ChatGPT, Claude.ai, and Gemini
Chat apps can run a SkillPlug pack too. You upload the pack's files once, and the coach carries your progress in a short STATE block that you paste into each new chat.
How it differs from Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
Chat apps usually can't save files on your computer between chats. So instead of a skillplug-state/ folder, the coach prints a STATE block at the end of each session. You save it in a note and paste it at the start of the next chat. Everything else (the setup interview, check-ins, reviews, miss logs) works the same way.
Step by step
1. Unzip the pack
Unzip your download so you have the pack folder, for example step1-pack.
2. Create a Project, Custom GPT, or Gem
- ChatGPT: create a Project, or a Custom GPT.
- Claude.ai: create a Project.
- Gemini: create a Gem.
3. Upload the pack files
Upload the whole unzipped folder if the app allows it. If it doesn't, upload at least these files:
| Pack | Minimum files to upload |
|---|---|
| Step 1 | SKILL.md, 00-memory/s1-memory-keeper/SKILL.md, and the phase folder you are in now |
| Step 2 CK | SKILL.md, 00-memory/s2-memory-keeper/SKILL.md, and the phase folder you are in now |
| Away Rotations | SKILL.md, 00-memory/aw-memory-keeper/SKILL.md, and the phase folder you are in now |
| Weekly Planner | SKILL.md, 00-memory/wp-memory-keeper/SKILL.md, 00-memory/wp-daily-checkin/SKILL.md, and 02-build-the-week/wp-week-builder/SKILL.md |
Not sure which phase you are in? Upload the root SKILL.md first and ask. The root explains each phase.
4. Paste the instructions
Paste this into the Project instructions, the Custom GPT instructions, or the Gem instructions:
Follow SKILL.md as your operating manual. When it points to another file, open it from the uploaded files or ask me to paste it.5. Start the first chat
Say the pack's first line, for example "Set me up for Step 1", and answer the setup interview.
Saving your progress
At the end of each session the coach prints a block like this:
=== SKILLPLUG STATE (step1-pack) ===phase: ... | last_session: ... | next_review: ...next_actions: 1) ... 2) ... 3) ...last 5 scores: ...top 5 weak areas: ...deadlines next 14 days: ...profile essentials: ...=== END STATE ===- Copy it into a note (Notes, Google Keep, a doc, anything).
- Paste it as your first message in the next chat. The coach treats it as your saved state.
- Keep only the newest block.
Individual v1 skills
For the ERAS, personal statement, interview, Researcher, and v1 Med Student skills, open the skill's SKILL.md and paste its contents into the Project instructions or the start of a new chat. Each one runs its own short intake.
Limits in chat apps
- The coach can't write a local dashboard file or sync to your SkillPlug account from a chat app. For the free planner, ask the coach for the plan JSON and use More, then Import a plan at /planner.
- Printable PDFs depend on whether the app can create files. If it can't, the coach gives you the content to paste into a document.