Guides

Practical, no-fluff guides on getting value out of the apps inside ChatGPT — foundational explainers, per-app tutorials, and a glossary for the terminology that's easy to confuse.

Foundations

How to Use Apps in ChatGPT

What ChatGPT apps are, how to find them, how to connect and disconnect them, and what to check before granting access.

How to Build a Website With ChatGPT

The real in-chat apps that ship a live site — Wix, Replit, Hostinger — ranked, with the exact steps and an honest take on what chat still can't do.

ChatGPT Apps vs GPTs

How apps, GPTs, connectors, and external AI tools actually differ — with a decision tree for which to use when.

Permissions and Privacy

What each app actually sees, how to review OAuth scopes, and the two-step revocation most people miss.

How We Rank ChatGPT Apps

Our editorial scoring criteria, retest cadence, and correction process.

For developers

Building an app for the ChatGPT directory? Start here.

How to Submit Your App to ChatGPT

End-to-end playbook for getting listed — eligibility, the review flow, what OpenAI actually checks, and the pre-submission checklist.

ChatGPT App Directory Optimization (ASO)

Discovery, tool-routing, and activation playbook. The levers that actually move installs and retention — ranked by impact.

Apps SDK Quickstart

Build your first MCP app for ChatGPT in under an hour. Scaffold, define tools, wire OAuth, run locally, and ship.

Per-app tutorials (29)

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Hands-on, prompt-by-prompt guides to using individual apps inside ChatGPT.

How to Use Canva in ChatGPT

Get a usable, on-brand visual draft inside a ChatGPT conversation without leaving the chat to open Canva.

How to Use Wolfram in ChatGPT

Use Wolfram inside ChatGPT for accurate symbolic math, unit conversions, and quantitative computation that the base model gets wrong on its own.

How to Use Notion in ChatGPT

Use Notion inside ChatGPT to query your own workspace — wiki pages, databases, meeting notes — and have the model answer with references to your actual content.

How to Use Google Drive in ChatGPT

Ground ChatGPT in your actual Google Drive documents — Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDFs — so the model can read, summarize, and reference your real files.

How to Use Figma in ChatGPT

Use Figma inside ChatGPT to ideate UI layouts, generate frames, and reference an existing design file without leaving the chat surface.

How to Use Spotify in ChatGPT

Use Spotify inside ChatGPT for music discovery, playlist creation, and "play me something like X but for Y mood" recommendations.

How to Use Zapier in ChatGPT

Trigger your existing Zaps and build new automations from ChatGPT — without opening the Zapier dashboard.

How to Use Adobe Acrobat in ChatGPT

Use Adobe Acrobat inside ChatGPT to summarize, extract, and answer questions about PDF files — including long contracts, research papers, and scanned documents.

How to Use Replit in ChatGPT

Use Replit inside ChatGPT to ideate, scaffold, and run code in a real cloud environment without setting up a local toolchain.

How to Use Stripe in ChatGPT

Use Stripe inside ChatGPT to query payments data, summarize MRR / churn / refund activity, and (with the right scopes) create payment links or customers from chat.

How to Use Slack in ChatGPT

Catch up on channels, search past conversations, and send messages without leaving ChatGPT.

How to Use Microsoft Teams in ChatGPT

Summarize Microsoft Teams meetings, search chat history, and coordinate across M365 from ChatGPT.

How to Use GitHub in ChatGPT

Read, review, and reason over real repositories from ChatGPT — code, PRs, issues, commits.

How to Use HubSpot in ChatGPT

Query pipeline, draft outbound, and update contacts in HubSpot — without leaving ChatGPT.

How to Use Salesforce in ChatGPT

Get plain-language answers about Salesforce pipeline, accounts, and opportunities without learning SOQL.

How to Use Asana in ChatGPT

Run cross-functional projects in Asana via ChatGPT — status updates, owner workload, deadline tracking.

How to Use Linear in ChatGPT

Run a software-engineering team in Linear from ChatGPT — issues, cycles, triage, and roadmap.

How to Use Jira in ChatGPT

Run sprints, triage bugs, and report on Jira from ChatGPT without learning JQL.

How to Use Wix in ChatGPT

Build a complete, hosted website inside ChatGPT by tagging @Wix and describing the site you want.

How to Use Hostinger in ChatGPT

Build a website or simple web app inside ChatGPT by tagging @Hostinger to route through Hostinger Horizons.

How to Use Microsoft Excel in ChatGPT

Build, analyze, and update spreadsheets inside ChatGPT using the Microsoft Excel integration.

How to Use Microsoft PowerPoint in ChatGPT

Create and refine PowerPoint decks inside ChatGPT using the Microsoft PowerPoint integration.

How to Use Gmail in ChatGPT

Triage your inbox, search email conversationally, and draft replies inside ChatGPT with the Gmail integration.

How to Use Google Calendar in ChatGPT

Find time, summarize your schedule, and send invites inside ChatGPT with the Google Calendar integration.

How to Use Airtable in ChatGPT

Query and update structured Airtable bases inside ChatGPT with the Airtable integration.

How to Use Shopify in ChatGPT

Manage your storefront, products, and orders inside ChatGPT with the Shopify integration.

How to Use Coursera in ChatGPT

Discover courses, plan a learning path, and look up content inside ChatGPT with the Coursera integration.

How to Use Tripadvisor in ChatGPT

Discover review-backed hotels, restaurants, and things to do inside ChatGPT with the Tripadvisor integration.

How to Use Peloton in ChatGPT

Get goal-driven workout and class recommendations inside ChatGPT with the Peloton integration.

Glossary

Short explainers for the terms people get wrong when searching for ChatGPT apps.

"ChatGPT App Store" is a common-search term for what is actually the apps surface inside ChatGPT — there is no separate App Store branding. Apps are discovered through the in-chat app picker or browsed via independent directories like this one.

ChatGPT Plugins

ChatGPT plugins were the original third-party integration surface, launched in 2023. They have largely been deprecated in favor of the newer apps surface, which is the successor product. If you came here looking for plugins, the modern equivalent is a ChatGPT app.

ChatGPT Connectors

A ChatGPT connector is a link between ChatGPT and a third-party account (typically a data source). Connectors and apps overlap: many connectors are surfaced as apps with their own UI, while others operate silently in the background to provide context to whatever you ask.

ChatGPT GPTs

A ChatGPT GPT is a custom assistant created with ChatGPT's GPT builder — essentially a saved prompt template with optional files, instructions, and limited custom actions. GPTs are not the same thing as apps: apps connect to third-party services, GPTs encapsulate a task or persona inside ChatGPT itself.

ChatGPT Actions

A ChatGPT action is a developer-facing primitive: a way to extend a custom GPT with a call to an external API. Actions power simple integrations inside custom GPTs; full apps use a deeper integration model. End users mostly don't need to distinguish them, but the difference matters for builders.

ChatGPT Extensions

"ChatGPT extensions" is ambiguous. Most often, people mean third-party Chrome (or Edge / Firefox) browser extensions that modify the ChatGPT web interface. Less often, they mean the official ChatGPT apps surface — which is not a browser extension at all. The two are completely different things.

ChatGPT Agents

A ChatGPT agent is a system that can autonomously plan and execute multi-step tasks — chaining tool calls, app integrations, and reasoning to complete a goal. Agents often use multiple apps as building blocks but they are not themselves apps. The terminology is fluid; OpenAI uses it both for product features and for the broader category.

ChatGPT MCP Apps (Model Context Protocol)

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI assistants like ChatGPT to external tools, data sources, and apps. "ChatGPT MCP apps" usually refers to apps and connectors exposed to ChatGPT through an MCP server. Most of the apps inside ChatGPT are powered by MCP under the hood, even when users don't see the protocol name.