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jumploops • today at 6:15 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

It's amazing that branching/forking isn't a core aspect of the main chat tools.

You can edit responses, sure, but then a bunch of other context is lost.

My flow is basically:

1. plan

2. build

3. branch (into some feature/esoteric dependency issue)

4. goto #2

Prompt pruning/branching should be a first-class tool for any LLM usage.

Replies

jampekka • today at 8:51 AM

Google AI studio at least has this. I found at least that implementation quite confusing though, which may be a reason it's not implemented in more "consumer oriented" tools.

Capricorn2481 • today at 6:53 AM

I've been kicking around making this for a while. BetterChatGPT at least has some good ergonomics around deleting history. But I agree that branching is the next step.