How do you deal with the context wipe when starting a new AI chat?
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Users frequently encounter a "context wipe" when starting new AI chats, forcing them to re-explain project details, tech stacks, and previous decisions to tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and ChatGPT. This repetitive re-priming leads to significant momentum loss and can discourage the use of multiple specialized AI tools, as users try to avoid the "context tax." The community is seeking solutions, such as maintaining running documentation or rules files, to mitigate this daily challenge.
every time i open a new chat, the AI has no idea what i built yesterday. i re-explain my stack, my conventions, the decisions i made an hour ago. you can paste a summary, but you always wonder what context you forgot to include.
the worst part isn't the time. it's the momentum loss. you were in flow, making real progress, and now you're spending five minutes re-priming an AI that should already know your project. after a while you start limiting yourself to one tool just to avoid the context tax, which defeats the point of using multiple specialized tools in the first place.
i've been hitting this daily across cursor, claude code, and chatgpt. curious how others handle it. do you keep a running doc of context to paste into every new session? some kind of rules file? or do you just accept the re-priming as a cost of working with AI?