ARKON Work should continue.

Practical guide

Stop rebuilding
the AI brief.

Chat history answers “what did we say here?” AI work continuity answers “what project is authoritative, what changed, and what should happen next?” That distinction matters the moment work moves from ChatGPT to Claude, from Claude to Codex, or from one machine to another.

Test the loop Open Vault
Failure 01Repeated briefingEach AI begins by asking for context you already supplied elsewhere.
Failure 02Parallel forksTwo tools quietly operate from different versions of the same plan.
Failure 03Lost next stepThe important action is buried in a chat instead of attached to the project.

The operating loop

Four moments make work continuous.

The goal is not to copy every conversation. It is to preserve the smallest durable state that lets the next human or AI act correctly.

  1. 01 · Preflight

    Check before acting

    Find the authoritative project, primary vision, recent decisions, active work, and open handoffs before changing anything.

  2. 02 · Work

    Save durable change

    Record the decision or outcome that alters project state. Leave routine conversation in the AI tool where it happened.

  3. 03 · Handoff

    Name the next move

    Write the result, blocker, next action, owner, and done criteria when work pauses or changes tools.

  4. 04 · Continue

    Resume from evidence

    The next AI claims the handoff, confirms the same project state, and closes the action when the evidence is complete.

What belongs in shared memory

Store work state, not everything.

A continuity layer should become more trustworthy as it becomes more selective. The next AI needs the project contract—not every discarded idea.

ProjectPurpose, desired outcome, constraints, current state, and authoritative source.
DecisionWhat changed, why it changed, and what that decision replaces.
HandoffCompleted result, remaining blocker, exact next action, owner, and done criteria.

A five-minute audit

Can the next AI act without guessing?

Before work

One authority

Can the AI identify the correct project and distinguish it from duplicates, aliases, or parallel forks?

When pausing

One next action

Does the handoff say exactly what comes next, who owns it, and what evidence closes it?

After switching

One continuity receipt

Can the second AI show which project it found, which handoff it claimed, and why it is safe to proceed?

Try it with real work

One project. Two AIs. No pasted re-brief.

Arkon Vault is available from the public ChatGPT Plugins directory and Claude connector directory. Install either path, authorize one private workspace, and begin with preflight.

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