Before you prompt ChatGPT, give it these 5 files
If your assistant doesn’t know your tone, offers, and audience—it’s guessing.
Most people use ChatGPT like a vending machine.
Drop in a clever prompt. Wait for something shiny.
That’s not an AI system.
Pro AI users don’t operate this way. They don’t only rely on one-shot prompts or hope for magic each time.
They build project knowledge—structured, reusable context that gives their assistant the information it actually needs to write like them, think like them, and deliver publish-ready work.
Today, I’ll show you the five foundational documents I recommend every serious AI user create.
The core ingredients your system can’t perform without.
What is project knowledge?
Project knowledge is the set of documents that give your ChatGPT (or other AI model) real context.
It’s not a dumping ground for PDFs or scattered notes. It’s a curated set of files that encode:
Your tone
Your strategy
Your products
Your audience
Your positioning
Once built, this foundation becomes the thinking layer your assistant draws from across posts, clients, formats, and tasks.
This is what makes workflows scalable.