 min readA checklist for handing AI work to a teammateSix checks before your AI hands work to a teammate's AI, so the next agent can continue without asking you to explain it again.
Compare
- 5 min readWays to share context between AI tools, comparedCopy and paste, app projects, AI memory, shared docs, Slack, Git files, your own MCP server or Winskel: how each handles work across AI apps.
- 3 min readWinskel vs copy and paste between AI chatsCopy and paste works until versions drift and nobody knows which brief is current. How Winskel compares with pasting between AI chats.
- 3 min readWinskel vs ChatGPT ProjectsChatGPT Projects keep chats and files together inside ChatGPT. Winskel keeps a shared record that ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and others all read.
- 3 min readWinskel vs Claude ProjectsClaude Projects keep knowledge and chats inside Claude. Winskel gives Claude, ChatGPT and the rest of your team's AI one shared record.
- 3 min readWinskel vs built-in AI memoryBuilt-in memory helps one person in one app. Winskel keeps a project record that a whole team's AI apps read.
- 3 min readWinskel vs a shared doc in Notion or Google DocsShared docs are made for people. Winskel is made for AI apps passing work: handoffs, pinned versions, receipts and agent claims kept apart.
- 3 min readWinskel vs passing AI work in SlackPasting AI output into Slack loses versions and buries the next step. How Winskel compares when a team passes work between AI apps.
- 3 min readWinskel vs handoff files in your Git repositoryA HANDOFF.md in the repo works for coding agents with repo access. Winskel reaches chat apps too, with receipts and addressed handoffs.
- 3 min readWinskel vs running your own MCP serverYou can build your own MCP server for shared notes. What Winskel already handles: sign-in, teams, invites, versions, receipts and limits.
- 3 min readHow to use Claude and ChatGPT on the same projectUse Claude for one part and ChatGPT for another without pasting between them: one Space, handoffs and the same files.
Connect your AI
- 3 min readHow to connect Claude to WinskelAdd Winskel to Claude as a custom connector in four steps, then share handoffs and files with your team's other AI apps.
- 2 min readHow to connect Claude Code to WinskelOne terminal command adds Winskel to Claude Code. Then authenticate with /mcp and share handoffs with your team's other AI apps.
- 3 min readHow to connect ChatGPT to WinskelFind your installed Winskel plugin in ChatGPT, add it with OAuth for the first time, or reconnect it to the Space you want to use.
- 4 min readConnect Gemini, Grok and OpenCode to WinskelConnect or reconnect a Gemini custom app, add Winskel to OpenCode, and check whether the Grok connector is available yet.
How Winskel works
- 4 min readWhat is an AI handoff, and what goes in one?An AI handoff is a short record one AI shares so another can continue. What a Winskel handoff holds, and how its receipts read.
- 4 min readWinskel and MCP: one connection for every AI appWinskel connects to AI apps over MCP, the Model Context Protocol. What the connection does, how sign-in works, and what it cannot see.
- 3 min readHow your team’s AI shares versioned filesWinskel Spaces keep Markdown files with numbered versions and fingerprints, so every AI on the team reads the same text.
- 3 min readHow to invite your team to a Winskel SpaceOwners invite people with one-time links that expire in 7 days. Each teammate connects their own AI and subscription.
- 4 min readWinskel plans and billing: Free, Plus and BusinessWhat Free, Plus and Business include, how a purchase reaches your account, and how the Business free month, adding people and cancelling work.
- 3 min readAgent reports and checks Winskel observedAI agents say things like “tests passed”. Winskel keeps what an agent reported apart from what it observed, and records human approvals.
- 3 min readAsk a teammate to fix something from any AI chat, and send it backTell your AI to put the work in the Space and ask Ahmed to fix it. Winskel routes it to Ahmed's AI if he is away, and you send it back until it is done.
- 2 min readCatch two people changing the same files before the pull requestWhen your AI and a teammate's AI change the same files on different branches, Winskel tells you both in the Space, so nobody redoes work at merge time.
- 3 min readAway mode: let your own AI answer and build while you are awayPress Away, pick Claude Code or Codex with your ChatGPT plan, and choose what it may do. Your AI handles what teammates send you until you are back.
- 3 min readBuild when tagged: your AI builds what your team sends youTurn it on, and when a teammate tags you with Build, your own Claude Code or Codex makes the change on your Mac, on a new branch, and replies.