🤖 Overview of ChatGPT
ChatGPT can do a lot, but the main thing to understand is this: there is a difference between regular ChatGPT and a custom GPT.
Regular ChatGPT is the standard version you see when you open the main screen. You can use it for all kinds of tasks, and it's a great place to start if you're brand new. A custom GPT is a more specialized version configured for a specific purpose, workflow, or type of output — which is why custom GPTs often deliver stronger results for repeat tasks such as writing emails, planning content, or supporting a particular business process.
Regular ChatGPT vs. Custom GPTs
When you log into ChatGPT, you'll usually land on the main screen — that's regular ChatGPT. Custom GPTs are built for a more specific role, like business strategy, email writing, course creation, or content planning. Because they're more focused, they often produce better, more relevant output for that exact task.
That doesn't mean regular ChatGPT is useless — sometimes the general tool surprises you. AI tools are helpful, but testing still matters.
How to Access and Manage Custom GPTs
If you use custom GPTs often, they may appear in your sidebar. The My GPTs area shows the full list of GPTs you've created — often the easiest place to find older or less frequently used ones. If you collect a lot of GPTs, keep your own outside list in a Google Doc, or you'll end up playing a very annoying round of "Where did that GPT go?"
Why Outputs Can Sound Generic
The more general the setup, the more general the output. A GPT designed for one clear job usually performs better than a broad tool trying to do everything at once — that's why task-specific GPTs are so useful.
Search, Chat History, and Projects
You can search your chats to find past conversations. In regular ChatGPT you can also create projects to group related work — one for a course, one for a launch, one for content planning. One current limitation: projects work with regular ChatGPT but not as smoothly with custom GPT workflows.
A workaround: copy an important custom GPT conversation and paste it into regular ChatGPT so it can summarize, store, or connect it to a project. Renaming chats also matters more than people think — ChatGPT's auto-titles can be wildly unhelpful.
Connected Apps and Integrations
Depending on your account, ChatGPT may let you connect tools like Google Drive, Docs, Gmail, or Canva. Instead of manually gathering information from several places, AI can pull it directly from connected systems — that's where AI starts becoming less of a novelty and more of an actual business assistant.
How to Talk to ChatGPT
You do not need perfect prompts. Talk to it naturally. If you don't like the response, say so — ask for it rewritten, clarified, shortened, or made more specific. It's a lot like working with a very fast assistant who needs direction: the clearer you are, the better the result.
Key Takeaways
- Regular ChatGPT is the general version and a great place to start.
- Custom GPTs are specialized and often produce better results for repeat or task-specific work.
- Projects help organize work; custom GPT workflows may need workarounds.
- Saving, renaming, and organizing chats becomes important quickly.
- Connected apps make ChatGPT much more useful.
- Natural language works just fine — refining your request is part of the process.
Action step: Open ChatGPT and review your workspace. Pick one simple improvement today — rename old chats, create a project, or organize your GPT list. That small cleanup saves more time than you think.
🟠 Overview of Claude
Why This Matters
If you've spent time with ChatGPT, Claude might feel a little familiar — and a little strange at the same time. The interface looks similar, but the way it handles your work differs in a way that actually matters to your business. Claude separates what you're working on right now from the reusable method behind the work. Once that clicks, the whole thing makes a lot more sense.
How Claude Organizes Work
Claude runs on three main components: projects, skills, and connectors.
- A project holds your current, active information — the living workspace for a specific offer, launch, or course.
- A skill holds the reusable method behind a task — your email process, lesson-building workflow, subject-line formulas. It stays stable so Claude can pull from it consistently.
- Connectors let Claude work with outside tools like Gmail, Google Calendar, Canva, Notion, or Slack — shifting Claude from a writing assistant to a workflow assistant.
The simplest way to think about it: the project holds the current data, and the skill holds the repeatable process. You're not trying to keep everything in one conversation and hope Claude remembers it all.
How to Create or Edit a Skill
You don't have to build skills from scratch. Describe what you want the skill to do, share any existing instructions or prompts, and ask Claude to package it into a skill. Existing custom GPTs are often a strong starting point. You can also edit skills over time as your process evolves, so your AI setup never goes stale.
Claude vs. ChatGPT
Claude is not a replacement for ChatGPT — for most people it works best as an addition. Claude tends to stand out at accuracy with instructions: it stays more grounded in what you give it, which makes a real difference when you've pasted in a product list and don't want the AI inventing offers that aren't there. Use the right tool for the job — you don't have to pick a side.
Key Takeaways
- Claude organizes work through projects, skills, and connectors.
- Projects hold current information; skills hold the repeatable process.
- Connectors let Claude interact with tools you already use.
- Existing custom GPTs can often become Claude skills without starting over.
- Claude and ChatGPT work well together — you don't have to choose one.
Action step: Think about one repeatable workflow in your business. What part is changing information (→ project), and what part is the repeatable method (→ skill)? That one distinction is a strong starting point.
🧩 What is a Claude Skill?
So… What's a Claude Agent Skill?
If you've used the custom GPT version of your tool inside ChatGPT — amazing. That version works great and isn't going anywhere. But not everyone uses ChatGPT, so Claude versions exist too.
A custom GPT is a specialized tool inside ChatGPT — you click a link, it opens, and it already knows what to do. A Claude Agent Skill is the same concept for Claude: a set of instruction files (a "skill pack") you upload into Claude so it knows how to do that specific task. Same brain. Same strategy. Different kitchen.
Think of it like handing Claude a really detailed playbook before it starts working. Once uploaded, Claude knows exactly what to do — no extra setup, no configuring.
Skills vs. Project Knowledge — Where Your Files Go
This is the most important thing to get right. Claude has TWO places to add files:
- Project Knowledge is for reference documents — a PDF, brand guide, or research. Claude reads them as information.
- Skills (under Customization in your Claude account) are instruction files — they tell Claude HOW to behave. Claude doesn't just read them; it follows them.
Your skill packs are instructions, so they go under Customization → Skills, not Project Knowledge. Quick version: Knowledge = "here's some info for this project." Skills = "here's your job, available everywhere." Bonus: upload a skill once and ANY project can use it — and one project can use multiple skills at the same time, so set up projects by task, not by skill.
How to Set It Up
- Step 1: Upload your skill pack under Customization → Skills. You only do this once.
- Step 2: Create a Project — a workspace for a specific task. Name it after what you're working on.
- Step 3: Start a conversation inside the Project. The skill kicks in automatically.
That's it. Three steps, about five minutes, no coding required.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
- You need a Claude account. The free tier works; Claude Pro gives more messages and the strongest model.
- Brand new to Claude? Watch the Claude Overview lesson first.
- You don't have to pick one platform. Use the GPT when you want, the Claude Skill when you want, both in the same week. No rules — just tools that work.
💡 Key Takeaways
- A Claude Agent Skill is the Claude version of a custom GPT — same strategy, different platform.
- Skill packs go under Customization → Skills (NOT Project Knowledge) — the most common setup mistake.
- Upload once, use everywhere — any project can reference your skills.
- One project can use multiple skills at once.
Action step: Download your skill pack from this page, upload it under Customization → Skills, create a Project, and start chatting. Test it out — see what it does. Play with it!