Threads, sharing and cost

Threads

Each conversation is a thread. Use a new one per topic — a thread carrying three unrelated projects makes every response worse, because everything in it is context.

Rename threads to something you will recognise later.

Sharing

A thread can be shared with your team, if you hold the sharing capability. Useful for handing over work, or showing someone how a conclusion was reached.

Cost

Each thread reports what it consumed. Worth glancing at after a long session — it is the fastest way to notice that a conversation which felt quick was actually expensive, usually because it accumulated a lot of context.

You're done when threads are one-topic and named, and you know what a heavy session costs.

Gotchas

• Long threads get more expensive, not just slower. Everything in the thread is re-read. Start a fresh one when the topic changes.