Lesson 3.1 · D3 Product & Model Selection · 7 min
Select the right Claude feature for the task
Chat, Projects, artifacts, web search and research, connectors and memory each solve a different problem.
What the exam tests
Matching a scenario to the feature that solves it, such as repeated use of the same reference documents or the need for current, cited information.
Key ideas
- Chat
- One-off questions and tasks where you supply everything in the conversation.
- Projects
- A workspace with its own instructions and knowledge files, so every chat in it starts with the same reference material. Team and Enterprise plans let you share Projects with permissions.
- Artifacts
- Standalone outputs (documents, tables, interactive tools, prototypes) that can be revised and shared.
- Web search and research
- Current information with citations: news, competitor announcements, regulatory changes, prices.
- Connectors
- Let Claude work with your other tools (for example Google Drive or Gmail) within the connected user's own permissions.
- Memory, styles and preferences
- Carry personal context and writing style across chats; users can review and change what is remembered.
- Extended thinking
- Gives Claude room to reason through complex problems before answering, where available.
Common traps
- Pasting the same reference files into every chat instead of using a Project.
- Expecting training knowledge to cover this week's events.
- Assuming a connector gives access to files the user can't access.
Remember
Repeated context → Project. Current facts → search. Keep or share → artifact. Your tools → connector.