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      <title>I Got Tired of Re-Explaining My Project Every Time I Switched AI Assistants</title>
      <dc:creator>Elson</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/elsonvc/i-got-tired-of-re-explaining-my-project-every-time-i-switched-ai-assistants-4am1</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Last week I was working with Claude on a project.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After almost an hour of debugging, I hit the usage limit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I opened Gemini to continue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then I realized I had to rebuild the entire context from scratch:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt; The project architecture&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; What I'd already tried&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; The bugs I'd already fixed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; What still needed to be done&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The problem wasn't switching AI models. It was losing context.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That made me wonder... Why don't AI assistants have a proper handover, just like developers do?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I built the tool I wished already existed. I called it  &lt;strong&gt;Vakaso&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The idea is simple: before switching AI assistants, ask the current AI to generate structured handover notes instead of making the next AI rediscover everything.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instead of copying an entire conversation, Vakaso asks your current AI to generate a structured handover before you switch.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fp2ixreebh9slniz918s2.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fp2ixreebh9slniz918s2.png" alt=" " width="800" height="509"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The Workflow
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Claude&lt;code&gt;➡️&lt;/code&gt;Generate Handover&lt;code&gt;➡️&lt;/code&gt;Paste into Gemini (or Cursor)&lt;code&gt;➡️&lt;/code&gt;Continue working&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fngm6ikdi3j3vnelgtq1m.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fngm6ikdi3j3vnelgtq1m.png" alt=" " width="619" height="824"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The goal isn't to replace ChatGPT or Claude. It's simply to make switching between them much less painful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Why Browser-Only?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From the beginning, I wanted this to have a few strict rules:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No login&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No backend&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No database&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Everything runs entirely in your browser&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I didn't want anyone to upload their code or prompts to yet another service just to switch AI assistants. That means your prompts and code never pass through my servers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*&lt;em&gt;Why I Made It Public&lt;br&gt;
*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I originally built this tool for myself, but I decided to make it public in case it helps other developers too. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AI Handover is part of Vakaso, a collection of browser-first developer utilities built around one simple idea: &lt;strong&gt;Developer utilities that respect your time and your privacy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Looking for Feedback
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is still an early project, and I'd genuinely love feedback from developers who switch between Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, or other AI assistants.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm especially interested in two questions:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Does this solve a real problem for you?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What would make it better?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can try it here:&lt;br&gt;
👉 &lt;a href="https://vakaso.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://vakaso.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've found a better workflow for switching between AI assistants, I'd genuinely love to hear about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading!&lt;/p&gt;

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