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3 Ways to Put Your dot to Work on Day One
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Meet dots: The Agents That Take Initiative on What Matters to You
You already know ChatGPT: you ask it something, it answers, done. Then came ChatGPT Work and Codex — you hand over a bigger job, like "build me this," and it finishes it and hands it back.
dots go one step further. Picture leaving a to-do list on your desk and walking away. A dot picks it up and does the work while you're gone — figuring out what comes next, making real progress on its own. But it's not trying to make the big calls for you. The ones that actually need your judgment, it saves and brings straight to you. You come back to progress, not a pile of decisions waiting on you.
Start with one dot, give it a name, and connect the apps you want it to use. Your dot can reason through complex problems, figure out what needs to happen next, and keep making progress between conversations — bringing results back for your review and turning to you for decisions that need your judgment.
Why now
Think of it like leveling someone up at a new job. First, that person can only answer questions you ask directly — that's ChatGPT. Then they earn a real project, something with steps, and they see it through — that's ChatGPT Work and Codex. dots is the next level up: once someone's proven they can handle real work, you stop re-explaining everything from scratch every time. You hand them an ongoing responsibility and let them keep moving, checking in only for the calls that need your judgment. That's the shift — OpenAI gave ChatGPT a memory and permission to keep working between conversations instead of starting over every time you show up.
One honest note before you get excited: dots aren't rolling out to everyone at once. As of September 2026, access starts with ChatGPT Pro — the $500 and $200 tiers first, with the $100 tier following "in the coming days" — and Business Premium, with a limited preview for Enterprise.
Is dot Replacing ChatGPT, Work, or Codex?
Short answer: no. A dot doesn't replace anything — it sits on top of the tools you might already be using and drives them for you.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT is where you ask a question and get an answer.
ChatGPT & Codex
ChatGPT Work and Codex are where you hand off a bigger job — a document, a build, a multi-step task — and get a finished deliverable back.
dots
Your dot is the layer above both of those. It's the one you hand an ongoing responsibility to, and it uses ChatGPT Work, Codex, and a browser on its own cloud computer to get there — without you managing each step yourself.
If Work and Codex are people you assign tasks to, your dot is the agent who tracks the assignments so you don't have to.
Worth knowing: your dot runs on its own cloud computer by default. If a task needs your local files or code, you can choose to connect your own computer for that — it's a separate, optional step, not automatic.
How dots Work
Getting your dot running comes down to three steps:
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Meet your dot
Start in ChatGPT. Give your dot a name, connect the apps you want it to use, and share what matters to you.
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Give your dot a goal
Share an ongoing responsibility, the context it needs, and boundaries for what it can do on its own. It keeps working between conversations from there.
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Keep steering
Follow progress in the activity view. Review decisions, give feedback, and change direction any time — you stay in control.
On boundaries — Custom Rules
This is the part worth understanding before you hand off anything real: you choose your dot's access and set Custom Rules for what it can do independently versus what needs your approval.
Two built-in limits apply regardless of your settings:
- proactive research can't message other people or control your computer on its own
- 2. any new Wallet purchase needs your approval first
Where your dot shows up
Right now, that's ChatGPT on web, mobile, and desktop. Pro subscribers can join a waitlist for a limited iMessage/RCS rollout. Your dot also carries context across your Codex work, so if you're already using Codex, you're not starting from zero.
3 Use Cases You Can Set Up on Day One
Use Case 1
Keep deals and partnerships moving while you're busy elsewhere
Teach your dot what a standard deal looks like for you, and let it screen inbound opportunities, draft responses, and follow anything you approve through to the finish line — while flagging anything that doesn't fit the pattern.
Use This Prompt:
I want you to manage [inbound partnership/sponsorship emails] for me.Here's what a standard deal looks like: [your typical rates, terms,and deliverables]. When something new comes in, evaluate whether itfits, draft a response, and follow anything I approve through to[deadlines / asset delivery / invoicing]. If a deal includes termsoutside what I've described — like [exclusivity clauses, extendedusage rights, unusual payment terms] — flag it for me instead ofproceeding.
Use Case 2
Get your next piece of content ready before you finish the current one
Give your dot your past work and your editorial calendar, and have it watch for relevant news or product updates while you're focused elsewhere — so there's always a next brief ready to go.
Use This Prompt:
Here are my last [5–10] scripts/posts, my content standards, and myeditorial calendar. While I'm working on [current piece], keep an eyeon [industry/product] news relevant to what I cover. When somethingworth covering comes up, research it and prepare a brief with sourcesand a rough outline for me to review. Don't publish anything withoutmy sign-off.
Use Case 3
Answer your audience without writing every reply yourself
Give your dot what you already use to answer questions — an FAQ, a help doc, a recipe archive, whatever you've got — and let it handle the ones it already knows how to answer. It flags anything unfamiliar, and it notices when the same new question keeps coming up. If enough people start asking for something you haven't covered yet, it doesn't guess — it puts together a brief and brings it to you, because that call is yours to make.
Use This Prompt:
Here's [my FAQ / help doc / recipe archive] and how I usually answerquestions from [my audience/customers]. Handle any question thatmatches what's already in there. If something doesn't fit, flag itinstead of guessing at an answer. If the same new question keepscoming up, put together a short brief on how to answer it and bringit to me before anything goes out.
Pro Tips + Where to Go Next
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Start with one responsibility, not five
Your dot is built to go deep on an ongoing job — hand it a single clear responsibility first, then expand once you trust how it handles boundaries. -
Set Custom Rules before you connect anything sensitive
Email, calendars, finance-adjacent tools. Decide what your dot can do on its own before it has the chance to do it. -
Already using Codex?
That work isn't siloed — your dot can see it, and you can choose to connect your own computer when it needs local files or code. -
Know how to stay in control
Set up app permissions and Custom Rules. Proactive research can't message other people or take over your computer, and any new Wallet purchase needs your sign-off. -
Name your dot
Naming isn't optional, it's part of onboarding, and it's how you and your team will actually refer to it day to day.
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