ChatGPT Projects — attach markdown knowledge

Use this page for humans. The sentences below are intentionally literal so you can follow them in the ChatGPT UI without watching a video.

Prerequisites

• Course-approved ChatGPT plan that exposes Projects.
• Permission from your lead if IP policy applies (USC AGP default: treat scripts as course-private unless published elsewhere).

Goal

Load the Markdown reference bundle living beside this file so every chat inside the Project inherits shared facts about Rephrased, tone rules, and discipline guardrails without pasting a mega prompt every session.

Steps (web UI, typical flow)

1. Locate Rephrased Wiki/wiki/AI/ChatGPTProject/ in Git or download the same paths from the MkDocs Setup tab mirror.
2. Gather all of these files locally:
3. HowToAttach.md (this page)
4. Rephrased-TeamContext.md
5. Communication-Defaults.md
6. Discipline-Brief.md
7. In ChatGPT choose New project (wording varies slightly by UI revision).
8. Title the project Rephrased – AGP (or another team-approved label) and set visibility to private / team per policy.
9. Open the Project’s Instructions or Files / Knowledge pane (the control that accepts uploads for that Project).
10. Upload each Markdown file. If the UI allows drag-and-drop folders, drop the whole bundle; otherwise attach them one at a time.
11. Start a chat inside the Project. Ask the model to cite which uploaded file it used when answering process questions; if it cannot, re-upload with a note in the first user message listing filenames.

Updating the bundle

When ## Change history at the bottom of any bundle file mentions a policy change, repeat the upload for the changed files (or replace the whole set monthly during documentation reviews).

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
Answers ignore project facts	Remove stale duplicate instructions in the custom system text; rely on uploaded Markdown only.
Sensitive paste regret	Delete the Project, rotate exposed secrets with faculty guidance, rebuild from clean exports.
Huge DOCX exports needed	Convert to Markdown offline first; Project knowledge works best with .md clarity.

Change history

• 2026-05-09 — Gabriel Li — ChatGPT Project attachment instructions; referenced Setup tab for hosted mirror fetch steps.