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Keep a list of your corrections

Build-along · ~20 min at your own keyboard

The first answer is rarely right. The fixes you make are the most useful thing the session produces. You shorten a line, correct a number, or say it is too formal. Each fix is a rule about how you work, and it is lost when the chat closes. So catch them. Do one real task and correct the output at least three times. Then write each correction as a short rule that starts with a verb and would apply to the next task of the same kind. Keep the list. The next lesson turns it into something the assistant reads on its own.

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Checkpoints

  • ▸You should now see at least three corrections you made to the assistant's output.
  • ▸You should now see each one rewritten as a rule that starts with a verb.
  • ▸You should now see a list you could paste into a new chat and have it apply.
The three ways this goes wrong
  • Your rules read like edits, such as change Tuesday to Friday. — Ask what the edit says about how you work. Change the date to match the request is a rule. Change Tuesday to Friday is not.
  • You fixed things in your own editor and the chat shows no corrections. — Do the task again. Say each fix to the assistant so you can see and copy it.
  • You have ten rules and half of them say the same thing. — Merge the duplicates. Keep the clearest wording. Three sharp rules beat ten loose ones.

Dated facts in this lesson: ChatGPT has Saved memories, Reference chat history and Custom instructions, with the toggles under Settings > Personalization. Projects hold their own files and instructions (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Claude has an editable Memory and an 'Instructions for Claude' (personal preferences) setting, on Free, Pro and Max. Projects hold files and instructions, and Free gets 5 projects (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Gemini has 'Personal context' (on by default, needs Keep Activity) and 'Saved info'. Gems are being replaced by Skills, with conflicting rollout dates in October and November 2026 (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it); Consumer Copilot has Memory and Personalization in its settings. Copilot Notebooks hold files and instructions and come with Microsoft 365 Personal, Family or Premium (researched Oct 4, 2026, not yet confirmed by a person: check the source before you rely on it).

Share what happened

Paste the task, then your list of at least three corrections, each as a rule that starts with a verb.

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