Surfaces and experiences
Entry points, plans, supported surfaces, maturity, and high-level product framing.
ChatGPT on the web
Source: ChatGPT on the web
Use ChatGPT on the web to research, analyze, and create files.
Features
Source: Features
Explore workflows, capabilities, commands, and settings for working in ChatGPT.
ChatGPT brings projects and long-running chats together with web browsing, files, images, and plugins. Commands, settings, and troubleshooting references round out these workflows, from choosing the right workflow to giving each chat the context and tools it needs.
Workflows
Ways to organize, delegate, and review work.
Projects and chats: Keep related chats, context, and work together.
Codex Remote: Start tasks, approve actions, and review work from your phone.
Sites: Create, save, and publish interactive websites and apps in ChatGPT.
Visualizations: Turn ideas and information into interactive visual explanations.
Scheduled tasks: Schedule recurring work and review completed results.
Long-running work: Let ChatGPT continue working while you step away.
Notifications: Choose how ChatGPT tells you when work needs attention.
Pets: Choose an animated companion and follow chat activity.
Codex Micro: Monitor and control ChatGPT chats from a Work Louder keyboard.
Capabilities
Tools ChatGPT can use to understand, create, and take action.
Browser: Let ChatGPT browse websites and take action while you stay in control.
Computer use: Let ChatGPT interact with apps through the visual interface.
ChatGPT Voice: Try voice in Chat, Work, and Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Plugins: Install reusable workflows, connected tools, and shared context.
Web search: Find current information and bring sources into a task.
Image generation: Create and edit images as part of your work.
Image inputs: Use screenshots and images as context for ChatGPT.
Appshots: Capture app state for visual inspection and debugging.
Browser extension: Use Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, or Vivaldi with ChatGPT.
Work with files: Create, preview, and refine documents and other generated files.
Reference
Find commands and settings for the ChatGPT desktop app.
Commands: Use app commands, keyboard shortcuts, and deep links.
Slash commands: Use shortcuts for common interactive actions.
Settings: Configure ChatGPT desktop app preferences.
Troubleshooting: Resolve common issues in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Glossary
Source: Glossary
Use this glossary as a quick reference for Codex terms across the app, CLI, IDE extension, cloud, SDK, and related integrations.
Resources
Source: Resources
Find Codex videos, community programs, and OpenAI resources
Use ChatGPT
Source: Use ChatGPT
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Go from idea to useful result
ChatGPT is an AI agent that you communicate with in natural language:
Start with a question, an idea, rough notes, a file, or a task you need to complete.
Ask ChatGPT to explain information, develop ideas, draft content, research a topic, analyze materials, or create something new.
Add the context and tools it needs, such as files, web search, projects, or plugins.
Review the result, correct the direction, and ask for changes. You don't need a perfect first prompt or special commands.
Choose how you want to work
Use Chat for a question or back-and-forth. Turn on Work in the switcher when you want ChatGPT to carry a larger task through to a reviewable result. Select Codex when you want developer views or more technical detail, especially for software development.
| Choose | When you want to | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Chat | Work through something with ChatGPT | Ask a question, search the web, brainstorm, draft a message, compare options |
| ChatGPT Work | Define an outcome and get a reviewable result | Create a deck, analyze files, draft a report, build a project plan |
| Codex | Use developer tools and see technical details | Debug code, run tests, review a PR, implement a feature |
Use Chat to ask questions, brainstorm, draft or revise text, summarize files, compare options, or clarify a larger task. In Codex, point to New chat, then select Quick chat when that option is available.
When you need a finished, reviewable result, switch to Work and describe what it should include. See Get started with ChatGPT Work for example tasks, prompts, and best practices.
What ChatGPT Work can do
ChatGPT Work can plan a task, gather context, use tools, and carry the work through to a result you can review.
Ask it to:
- Research and analyze information. Search the web, browse websites, compare sources, read files, analyze data, and summarize findings.
- Use your files and tools. Bring in uploaded files, projects, memories, ChatGPT Library, and installed plugins. Plugins can provide connected information, reusable workflows, and supported actions.
- Create finished files. Draft and refine documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and PDF files. Review the result, ask for specific changes, and download the completed file.
- Create visual and interactive work. Generate or edit images, make interactive visualizations, and build or share websites and apps with Sites.
- Work across websites and apps. Use the browser to research and interact with websites. In the desktop app, use the browser extension, Computer Use, and appshots when those features are available.
- Run code and review technical work. Run code and shell commands, analyze data, inspect files, review code, and work with repositories your selected environment can access.
- Delegate and continue longer tasks. Split independent work across subagents, follow their progress, and keep long-running work active.
- Repeat useful workflows. Set up scheduled tasks for recurring work and use skills to reuse a workflow.
- Talk through a task. On supported plans in the desktop app, use ChatGPT Voice to start work, check progress, or change direction.
Features depend on your plan, platform, region, rollout, and workspace settings. Your workspace administrator can control access to ChatGPT Work, plugins, browser use, and network access. ChatGPT Work and Codex share usage limits.
Choose cloud or local work
On the web, ChatGPT Work runs in a managed cloud environment. In the desktop app, you may also be able to choose where a task runs:
- Cloud: Run work in an isolated hosted environment. A task can keep going after you close the desktop app and continue from the web or mobile app. Cloud work can use uploaded files, connected tools, and approved websites.
- Work locally: Use files, apps, or the browser on your computer. Local work is available in the desktop app when enabled for your account or workspace.
ChatGPT shows its progress and pauses when it needs information or approval. Review consequential actions before approving them, and check the final result before you use or share it.
Compare ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop
ChatGPT Work and Codex have overlapping capabilities. If you prefer Codex, you can keep using it for research, documents, presentations, and other knowledge work. When both are available to you, the desktop app changes the interface and how the agent presents its work.
Detailed comparison
| Difference | ChatGPT in Desktop app | Codex in Desktop app |
|---|---|---|
| Where to start | Select ChatGPT, then switch to Work | Select Codex in the product selector |
| Chats you see | See chats started with Chat on web and mobile, plus ChatGPT Work chats | Focus on Codex chats and development projects |
| Quick chat | Not available | When available, access ChatGPT chats from web and mobile in Codex |
| Technical detail | Hide technical details like Git or shell commands | See developer details, including diff and review views |
| Agent communication | Prefers nontechnical language and finished outputs | Can include technical and implementation details |
| Pull requests pane | Not available when using ChatGPT Work | Available when enabled |
Talk to ChatGPT naturally
Write as if you were explaining the request to a helpful colleague. State what you want to accomplish, add the details that change the answer, and describe the format you need. Your first prompt is only a starting point—you can add context or refine the result with follow-up messages.
You can continue with simple directions such as:
- “Make this shorter.”
- “Give me three different approaches.”
- “What assumptions are you making?”
- “Ask me questions before you continue.”
Learn more about prompting, or take the AI Foundations course for guided practice.
Bring the right context into ChatGPT
Give ChatGPT the information, tools, and instructions that matter to the task. You don't need to provide everything—include the context that changes what a good result looks like.
Keep related work in a project
Projects help you organize ChatGPT around a topic, goal, or ongoing body of work. Keep related chats, files, and instructions in one project when the work will continue over time or depend on the same context. Learn more about projects.
Attach files
You can upload or attach documents, presentations, spreadsheets, PDF files, images, and data exports. Use them when you want ChatGPT to:
- Summarize or compare them.
- Find patterns or inconsistencies.
- Extract, clean, or reorganize information.
- Use them as source material for a new file.
When ChatGPT creates a file, open the preview and check its contents. You can then ask for changes without starting over. Learn more about working with files.
Connect tools with plugins
Plugins can connect ChatGPT to the tools and information you use for work, such as Google Drive, SharePoint, Salesforce, or Gong. Use them when a task depends on information outside the chat, actions in another system, or a repeatable workflow.
Plugin availability depends on your plan, workspace settings, and the plugin itself. Learn more about skills and plugins.
Share a read-only snapshot of a Codex thread
On all Codex plans, you can create a read-only snapshot of a local Codex thread in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS. The snapshot doesn't give other people access to your project or computer.
Before sharing, check who can open the link:
- Personal account: Anyone with the link can open the snapshot.
- Workspace account: Only authenticated members of the workspace that created the snapshot can open it. You can allow everyone in that workspace or restrict access to invited people and groups. A workspace administrator can turn off workspace share links.
- Open the thread and select Share. You can also use
/sharewhere slash commands are available. - For a workspace account, use Who has access to choose everyone in your workspace or Only people and groups invited. For invited-only access, add existing workspace members by email or choose workspace groups.
- Wait for the snapshot to finish uploading, then select Copy link. Opening the dialog starts the upload, but Codex publishes the snapshot only when you select Copy link, using your chosen audience and recipients.
- Open the copied link and review the shared view before sending it to anyone.
A snapshot captures the supported thread content available when you share it. Later messages and changes don't update the existing snapshot.
Shared snapshots can include user-visible messages, reasoning summaries, image attachments, images viewed or generated by the agent, and file changes, including paths and diffs. They don't include the original thread's tool calls, shell commands, or tool input or output.
Codex redacts known secret patterns before uploading a snapshot. Review the shared view before sending its link because sensitive content, including file paths, may remain in messages, images, or diffs.
You can't fork the original thread from a shared snapshot. You can import the snapshot as an attachment and refer to it in a new thread.
To view or revoke a shared link, open ChatGPT data controls and select Shared links.
Make the result ready to use
Treat the first result as a draft you can inspect, challenge, and improve. A polished response can still be incomplete or wrong, so review the details that matter before you use or share it.
Check the work:
- Verify important numbers, names, dates, quotes, and claims.
- Open generated files and inspect every section, tab, slide, or page.
- Confirm that ChatGPT used the correct and most current source material.
- Look for missing information and unsupported assumptions.
- Ask for focused revisions when the result misses the goal.
Then ask ChatGPT to pressure-test the result:
- “What sources did you use for this?”
- “Cite the source for each major claim.”
- “What assumptions did you make?”
- “What information were you unable to access?”
- “What would change your recommendation?”
- “Check this result against the original files.”
If ChatGPT couldn't access a source or complete part of the task, ask it to say so plainly. An explicit gap is easier to address than a confident guess.
Legal, financial, medical, security, and other high-stakes decisions require appropriate expert review. Use ChatGPT to support informed judgment, not replace it.
Next steps
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Start using ChatGPT with a guided first task.
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Write useful prompts for questions, finished work, and coding tasks.
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Set preferences and carry useful context across chats.
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What's new
Source: What's new
This weekly digest highlights ChatGPT and Codex features that can change how you work, with examples and links to learn more. For every versioned update, bug fix, and minor improvement, see the Codex changelog.
August 31–September 4, 2026
Take on demanding work with GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra combines advanced reasoning, computer use, and stronger judgment for complex work across code, apps, and research in Codex and ChatGPT Work. Use it to carry out a workflow, check the result, and produce a document, spreadsheet, or presentation that fits your templates and task.
Once Astra is available to your account, choose it from the model selector. See usage and pricing before starting a large task. Enterprise access requires both rollout eligibility and an administrator to enable it.
August 24–28, 2026
Work with more websites
Use your browser: Work in Edge, Brave, Opera, or Vivaldi as well as Chrome from the ChatGPT desktop app. Bring an open tab into a ChatGPT Work or Codex chat and work with the website where you're already signed in. Opera supports browser control but doesn't have side chat.
Use a website's tools: With Site tools (WebMCP), ChatGPT Work and Codex can use actions offered by a website in the desktop app's built-in browser. For example, a document editor can provide tools to find a section or add a comment. Update the desktop app and use GPT-5.6 Sol or GPT-5.6 Terra. Site tools aren't available with GPT-5.6 Luna or in Enterprise or Edu workspaces.
Sign in through the cloud browser: On eligible plans, continue a task that needs a website account in ChatGPT Work on the web, iOS, or Android. Follow the sign-in request and enter your details in the sign-in flow, not in the chat. This doesn't connect your local browser profile. Website sign-in isn't available for Enterprise or Edu workspaces.
Availability depends on rollout and workspace settings.
Read the August 25 browser release notes.
Run scheduled tasks from app events
Scheduled tasks can now start when a supported event occurs in Gmail, Slack, or GitHub. Use an event trigger to triage new email, summarize channel activity, or act on pull request feedback without polling on a fixed cadence.
Event-triggered tasks are available in ChatGPT on the web and mobile for eligible plans. Connect the relevant app and approve its requested access first. In managed workspaces, administrators can control access.
<PromptComponent prompt={When one of my pull requests in / receives new review feedback, summarize the feedback and prepare a revision plan.} />
Read the August 25 release notes.
August 17–21, 2026
Work with more of your apps and content
Apple Messages: Find chats, summarize messages, prepare replies, and send through Messages on your Mac. The plugin is available on all plans in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS. Use it in ChatGPT Work and Codex, not in regular ChatGPT chats. By default, ChatGPT sends messages only after you approve the message and its recipients.
Site co-editing: Where available, invite active members of your workspace as editors. Editors can refine the Site and publish updates after its owner publishes it for the first time. Invited editors can read the Site's live database data; owners retain control of sharing and settings.
Editable Site URLs: Where available, choose a new ChatGPT-hosted address for an existing Site without redeploying it. The previous address redirects to the new one.
Computer History in Europe: Use Computer History in the EEA, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It remains off by default for ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise users on macOS. Business and Enterprise administrators must enable access first.
Shared thread snapshots: Share a read-only snapshot of a local Codex thread from the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS. Personal-account links are viewable by anyone with the link; workspace-account links are limited to the originating workspace. Codex redacts known secret patterns, but review the snapshot before sharing because sensitive content may remain.
Unified pinned threads: Keep your pinned chats in sync between desktop and iOS.
Read the August 20 release notes.
Work with GitLab projects in Codex cloud
GitLab support is available in beta on all ChatGPT plans. Connect a project, create a cloud environment, start tasks from issues or merge requests with @codex, and request one-off or automatic merge request reviews.
The integration runs in Codex cloud, and a managed workspace admin can disable it. GitLab-triggered activity requires permission to configure the applicable webhook. GitLab Self-Managed and GitLab Dedicated connections require workspace admin setup; webhook activity requires GitLab 19.0 or later.
Read the August 19 GitLab release notes.
Export public plugin metadata for review
Eligible ChatGPT Enterprise workspace owners and admins can download a CSV of the public plugins visible to their workspace. In Admin > Plugins, select Public, then select the download icon (Export CSV).
The export lists plugin, app, and Chat skill names and descriptions, together with developer, version, date added in UTC, and OpenAI verification metadata. It uses a public-catalog snapshot that can be up to 48 hours old and excludes plugins created for the workspace. The export isn't available in FedRAMP workspaces.
Read the August 17 admin export release notes.
August 10–14, 2026
Find earlier work with Computer History
Computer History turns activity across your apps and websites into a searchable timeline and memories that ChatGPT and Codex can use. Turn it on only if you want to share that context, then choose which apps and websites contribute, pause collection, and review or delete your history at any time.
Computer History is available in the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS for ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers. Business and Enterprise administrators must first enable access. Initial availability excludes the European Union, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Use the ChatGPT desktop app on Linux
The ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now available in preview. Install a .deb package on supported Ubuntu or Debian distributions, or an .rpm package on Fedora. Packages are available for both x64 and ARM64 processors.
Sign in with your ChatGPT account to work with projects, local files, and Codex. Some features, including Computer Use, aren't yet available in the Linux preview.
Bring your existing agent setup and work with you
Import instructions, settings, skills, plugins, projects, and recent work from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor into the ChatGPT desktop app. Turn on automatic updates in Settings > Import to keep your imported work in sync.
In Codex CLI, use /import to bring supported setup and recent chats from Claude Code or Cursor into your local session.
Read the August 11 desktop and CLI release notes.
Choose the right access for defensive security work
Daybreak now offers two tiers for approved defenders. Daybreak Blue supports general defensive work, such as secure code review, incident response, and patch validation. Daybreak Red requires its own approval and provides access to purpose-trained models for authorized security assessments.
Access requires Trusted Access for Cyber and applies only to the approved identity, workspace or organization, model, and product surface.
Read the August 10 Daybreak announcement.
August 3–7, 2026
Talk through files and projects with ChatGPT Voice
ChatGPT Voice now supports uploaded files and ChatGPT Projects. Ask questions about a document during a voice conversation, or continue a project using its recent chats, sources, and instructions.
Study and teach with dedicated education plugins
Three new plugins bring classroom-specific workflows to ChatGPT Work and Codex. College Student creates study guides, practice quizzes, flashcards, and interactive explanations. College Educator helps develop course plans, materials, and assessments. K–12 Educator supports lesson planning, classroom resources, and materials adapted for different learners.
The plugins are available through ChatGPT Edu and ChatGPT for Teachers district deployments. Schools control which tools and permissions are available. Read the education plugins announcement.
Reuse saved files and find past work faster
On the web, add a saved Library file to a conversation without uploading it again, search within Library, and paste formatted text without losing headings, links, or lists. Search also matches folders and conversation titles across the web, iOS, and Android.
Pastes longer than 10,000 characters now become attachments on every ChatGPT plan, including Enterprise and Edu. Select Show in text field if you want to move the content back into your message.
Read the ChatGPT release notes.
See your remaining ChatGPT Work usage
Eligible users on personal plans and ChatGPT Business can check their remaining ChatGPT Work usage directly in the web sidebar. Available credit options depend on your account and workspace permissions. ChatGPT Work and Codex continue to share the same usage limits and credits.
Choose how GPT-5.6 responds in ChatGPT
ChatGPT Plus and Pro users can adjust how much thought GPT-5.6 Sol puts into a response with a new slider. The updated model also provides more reliable facts and focused answers. GPT-5.6 Luna becomes the default ChatGPT model on the Free and Go plans.
These changes apply to ChatGPT conversations. They don't change model behavior in ChatGPT Work or Codex. Read the ChatGPT release notes.
Organize work and switch agents in Codex CLI 0.147.0
Codex CLI 0.147.0 adds persistent, manually ordered chat sections and portable Agent Plugins. Search across local, personal, workspace, and remote plugin catalogs, or import Cursor and Claude Code setup without duplicating synced conversations.
Use --approve-for-me to enable automatic approval review for eligible requests without expanding filesystem or network permissions. Amazon Bedrock sessions also gain cached web search and remote conversation compaction.
Follow and resume deeper security scans
Hosted Codex Security plugin versions 0.1.16 through 0.1.18 add live scan progress, measured token usage, resumable deep scans, and configurable discovery limits. The latest release also supports Amazon Bedrock authentication for repository scans and their delegated workers.
Use the Codex Security workbench to review scan progress and findings, or configure a deep scan when you need a more thorough assessment. Check the plugin changelog to confirm which features your installed version supports.
Review GitHub pull requests for security risks
Codex Security Review analyzes pull-request changes alongside repository context, threat models, and security guidance. Configure automatic reviews when a pull request opens or receives new commits, or request one directly with @codex security review.
The feature is available in research preview to eligible ChatGPT Enterprise, Business, Edu, and Pro customers. It isn't available on Plus, and usage limits can apply.
July 27–31, 2026
Use GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna at lower rates
GPT-5.6 Terra now costs 20% less, and GPT-5.6 Luna costs 80% less. Input, cached input, and output rates decreased by the same proportions. The updated usage limits and rates make Terra a stronger fit for everyday work and Luna especially useful for focused coding and high-volume tasks.
Find useful context across your browser and open tabs
In the ChatGPT desktop app, the built-in browser can find pages from your browsing history or search Google directly from its address bar. ChatGPT can also search your browsing history when a task needs earlier context.
The Chrome extension lets you mention open tabs, bring selected page text into a side chat, ask questions about YouTube videos, or select Ask ChatGPT from a page's context menu. Review and approve requests to use browser history before ChatGPT includes that information in a task.
Review changes across repositories
When a local project contains more than one folder, the desktop app shows every repository and the lines changed in each one. Select Review to inspect their diffs together without switching between separate review views.
Refine generated images in your conversation
Open a generated image in the expanded viewer, then switch between Focused view and Canvas view. Add comments across images, select the versions you want to keep, and ask for targeted edits without leaving the chat. Learn more about image generation.
Find chats that need your attention
The desktop app's new Activity view brings together chats you recently engaged with and work that needs your attention. Select the bell in the sidebar to open the view.
Read the July 30 desktop release notes.
Connect partner tools with Sign in with ChatGPT
Sign in with ChatGPT is rolling out in beta to supported plugins and partner sites, beginning with Airtable, GitLab, HubSpot, Notion, Supabase, and Vercel. Use it to create or link a partner account with fewer steps, then start working with that service in ChatGPT or Codex.
Partners receive only your name, email address, and profile picture when available. Each plugin's requested access still requires a separate review and approval. Read the July 29 sign-in announcement.
Collaborate in a dedicated academic research workspace
ChatGPT for Academic Researchers offers eligible faculty and postdoctoral researchers 12 months of complimentary access to a dedicated ChatGPT workspace. Approved teams can include up to five verified researchers from the same institution and receive business data protections and ChatGPT Pro-level usage limits. Participants can use GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex for research and coding workflows.
The program covers ChatGPT access, not OpenAI API credits. Eligibility requires institutional verification and a qualifying research paper.
Continue Codex tasks more reliably on iOS
ChatGPT for iOS 1.2026.202 reconnects to tasks more reliably when you return to the app or unlock your device with Face ID. Voice conversations use your chosen ChatGPT voice and show usage-limit warnings, while the composer now suggests installed plugins and their skills consistently with the desktop app.
The release also improves pause and resume controls for goals, inline tables and visual themes, large workspace diffs, selected-text references, and model restoration. Read the July 27 iOS release notes.
Compare security scans and manage findings
Hosted Codex Security plugin releases 0.1.14 and 0.1.15 add scan comparisons, false-positive feedback, scoped SECURITY.md policies, and clearer repository and finding histories. You can select findings for tracking in Linear or GitHub Issues, with Codex reviewing the proposed action before you approve it.
Use the existing Codex Security workbench to review saved scans, findings, repository history, and remediation in the desktop app. The hosted plugin catalog offers version 0.1.15, while the public CLI plugin marketplace offers version 0.1.11. Check the Codex Security plugin changelog before relying on a new feature.
Run security scans from the terminal, CI, or TypeScript
The public @openai/codex-security CLI and TypeScript SDK reached version 0.1.5, with release numbers separate from the Codex Security plugin. Use the package to run scans from the CLI, review pull-request changes and upload SARIF results in CI, or run resumable bulk scans across GitHub repositories or a pinned CSV inventory.
The Codex Security TypeScript SDK also lets you build scanning, progress reporting, cost controls, and cancellation into your own tools. The package is public, but running scans still requires Codex Security access. Some full-repository scans also require Trusted Access for Cyber.
Organize sessions and extend Codex CLI 0.146.0
Codex CLI 0.146.0 lets you name a new chat with /new release prep or /clear bug bash, pin important threads, and switch between side conversations without closing them. It also adds temporary conversation forks, standalone web search for compatible custom model providers, executor-provided skills, and support for Agent Plugins manifests, workspace plugin publishing, and other plugin marketplaces.
For custom clients, the app server can filter pinned threads, create in-memory forks, inspect installed connector state, and read connector metadata. Experimental WebSocket support also connects app-server to remote Code Mode hosts. Review the app-server security requirements before exposing a remote connection. The release also improves proxy support, MCP reconnection, terminal responsiveness, and Windows sandbox reliability.
Use GPT-5.6 Sol for hosted Codex work
GPT-5.6 Sol now powers Codex cloud code review and quality assurance for eligible customers. Sol is the flagship GPT-5.6 model for complex coding, research, computer use, and security work. Codex cloud selects its model automatically; Terra and Luna remain available on supported local and web surfaces.
Prepare for the GPT-5.4 model retirement
On August 31, GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini will retire from Codex for users signed in with ChatGPT. Replace gpt-5.4 with gpt-5.6-terra and gpt-5.4-mini with gpt-5.6-luna in workspace defaults, saved model settings, managed configurations, custom agents, and scheduled tasks.
The OpenAI API and Codex sessions authenticated with an API key are not affected. Review the deprecated Codex models and workspace model availability before the cutoff.
July 20–24, 2026
Talk through work with ChatGPT Voice
ChatGPT Voice, powered by GPT-Live, lets you talk through work and coordinate tasks in Chat, Work, and Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app. Start a new chat or task in voice mode, then ask ChatGPT to start, check, or steer work in other threads.
On macOS, say, “Take a look at this” to share an appshot of your frontmost window when Screen context is on.
Voice is available with Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans in the desktop app and through Remote on iOS.
Work across multiple folders in one local project
Local projects in the ChatGPT desktop app can now include multiple related folders. Choose a primary folder for new chats, Git operations, and automatic discovery of AGENTS.md, skills, and config.toml. Secondary folders remain available for file search, reading, and editing.
Open Edit project to add folders and choose the primary folder.
Read the July 23 release notes.
July 13–17, 2026
Keep Work conversations and Projects together on desktop
The ChatGPT desktop app now keeps Chat and Work conversations together in the ChatGPT view. Cloud Work conversations sync across web, mobile, and desktop; local Work conversations stay on your computer. ChatGPT Projects are available in the desktop app. Codex keeps its dedicated view and separate history for developer workflows.
Compare ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop to choose the view that fits your task.
Control parallel Codex work with Codex Micro
On July 15, OpenAI and Work Louder launched Codex Micro, a limited-run physical control surface for Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app. Its Agent Keys show the status of up to six chats and switch between them. Customizable Command Keys, an analog stick, and a dial can trigger common actions or skills, start push-to-talk, and adjust reasoning effort without leaving the keyboard.
Use GPT-5.6 through Amazon Bedrock
GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna reached general availability through Amazon Bedrock. Local ChatGPT Work and Codex surfaces can use the built-in amazon-bedrock provider with a Bedrock API key or the AWS SDK credential chain. This includes Work and Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app, Codex CLI, the IDE extension, and the Codex SDK.
Inspect Codex task visualizations on iOS
ChatGPT for iOS 1.2026.188 added inline visualizations to Codex tasks and improved creating and managing tasks from conversations, including reliable links to newly created tasks. Read the July 13 iOS release notes.
July 6–10, 2026
Take on ambitious work in ChatGPT
ChatGPT Work in ChatGPT can gather context from your files and plugins, take action across workflows, and create reviewable documents, presentations, spreadsheets, Sites, and other finished work. Powered by GPT-5.6, it can break a goal into steps and work for hours while you follow its progress, answer questions, change direction, and approve important actions.
Scheduled tasks can keep that work moving when you're away by running once, on a schedule, when an event occurs, or while monitoring for changes.
Choose the right GPT-5.6 model
The GPT-5.6 family offers three recommended models across ChatGPT Work, the ChatGPT desktop app, Codex CLI, and the Codex IDE extension. Sol is the flagship for complex coding, computer use, research, and security work. Terra balances capability and cost for everyday work, while Luna is the fastest, lowest-cost option. The default Power setting uses Sol with medium reasoning.
Use Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app
On July 9, the Codex app merged into the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS and Windows. Codex keeps its dedicated coding experience alongside ChatGPT's Chat and Work. The Codex experience includes inline editing in diffs, pull request review in the side panel, faster Computer Use powered by GPT-5.6, and multi-repository projects.
Existing Codex app users can update as usual. You can make Codex the default view, use the Codex logo as the app icon, and access desktop Codex projects from the ChatGPT mobile app. The updated desktop app is available globally on every ChatGPT plan, including Free.
June 15–19, 2026
Turn demonstrated workflows into reusable skills
Record & Replay lets you show ChatGPT or Codex a workflow on macOS and turn the demonstration into a reusable skill. Use it for repetitive tasks that are easier to show than describe, then refine the generated skill and replay it with new inputs. Initial availability excludes the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, and requires Computer Use.
Continue a chat on another host
Chat handoff moves a chat and its Git state between your local computer and a connected remote host. Codex can create or reuse a worktree on the destination, transfer the chat, and continue from the matching project.
The same desktop release adds bulk actions to scheduled run history, so you can mark every run as read or archive eligible runs together.
Browse and review workspaces from iOS
In the ChatGPT mobile app, Remote added a workspace file browser, a directory picker for new chats, expand-and-collapse controls for diffs, and per-chat or cross-chat MCP approval choices on iOS.
Computer Use, the Chrome extension, Memories, and Chronicle also began rolling out to the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Memories remain off by default in those regions, and Chronicle is an opt-in research preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers on macOS.
Read the June 15 iOS, June 16 availability, and June 18 app release notes.
June 8–12, 2026
Debug web apps with Browser Developer mode
Developer mode gives Codex controlled access to Chrome DevTools Protocol capabilities in Chrome and the built-in browser. Codex can inspect network traffic, console output, runtime errors, and page state while it profiles or debugs your app. Under Developer mode in Settings > Browser, turn on Enable full CDP access. Codex asks for explicit approval before it uses that access on a website.
Browser use is also up to twice as fast because CDP and DOM snapshot optimizations reduce browser round trips.
Bring your setup to Codex
New migration flows can import supported setup from other coding agents during onboarding. The Codex app also added /init for creating project instructions, plus improved plugin management, browser diagnostics, and completed-chat summaries.
Set up Codex chats from iOS
Remote on iOS can now choose a branch, create a worktree, run an environment setup script, manage goals, and add inline review comments.
Read the June 9 app, June 9 iOS, and June 11 app release notes.
June 1–5, 2026
Build and deploy websites with Sites
Sites lets ChatGPT create, save, deploy, and inspect websites, dashboards, internal tools, web apps, and games hosted by OpenAI. Sites has a dedicated entry point in ChatGPT on the web and desktop, where you can return to projects and manage hosted environment values and secrets without assembling a separate deployment stack.
Use Codex with Amazon Bedrock
You can use Codex with Amazon Bedrock for local workflows with AWS-managed authentication, account controls, and billing. Remote on iOS also added an optional in-app lock, follow-up behavior settings, line wrapping for diffs, and SSH connections to Windows machines. The desktop app added terminal placement controls and activity insights in the profile view.
Read all June 2026 release notes.
May 25–29, 2026
Use Windows apps and control Codex remotely
Computer use added support for seeing, clicking, and typing in Windows desktop apps. Install the Computer Use plugin before starting. On Windows, Codex uses the active desktop and takes over the foreground while the task runs. Remote connections also support Windows. In the ChatGPT mobile app, open Remote to start work on a Windows device, or use a Mac running the ChatGPT desktop app and check progress from elsewhere.
Remote on iOS also added Spotlight and Shortcuts entry points, archived-chat browsing, /side, and options to save or copy rendered images. The desktop app added chat coordination for local projects and worktrees, content and branch-name search for past chats, and consistent visual identifiers for background subagents.
Read the May 25 iOS and May 29 app release notes.
May 18–22, 2026
Give Codex context from any Mac app with Appshots
Appshots send the frontmost app window to Codex with a screenshot and available text when you press both Command keys. Codex gets working context from design tools, dashboards, documents, and other apps without requiring you to copy, paste, or describe what's on screen.
Follow long-running goals
Goal mode left experimental status and is available in the Codex app, IDE extension, and CLI for objectives that can take hours or days. Locked use lets Codex continue approved computer-use work after a Mac locks, including through Remote in the ChatGPT mobile app. ChatGPT Business workspaces can also share reusable plugin bundles with workspace members.
May 11–15, 2026
Continue desktop work from mobile
In the ChatGPT mobile app, Remote connects to a Mac running the ChatGPT desktop app. Because work runs on the connected host, your projects, files, credentials, plugins, skills, and configuration remain available when you continue from your phone. See Remote connections to set up a host and pick up work from another device.
Automate trusted workflows
Hooks reached general availability for running custom commands at key points in the agent lifecycle. ChatGPT Enterprise admins can also enable Codex access tokens for trusted scripts, schedulers, and private CI runners. Enterprise guidance expanded to cover managed setup and controls for Codex.
May 4–8, 2026
Work across browser tabs with the Chrome extension
The Chrome extension can work in parallel across tabs in the background without taking over your browser. You control which websites Codex can use, making it practical to combine research, data entry, and verification across web apps in one task.
The Codex app also added dictation cleanup and a custom dictionary for names, file paths, and code symbols. ChatGPT Enterprise workspace owners can allow members to create Codex access tokens for trusted, non-interactive local workflows.
Read the May 5 app, May 5 access-token, and Codex for Chrome launch notes.
April 20–24, 2026
Use GPT-5.5 for complex work
GPT-5.5 arrived in Codex as the recommended model for most tasks, with strengths across implementation, debugging, testing, computer use, research, and finished knowledge-work outputs.
Let Codex operate the browser and review approvals
Computer Use in the built-in browser lets Codex click through local development servers and file-backed pages to reproduce issues and verify fixes. Eligible approval requests can also go through automatic approval review, which shows the review status and risk before the action runs.
Read the April 23 launch notes.
April 13–17, 2026
Preview and operate work in one place
The built-in browser added live previews and page comments, while Computer Use let Codex see and operate macOS apps. Together, they made visual implementation and end-to-end verification part of the same task as the code change.
Start with a chat and keep it moving
Standalone chats made it possible to begin without choosing a project folder. The same release added scheduled tasks inside a chat, pull-request context, richer file previews, and Memories for work that spans chats.
Read the April 16 Codex app release notes.
April 6–10, 2026
Review and ship pull requests in the app
The review experience added collapsible inline comments, inline and detached review modes, and clearer Git and source context. Pull-request activity, comments, and push choices then moved into the app alongside workspace file tabs, so you could inspect a change and respond without switching tools.
Read the April 9 and April 10 Codex app release notes, or learn how to review changes in the app.
March 23–27, 2026
Package workflows as plugins
Plugins launched as installable bundles of skills, connectors, and MCP servers. They made complete workflows easier to discover, install, and share, while redesigned plugin and skill pages made their contents and status clearer. Search for past chats also arrived that week.
Read the task search, plugins launch, and Codex app release notes.
March 16–20, 2026
Branch earlier and choose tools from the composer
You could fork a chat from an earlier message, making it easier to try a new approach without losing the original path. Model and reasoning commands became available while drafting, enabled skills appeared in the @ menu, and GPT-5.4 mini added a faster option for lighter tasks and subagents.
Read the GPT-5.4 mini, chat control, and skill menu release notes.
March 9–13, 2026
Schedule work with the right environment
Scheduled tasks could run locally or in a worktree with an explicit model and reasoning level. Reusable templates made common tasks faster to configure, and custom themes made the workspace easier to personalize.
Let Codex inspect terminal output
Codex also learned to read the integrated terminal for the current chat. It could inspect a running development server or build output directly instead of asking you to paste it.
Read the March 11 and March 12 Codex app release notes.
March 2–6, 2026
Run Codex natively on Windows
The Codex app launched on Windows with native PowerShell and sandbox support, plus worktrees, scheduled tasks, and skills. WSL remained available for developers who preferred a Linux environment.
Move chats between Local and Worktree
Local and Worktree handoff made it possible to move an active chat while preserving its context. GPT-5.4 also arrived in Codex that week for coding, computer use, and longer-context workflows.
Read the Windows launch, worktree handoff, and GPT-5.4 release notes.
February 9–13, 2026
Iterate in real time and branch an approach
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark entered research preview as a near-instant model for real-time coding iteration. The app also added chat forking and a floating, always-on-top chat window, so you could explore another approach or keep Codex beside an editor or browser.
Read the Spark and Codex app release notes, or see the current model guide.
February 2–6, 2026
The Codex app launches on macOS
The Codex app launched as a desktop workspace for parallel project chats, built-in Git review, worktrees, skills, scheduled tasks, and voice dictation. Those capabilities now live in Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Steer active work and add files
Mid-turn steering made it possible to redirect Codex without stopping an active response, and file attachments expanded beyond images. These patterns became the foundation for steering and queuing follow-ups with the context Codex needs.
Read the Codex app launch notes and February 5 app release notes.
ChatGPT
Source: ChatGPT
Use ChatGPT for ambitious work and software development
Feature Maturity
Source: Feature Maturity
Some ChatGPT and Codex features ship behind a maturity label so you can understand how reliable each one is, what might change, and what level of support to expect.
| Maturity | What it means | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Under development | Not ready for use. | Don't use. |
| Experimental | Unstable and OpenAI may remove or change it. | Use at your own risk. |
| Beta | Ready for broad testing; complete in most respects, but some aspects may change based on user feedback. | OK for most evaluation and pilots; expect small changes. |
| Stable | Fully supported, documented, and ready for broad use; behavior and configuration remain consistent over time. | Safe for production use; removals typically go through a deprecation process. |
| Deprecated | Still available for compatibility, but no longer recommended; OpenAI may remove it in a future release. | Avoid new use and plan to migrate. |
Pricing
Source: Pricing
ChatGPT Work and Codex share usage. ChatGPT Work usage inside ChatGPT uses the same pricing, credits, and usage limits as Codex.
Pricing options
Free ($0 /month):
Explore Codex capabilities on quick coding tasks.
Go ($8 /month):
Use Codex for lightweight coding tasks.
Plus ($20 /month):
Power a few focused coding sessions each week.
- Codex on the web, in the CLI, in the IDE extension, and on iOS
- Cloud-based integrations like automatic code review and Slack integration
- The GPT-5.6 model family, including Sol, Terra, and Luna
- GPT-5.6 Luna for higher usage limits on lighter-weight or high-volume workloads
- Flexibly extend usage with ChatGPT credits
- Other ChatGPT features as part of the Plus plan
Pro (From $100 /month):
Choose 5x or 20x higher rate limits than Plus.
Everything in Plus and:
- Access to GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark (research preview), a fast Codex model for day-to-day coding tasks
- 5x or 20x more Codex usage than Plus*
- Unlimited ChatGPT Voice on the $200/month tier; tasks still draw from your Codex usage budget
- Other ChatGPT features as part of the Pro plan
*Learn more about limits on both tiers.
API Key:
Great for automation in shared environments like CI.
- Codex in the CLI, SDK, or IDE extension
- No cloud-based features (GitHub code review, Slack, etc.)
- Model availability follows the API models available to your key
- Pay for Codex usage based on API pricing
Business ($20 / user / month*):
Bring Codex into your startup or growing business.
- Access ChatGPT and Codex across desktop and mobile apps
- Larger virtual machines to run cloud chats faster
- Flexibly extend usage with ChatGPT credits
- A secure, dedicated workspace with essential admin controls, SAML SSO, and MFA
- No training on your business data by default. Learn more
- Other ChatGPT features as part of the Business plan
*2+ users, billed annually. $25 per user per month when billed monthly.
Enterprise & Edu:
Unlock Codex for your entire organization with enterprise-grade functionality.
Everything in Business and:
- Priority request processing
- Enterprise-level security and controls, including SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification, and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Audit logs and usage monitoring via the Compliance API
- Data retention and data residency controls
- Other ChatGPT features as part of the Enterprise plan
Invite friends and coworkers
Eligible users can send Codex invitations from the profile menu in the lower-left corner of the app. Choose Invite a friend on an eligible personal plan or Invite a coworker in an eligible Business workspace, enter the recipient's email address, and send the invitation.
The invitation dialog shows the current reward, recipient requirements, invite limits, and when rewards expire for your plan or promotion. Personal and Business referral programs have separate rewards and eligibility rules. Referrals aren't currently available for ChatGPT Enterprise.
From June 11 through June 24, 2026, eligible Plus and Pro users can invite up to three friends. When an eligible recipient sends their first Codex message, both people receive a banked rate-limit reset. Banked rate-limit resets are usable for 30 days after they're granted. Business referrals use separate shared-workspace credit rewards; review the current terms before you send an invitation.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Sites cost?
Sites is included with eligible ChatGPT plans during public beta. Availability depends on your plan, region, and workspace settings.
What are the usage limits for my plan?
The number of messages you can send depends on the model used, size and complexity of your tasks, and whether you run them locally or in the cloud. Small scripts or routine functions may consume only a fraction of your allowance, while larger projects, long-running tasks, or extended sessions that require the agent to hold more context will use significantly more per message.
Tasks that look similar can consume different amounts of your allowance. Model choice, context, reasoning, tool use, retrieval, and caching all affect usage, so prompt length alone isn't a reliable estimate.
Choose the GPT-5.6 model that best fits your work:
- Sol is built for the hardest work—complex reasoning, ambiguous problems, advanced coding, and high-stakes decisions.
- Terra is the everyday workhorse for production tasks, reporting, document analysis, coding, and work that requires sound judgment.
- Luna is optimized for fast, high-volume work such as routing, classification, extraction, support, background automation, and focused coding tasks.
The estimates below show local messages per five-hour period. Cloud chats on ChatGPT plans use GPT-5.6 Sol and may use more of your allowance than local messages. These estimates are not fixed message limits; check your usage dashboard for current limits and reset times.
Model
Plus
Pro 5x
Pro 20x
Standard Business
API Key
GPT-6 Astra
5-45
25-225
100-900
5-45
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
GPT-5.6 Sol
10-100
50-500
200-2,000
10-100
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
GPT-5.6 Terra
25-200
125-1,000
500-4,000
25-200
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
GPT-5.6 Luna
250-2,000
1,250-10,000
5,000-40,000
250-2,000
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
GPT-5.5
15-80
75-400
300-1,600
15-80
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
GPT-5.4
20-100
100-500
400-2,000
20-100
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
GPT-5.4 mini
60-350
300-1,750
1,200-7,000
60-350
[Usage-based](https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing)
Local messages and cloud chats share your plan's usage allowance. Weekly
limits may also apply.
For Enterprise/Edu users with flexible pricing, there are no fixed rate
limits—usage scales with [credits](#credits-overview).
Enterprise and Edu plans without flexible pricing have the same per-seat
usage limits as Plus for most features.
Business ($100) uses the Pro 5x estimates.
Usage limits are shared with other agentic features once pricing for those features is effective. This currently includes ChatGPT for Excel on Plus and Pro.
Speed configurations increase credit consumption for all applicable models, so they also use included limits faster. Fast mode consumes credits at a higher rate for supported models. See Speed for supported models and rates. Image generations also use included limits ~3-5x faster on average, depending on image quality and size. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is in research preview for ChatGPT Pro users only, and isn't available in the API at launch. Because it runs on specialized low-latency hardware, usage is governed by a separate usage limit that may adjust based on demand.
ChatGPT Voice in Desktop
ChatGPT Voice on desktop uses a separate, plan-dependent allowance measured in rolling five-hour windows. Tasks started through Voice use your existing Codex usage budget. ChatGPT notifies you when you reach either limit.
GPT-Live manages the live conversation. When you use Voice in an existing Codex task, the task's selected model handles the work. See ChatGPT Voice for availability and setup.
- Plus: Approximately 15–30 minutes
- Pro 5x ($100/month): Approximately 1–2.5 hours
- Pro 20x ($200/month): Unlimited voice access
- Business: Approximately 45 minutes
- Enterprise / Edu (legacy): Approximately 45 minutes
Unlimited voice access doesn't make Codex tasks unlimited. Tasks started through ChatGPT Voice continue to use your existing Codex usage budget.
For Business, Edu, and Enterprise workspaces with credit-based or pay-as-you-go billing, Desktop voice costs approximately 6 credits per minute. ChatGPT Voice in Desktop is not available via API Key currently.
What happens when you hit usage limits?
We want you to be able to complete work already in progress. If you reach your usage limits during an active turn, the agent will be able to continue working on that turn, subject to fair use limits.
ChatGPT Plus and Pro users who reach their usage limit can purchase additional credits to continue working without needing to upgrade their existing plan.
Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans with flexible pricing can purchase additional workspace credits to continue working.
If you are approaching usage limits, you can also switch to a smaller model to make your usage limits last longer.
All users may also run extra local chats using an API key, with usage charged at standard API rates.
How does image generation count toward usage limits?
Image generation counts toward the same general usage limits as local messages and cloud chats. Image generations use included limits 3-5x faster on average than similar turns without image generation, depending on image quality and size. After you reach your included limits, image generation also draws from credits.
Image generation isn't available on the Free plan. When you use Codex with an API key, API pricing applies to image generation instead of included ChatGPT usage limits.
Where can I see my current usage limits?
You can find your current limits in the usage dashboard. If you want to see your remaining limits during an active Codex CLI session, you can use /status.
Check the dashboard every week or two to understand your pace and remaining capacity. If usage is higher than expected, consider whether a smaller model or tighter task scope would still produce a useful result.
What are tokens and credits?
Tokens are small units of information that ChatGPT reads and writes. Your prompt, files, chat history, tool results, and ChatGPT's response all use tokens.
Credits are the unit used to pay for eligible usage on credit-based plans. After you reach your included limits, available credits let you continue working. Credit purchase prices and applicable discounts depend on your plan or agreement.
Token rates
The token rates below are quoted in credits per million input tokens, cached input tokens, and output tokens. Learn more about tokens.
Fast mode applies a 2.5x multiplier to Astra's Standard rate.
A small subset of Enterprise customers should continue using the legacy rate card until we migrate you to the new token-based pricing. For more information, contact OpenAI sales.
Credits per 1M tokens
Input Tokens
Cached input tokens
Output Tokens
GPT-6 Astra
250 credits
25 credits
1,250 credits
GPT-5.6 Sol
100 credits
10 credits
500 credits
Daybreak Blue
100 credits
10 credits
500 credits
Daybreak Red
312.5 credits
31.25 credits
1875 credits
GPT-5.6 Terra
50 credits
5 credits
300 credits
GPT-5.6 Luna
5 credits
0.5 credits
30 credits
GPT-5.5
125 credits
12.50 credits
750 credits
GPT-5.4
62.50 credits
6.250 credits
375 credits
GPT-5.4 mini
18.75 credits
1.875 credits
113 credits
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
research preview
GPT-Image-2 (image)
200 credits
50 credits
750 credits
GPT-Image-2 (text)
125 credits
31.25 credits
250 credits
GPT-5.6 usage averages 5-30 credits per message.
Fast mode consumes credits at a higher rate for supported models. See
Speed for rates.
Daybreak access requires [Trusted Access for
Cyber](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/cyber-safety#trusted-access-for-cyber) approval.
Daybreak Blue uses GPT-5.6 Sol credit rates. Daybreak Red requires
separate approval and provisioning.
GPT-5.6 Sol’s promotional pricing is available at least through November 21, 2026.
Speed configurations will increase credit consumption for all models that apply. Fast mode consumes credits at a higher rate for supported models. See Speed for supported models and rates.
Learn more about credits in ChatGPT Plus and Pro.
Learn more about credits in ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, and Edu.
For Business and Enterprise/Edu credit billing, use the credit-based rate card. If your Enterprise agreement specifies usage-based billing in USD, use the Enterprise USD rate card and your agreement instead. Workspace administrators can also review ChatGPT Work usage and cost.
What counts as Code Review usage?
Code Review usage applies only when Codex runs reviews through GitHub—for example, when you tag @Codex for review in a pull request or enable automatic reviews on your repository. Reviews run locally or outside of GitHub count toward your general usage limits.
What can I do to make my usage limits last longer?
The usage limits and credits above are average rates. You can try the following tips to maximize your limits:
- Control the size of your prompts. Be precise with the instructions you give the agent, but remove unnecessary context.
- Limit source material. Provide only relevant files and, when possible, narrow the sources or date range.
- Match the output to the need. Define the audience, format, and length, and separate required work from optional improvements.
- Reduce the size of your AGENTS.md. If you work on a larger project, you can control how much context you inject through AGENTS.md files by nesting them within your repository.
- Limit the number of MCP servers you use. Every MCP server adds more context to your messages and uses more of your limit. Disable MCP servers when you don’t need them.
- Switch to a smaller model for routine tasks. Using GPT-5.6 Terra or GPT-5.6 Luna can extend your local-message usage limits, depending on the model you switch from.
For guidance on choosing and scoping tasks, see Use Work efficiently.
Feature availability
Feature is currently limited to only specific regions. Check the individual feature documentation to learn more about geo restrictions.
† Some first party plugins are not available.
Quickstart
Source: Quickstart
Where to use ChatGPT
ChatGPT is available across different surfaces, including the ChatGPT desktop app and ChatGPT on the web. Choose the option that fits your work.
If you're a developer and want to use Codex in your terminal or code editor, try Codex CLI or the Codex IDE extension.
Setup
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The ChatGPT desktop app is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Use it for projects, local files, longer tasks, and quick chats. For supported Linux distributions and package installation, see the Linux desktop app guide.
Install the ChatGPT desktop app
Choose the version for your operating system: 2. Open the ChatGPT desktop app and sign in
Open the app, then sign in with your ChatGPT account.
You may also use Codex with an API key. Some features might not be available.
Select where ChatGPT should work
Start a chat, create a project, or open a folder. ChatGPT can read and modify files in the folder you choose. Learn more about chats and projects.
Start a chat
- For research, analysis, or deliverables such as documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and Sites, select **ChatGPT**, then switch to **Work** at the top of the new chat page, above the composer. - For software development with codebase context and developer tools, select **Codex** from the ChatGPT dropdown. - For a quick question or chat, select **ChatGPT**, then select **Chat** in the switcher at the top of the new chat page, above the composer. In Codex, point to **New chat**, then select the **Quick chat** icon on its right. Learn more about [using ChatGPT](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/use-chatgpt).Send your first message
Describe your goal and add any files or context ChatGPT needs. Try an example:
Explore more use cases.
ChatGPT is available on the web and includes Chat and ChatGPT Work.
- Open ChatGPT and sign in
Go to chatgpt.com and sign in with your ChatGPT account.
Start a chat
- Select **Chat** to ask questions, explore ideas, and work through a topic conversationally. - Select **Work** to research, analyze information, and create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, Sites, or other finished work. Learn more about [using ChatGPT](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/use-chatgpt).Select where ChatGPT should work
Start a chat or select a project. Projects can include chats, files, and instructions.
Send your first message
Describe your goal and add any files or context ChatGPT needs. Try an example:
Next steps
[
Use the ChatGPT desktop app to work with your local projects.
](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app) [
Bring supported setup, projects, and recent work into ChatGPT.