Whenever I recommend advisors consolidate their AI work into Claude, I hear the same worry: "But ChatGPT already knows me. I don't want to start over." Fair enough. Months of conversations teach an AI a lot about your business. But you can take all of that with you, and it takes about ten minutes.
“I like to be able to learn one tool and do as much as I can versus learning like 10 different tools.”
The memory import, step by step
- In Claude's settings, find the memory import option. It gives you a prompt to paste into your old AI tool.
- Paste that prompt into ChatGPT. It will output everything it remembers about you, your business, preferences, and context, in one response.
- Copy that output back into Claude. That's it. Your new AI starts with your history instead of a blank slate.
How it works
Moving your AI's memory over
- 1
Claude's import prompt
found in settings
- 2
Paste into ChatGPT
it lists what it remembers
- 3
Copy back to Claude
- 4
Add saved memories
from Personalization
- 5
Claude starts with your history
How I do it
Moving your AI's memory in about ten minutes
- 1
Generate the import prompt
In your new tool's memory settings
- 2
Run it in your old tool
It outputs everything it remembers about you
- 3
Paste it back
Your new AI starts with your history, not a blank slate
- 4
Copy the saved-memories list too
The second stash, under Personalization
Both stashes matter. Most people move the first and never learn the second one exists.
Source: Claire B. Soares, from her own travel business and live trainings.
The bonus step most people miss
ChatGPT keeps a second stash of knowledge in its settings. Under Personalization, there's a managed list of saved memories. Open it, copy everything there too, and add it to Claude. Between the two transfers, nothing it learned about you gets left behind.
Why this matters beyond the convenience
Without memory, your assistant is basically a stranger. If you're going to master one AI tool deeply, which I believe beats dabbling in ten, then everything you've already taught any AI belongs in the one you're committing to. Import the memory, turn memory generation on so it keeps learning, and then start building your AI brain on top. That's where the free Travel AI Kit comes in.
A note before you try this
Read what ChatGPT hands back before you paste it into Claude. If something is out of date or wrong, fix it there, because your new AI will treat it as true. Then turn memory generation on and ask Claude a few questions about your business to see what came across.
Start building on top of it
Once your memory is in, the free Travel AI Kit picks up right where this leaves off. And if you want to set up your AI with me live, come to my free AI Masterclass.
Common Questions
Can I transfer my ChatGPT memory to another AI?
Yes. Generate the memory import prompt in your new tool, run it inside ChatGPT to produce everything it remembers about you, then paste that output back into the new tool.
Will I lose months of context if I switch AI tools?
Not if you export the memory first. There are two stores to move: the conversational memory and the managed saved-memories list in Personalization settings.
Should travel advisors use one AI tool or several?
Claire's rule is to master one tool rather than dabble in ten. If you can do ninety percent of your work very well in one place, go deep there instead of spreading across a stack you never fully learn.
Written By
Claire B. Soares
Claire B. Soares is the founder of Travel AI University, a 6x Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist, and a Certified AI Consultant with a B.S. in Computer Science. A top 10% enterprise sales executive, she sold $3.4B+ in enterprise software to Google, Microsoft, IBM, Boeing, the federal government, and the DoD, then built $16M+ in leisure travel sales.
About Claire
