The most common cohort confusion after Sessions 3 and 4. One table kills it. Print it. When you don't know where a task belongs, this is the answer.
| The situation | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| "Draft this one IG caption right now" | Chat | One-off. No standing context needed. |
| "I draft IG captions every week in my voice" | Skill | Repeated MOVE. Same job, new input each time. |
| "I'm onboarding a client for 6 months" | Project | Standing WORKSPACE. Same context, many tasks. |
| "Quarterly launch — same emails, pages, content" | Project + skills inside it | Workspace for the launch + skills for the moves. |
| "I want my voice everywhere" | Skill (global) | Skills are account-level. Fire in chats, projects, Cowork. |
A relationship — a client, cohort, or team you serve for months.
A season — a launch, event, or quarter with its own assets.
A body of knowledge — your offers, SOPs, content archive, searchable.
A deliverable system — everything that produces ONE recurring output.
A second brain — transcripts, research, swipe files you SEARCH, not re-read.
A workspace in the chat app. Context = files + instructions. Best for thinking, drafting, deciding, searching your knowledge. This is the room you build in this week.
The same workspace with HANDS. Context = uploads + a scoped folder + connectors. Best for multi-step execution. Same feeding rule — bigger blast radius.