The problem in their words
Long AI chats drift. An hour in, the chat starts forgetting decisions made earlier, brings back things already ruled out, and gets vaguer. People also can't tell when a conversation is about to run out of room, so they end up re-explaining everything in a new chat, which one post calls a "re-explanation tax."
Who's asking
- r/chatgpt: 2 posts
- r/promptengineering: 2 posts
- r/ai_agents: 1 post
What they use today
- Starting a fresh chat with a summary
- A handoff prompt or file
- A saved handoff prompt template
All 5 posts
your long chat getting dumber the longer it goes isn't in your head either. starting fresh with a summary fixes it
“an hour into a chat and it starts forgetting decisions you made earlier, reintroducing things you already ruled out, getting vaguer.”
r/promptengineering · 6 Oct 2026 · Read it on Reddit (your long chat getting dumber the longer it goes isn't in your head either. starting fresh with a summary fixes it) I spent a week posting about AI continuity. The replies changed the experiment.
“About a week ago I started posting some observations I’d made while trying to preserve continuity between long-running AI conversations.”
r/chatgpt · 3 Oct 2026 · Read it on Reddit (I spent a week posting about AI continuity. The replies changed the experiment.) how to gauge conversation limits
“I have a problem where I can’t tell if a conversation is going to run out of room.”
r/chatgpt · 28 Sep 2026 · Read it on Reddit (how to gauge conversation limits) “What prompt do you use for handoffs?”
r/promptengineering · 1 Sep 2026 · Read it on Reddit (What prompt do you use for handoffs?) AI coding has created a "re-explanation tax"
“AI coding has created a "re-explanation tax”
r/ai_agents · 25 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (AI coding has created a "re-explanation tax")
If you tested it
A headline for the page: “Move long AI chats to a fresh one without losing your decisions”
Test first: The riskiest assumption is that people want a warning and a ready handoff rather than their own prompt; test it by counting signups from a page that shows both.
- Day 1: Build a one-page site showing a chat drift warning and a sample handoff that keeps earlier decisions, with an email signup for early access.
- Days 2-6: Share the page in threads where people ask for handoff prompts or describe chats forgetting decisions, and reply to their posts directly.
- Day 7: Count signups and replies. A yes is people signing up and asking when they can use it, not only saying they would copy the prompt.
Test this idea
Edit it to make it yours, then see who's asking this week. If you want, Ghostlaunch builds the page and runs the 7-day test.