Claude Adds Ability to Import Memory From Other AI Providers
Anthropic added a memory import tool that lets you copy your context and preferences from ChatGPT, Gemini, or any other AI provider into Claude in under a minute.
Anthropic launched a memory import feature at claude.com/import-memory that lets you bring your accumulated context and preferences from any other AI provider into Claude. The whole thing takes under a minute.
How it works:
- Claude gives you a ready-made prompt to paste into your current AI provider (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)
- The prompt is written to extract your stored context in a single chat — preferences, habits, ongoing projects, whatever you’ve built up
- You copy the output and paste it into Claude’s memory settings at claude.ai
- Claude updates its memory and picks up where you left off
That’s it. No API keys, no export files — just copy, paste, done. The feature is available on all paid plans.
The real tell: there’s still no moat
The fact that this works at all says something. Anthropic didn’t have to write a custom integration for each competitor — they just wrote a prompt. One well-crafted prompt extracts your entire context from any AI, regardless of provider.
That’s not a product differentiator, it’s a reminder that there’s still no meaningful lock-in in the LLM space. The “memory” that users accumulate — their preferences, their shortcuts, their working context — can be described in plain text and transferred in seconds. No data gravity. No proprietary format. Just a prompt and a copy-paste.
Switching costs are supposed to create moats. Right now, the cost of switching between AI providers is measurable in minutes.