Proposal: Project Mode in ChatGPT for Long-Term, Multi-Context Workflows

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Proposal: Project Mode in ChatGPT for Long-Term, Multi-Context Workflows

Submitted by:
ChatGPT Plus user engaged in a multi-month project

Context

I’m working on a large-scale project (a spiritual pilgrimage guide covering 90 days), composed of:

  • Daily modules involving liturgy, geography, and spiritual reflection
  • Layered teams and roles (e.g., route planning, Bible reading, thematic integration, layout)
  • Permanent semantic and theological consistency across days and blocks
  • Heavy context requirements (over 1 million tokens across layers)
  • Critical interdependencies between project phases and content layers

Problem

While ChatGPT is excellent for ad hoc tasks and short-term memory (via “Memory”), it currently lacks:

  • Structured project scaffolding
  • Status tracking per subtask or team
  • Automatic reintroduction of previously relevant context
  • Shared context across models (ChatGPT vs API)
  • Centralized token usage monitoring or structured logs

This results in significant manual workload for context transfer, model switching, and consistency maintenance.

Request

An optional “project mode” within ChatGPT and/or the API, offering features such as:

  1. Named blocks, metadata, and role assignments
  2. Modular and automatic context loading (summaries, prior content)
  3. Team or persona prompts (e.g., “Theological editor”, “Typography layer”)
  4. Per-unit checklists and token estimation
  5. Seamless integration of model switching (GPT-4o, GPT-4-turbo, etc.)
  6. Structured export of project content (Markdown, JSON, LaTeX)

Suggested implementation (optional)

  • Markdown-like project structure with YAML front-matter per segment
  • Notebook-like interface (comparable to Notion, Obsidian, or VS Code)
  • Built-in project token monitor or budgeting assistant
  • Lightweight API hooks for versioning and context injection
  • Reusable templates for roles, teams, and recurring tasks

Why this matters

  • Users are increasingly building books, courses, guides, and research inside ChatGPT
  • These projects require context coherence and modular workflows
  • This would elevate ChatGPT from a conversation tool to a true long-term project partner

Closing Note

I would be happy to contribute to testing such a feature. This request is grounded in real, ongoing workload and would benefit a broad range of serious users.