Set up and use ChatGPT Work for task completion
Connect apps, then use ChatGPT Work to find info, check details, and review replies for a task.
- Set up the desktop app.
- Choose 'Work'.
- Connect Gmail and Slack.
- Follow a team-dinner example: find the restaurant’s email, check the latest headcount and dietary needs, and review a reply before sending it.
Gmail and Slack accounts
Completed task (e.g., confirmed dinner plans)
This workflow guides you through setting up ChatGPT Work by connecting your Gmail and Slack accounts. It then uses a practical example of planning a team dinner to demonstrate how to find relevant information and manage communications within the interface.
By integrating app data, ChatGPT Work streamlines workflows, reducing the need to manually switch between applications for information retrieval and task management.
- Getting Started with ChatGPT Work ↗OpenAI · OpenAI on YouTube · Aug 28, 2026 · paraphrased
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- Getting Started with ChatGPT WorkOpenAI · OpenAI on YouTube · Aug 28, 2026
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Questions people ask
- Which AI tools does this work with?
- The sources used it with ChatGPT.
- Where did this come from?
- OpenAI (OpenAI on YouTube). Subvolts collected, normalized and credited it; the link above opens the original.