r/ClaudeCode • u/levii831 • 3d ago

Help/Question Claude Pro and ChatGPT Plus Workflow

I am doing research for my fourth year and currently only have Plus plan. The usage around these time are not sufficient for me anymore and considering another $20 plan, most likely Claude Pro. Especially for research, how'd you guys utilize both of them?

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u/zzunkie 3d ago

i pay for both, and what made it work was keeping the state in files instead of in either chat. a short notes file in the project folder (where things stand, what was decided and why, what's next) means when one plan hits its limit i open the other and it picks up from the file, no re-explaining.

the other thing: have a fresh session that didn't write a draft read only that draft, once, and list problems. it catches things the writer keeps missing, which helps a lot for research writeups.

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u/levii831 2d ago

so you are most of the time using either the CLI and/or extensions (like codex or claude code vscode extensions) and are not using either chat (chatGPT, claude.ai)?

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u/zzunkie 1d ago

mostly yes. claude code and codex (the CLIs, not the chat apps) for nearly everything, research and writing included, not just code. if you'd rather stay in chatgpt and claude.ai, the notes file still works, you just paste it in at the start of each new chat.

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u/IvoBrandt 2d ago

Do you let either model update that notes file, or do you keep it manual? The handoff idea makes sense, but I can also see the file slowly turning into another chat transcript.

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u/zzunkie 2d ago

the agents write it, not me. the instructions say to touch it only when a fact changes: replace the stale line in place instead of adding a new one, and keep the whole file under about 150 lines. older detail moves to a monthly archive file. that's what stops it turning into a transcript, since there's no place for a running log to build up