Hermit is a tool that processes your full ChatGPT data export to preserve context when switching between LLMs. It generates structured profiles with temporal awareness and ready-to-paste files for Claude Memory, Claude Projects, Gemini Gems, or any LLM. It is designed for users who want to migrate their AI conversation history without losing years of context, enabling a seamless transition between different AI platforms.

When switching from ChatGPT to other AI models like Claude, users face the problem of losing valuable context and starting from scratch. Anthropic's Claude has a Memory Import feature, but ChatGPT's built-in export provides only about 40 random, often outdated facts with no structure or synthesis. This results in fragmented and ineffective memory transfer, making it difficult for new AI models to understand user patterns, projects, and preferences.

Hermit reads your entire ChatGPT export, including all conversations, projects, and most-discussed themes, to generate a structured profile. It synthesizes your history into a coherent narrative, capturing who you are, how you think, and recurring patterns. The tool provides behavioral instructions that AI models like Claude can actually follow, offering 14 times more context than ChatGPT's basic export.

It automatically maps your ChatGPT projects and biggest topics, such as career transition, full stack development, and relationships, into organized profiles. Each profile includes actionable instructions, temporal awareness to distinguish current from past activities, and structured data ready for import. This ensures that the AI understands your active priorities, like building an MVP or training for a marathon, while filtering out outdated noise.

Hermit works by having you export your conversations from ChatGPT Settings as a conversations.json file, upload it to Hermit for local processing, and then receive AI-synthesized profiles. These profiles can be imported into Claude's memory with one click or adapted for other LLMs. The process is privacy-focused, with encrypted processing, no human access, auto-deletion of original files after about 10 minutes, and complete data wipe within 24 hours.

Users benefit from preserved context, saving time and effort when switching AI models. They gain deeper self-insights through structured profiles that reveal patterns and themes from their conversation history. The tool enhances AI interactions by providing models with rich, actionable context, leading to more personalized and effective responses.