# What Is a Context Window? A Visual Guide > A visual guide to the context window: how much text an AI model can see at once, shown with a real ChatGPT meeting summary lesson. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual/term-context-window-explained · Updated 2026-10-01 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) [AI term explained](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual#format-term-of-the-day) · 4 slides · [ChatGPT](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/chatgpt) By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) · Published October 1, 2026 · From the free lesson [Summarize a Meeting Transcript with ChatGPT](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-summarize-meeting-transcript) A visual guide to the context window: how much text an AI model can see at once, shown with a real ChatGPT meeting summary lesson. Swipe or scroll sideways for all 4 slides. The whole guide is written out below. ## The guide in text ****Context window**:** The amount of text an AI model can take into account at one time, measured in tokens. Anything outside it, the model simply cannot see. ## New chat, empty window Click New chat and the meeting is gone. Attach the transcript file to bring it back into the new conversation. ## Work with the window - Keep related follow-ups in the same chat. Start a new chat for an unrelated task. - In a long conversation, restate key rules before an important request. - If it ignores part of a long document, ask about that section directly. **The full definition:** [What is a context window?](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/context-window) in the AI glossary, with an example from a free lesson, common confusions and tips. Businesses and people in the examples are made up. The steps, screens and wording come from the free lesson and the Stepthrough glossary and prompt library. ## Do it yourself, free **Summarize a Meeting Transcript with ChatGPT**. Paste a long meeting transcript into ChatGPT and get the decisions, an action items table with owners and due dates, and a follow-up email ready to send. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of ChatGPT, it checks your work as you go, and “Do it for me” finishes any step you get stuck on. Free, and nothing touches your real accounts. [Start the free lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/chatgpt-meeting-summary) [Or read the full step-by-step guide](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-summarize-meeting-transcript) ## Related terms Plain-English definitions, each with an example from a free lesson. [Context window](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/context-window) · [Action items](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/action-items) · [AI summarization](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/ai-summarization) · [File upload (in an AI chat)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/file-upload) · [Markdown](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/markdown) · [Meeting minutes](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/meeting-minutes) · [Speech-to-text](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/speech-to-text) · [Gemini](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/gemini) [The full AI glossary](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary) ## Related prompts - [Action items table prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/action-items-table-prompt): Paste a meeting transcript or rough notes and get a table of every task, owner and due date, with "Not stated" wherever nobody… - [Meeting agenda prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/meeting-agenda-prompt): Turn a list of topics into a timed meeting agenda where every item has an owner, a question to settle and minutes that add up to… - [Project status update prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/project-status-update-prompt): Write an honest project status update: On track, At risk or Off track with the reason, what's done, what's next, blockers and… - [Shift schedule announcement prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/shift-schedule-announcement-prompt): Announce a new or changed shift schedule clearly: what changes, for whom, from when, a schedule table, what stays the same, and… [All free prompt templates](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts) ## From the blog - [AI Training for Employees: A Free Plan for Small Teams](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/blog/ai-training-for-employees): AI training for employees on a small-business budget: one rule set, three shared ChatGPT lessons, then role-based picks, all free in practice copies. - [ChatGPT for Paralegals: Client Updates and Case Recaps](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/blog/chatgpt-for-paralegals): ChatGPT for paralegals and legal assistants: draft client updates from a facts list with no predictions, recap case meetings, and know what never to paste. - [Interview Debrief Template: Run It Fair, Then Score It](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/blog/interview-debrief-template): An interview debrief template for small teams: a must-have-by-must-have agenda, how to park off-topic comments, and a ChatGPT prompt for the scorecard. ## More visual guides - [Prompt of the Day: Summarize an Email Thread for a Handoff](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/visual/prompt-summarize-an-email-thread): A visual prompt card: turn a long email thread into a short handoff with the situation, what was promised and each question marked Answered or Open. - [What Is a Trigger in n8n? 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