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Today’s edition is extra special! We’re covering all the major announcements and highlights from OpenAI DevDay. Here’s what’s on the menu today:
OpenAI Apps
OpenAI Superhero
OpenAI Agentkit
OpenAI Codex
Total read time: About 4 minutes, perfect for your mind to be blown away!
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ChatGPT just got supercharged: you can now chat with apps from top brands directly inside your ChatGPT window. This new ecosystem is shaping the future of work, creativity, and productivity.
OpenAI launches apps natively inside ChatGPT, accessible to all logged-in users (except the EU for now).
Early partners include Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow, with more to come later this year.
Apps appear when relevant or are invoked by name; they adapt to your chat, bringing interactive elements like playlists, maps, and slides right into the conversation.
Developers can start building with the new open Apps SDK (built on Model Context Protocol), reaching 800M+ ChatGPT users.
Apps must meet strict safety, privacy, and usage policies; user data is transparent and controlled.
A directory for browsing apps and monetization options for developers is coming later this year.
More granularity and controls for data permissions and business/enterprise features will roll out next.
The announcement closes with OpenAI’s aim to create an open, useful, and safe ecosystem where everyone finds superpowers in their everyday chat.
Personal Take: This changes everything. Your workflow will flow inside a single AI chat, mixing every tool you rely on. I see this becoming the app store of our generation, where the best ideas and utilities are just a prompt away.
Typing is a thing of the past
Typeless turns your raw, unfiltered voice into beautifully polished writing - in real time.
It works like magic, feels like cheating, and allows your thoughts to flow more freely than ever before.
With Typeless, you become more creative. More inspired. And more in-tune with your own ideas.
Your voice is your strength. Typeless turns it into a superpower.
OpenAI's Codex is now generally available, bringing AI-powered coding to everyone, whether you build products solo or run large tech teams. This release introduces tools that make AI an even more hands-on collaborator throughout the engineering workflow.
Slack Integration: Tag Codex in any Slack channel to delegate coding tasks or ask engineering questions. Codex collects context from conversations and shares results directly.
Codex SDK: Developers can embed Codex’s agent into their own workflows, tools, or apps with fast, accurate results using the latest GPT-5-Codex model.
Admin Controls: New dashboards and controls help manage environments, monitor usage, and set safety defaults, especially helpful for large teams.
Adoption: Companies from startups like Duolingo to giants like Cisco use Codex daily. Internally at OpenAI, engineers doubled usage and sped up code reviews.
Real Impact: Cisco halves code review times; Instacart cleans up legacy code and automates repetitive tasks, making engineering smoother and faster.
Availability: Slack and SDK features are live for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise users; new admin features support businesses and educational institutions.
Pricing: Codex cloud tasks will count towards usage quotas starting October 20.
Personal Take: The future is seamlessly integrated AI workspaces, where collaborating with an AI teammate is the new norm, and this is just the beginning.
Image Source: OpenAI Blog
Apps in ChatGPT are starting to roll out today to Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users outside of the EU. More pilot partner apps and availability are coming soon.
Plan your trip with booking.com in ChatGPT.
Create your own Canva designs from ChatGPT
Take up your favourite courses from Coursera inside ChatGPT
Trip management in Expedia via ChatGPT
Make your own Spotify Playlist with ChatGPT
Find your dream home on Zillow in ChatGPT
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Go to the OpenAI platform and open the Agent Builder tool. You’ll see a visual canvas where you design agent workflows.
Begin with a blank canvas or select a template for your use case.
Every workflow starts with a “Start” node. You can set input or state variables here if needed, or just use defaults for basic setups.
Drag and drop nodes to build your workflow:
Example: For a travel agent, add a “classifier” agent node to decide if the user wants itinerary info or flight info.
Configure this node (prompt, output format like JSON).
Add branching logic using an if/else node for routing:
Route “flight info” requests to a specialized flight agent
Route “itinerary” requests to an itinerary agent.
For each branch, create agent nodes and set instructions:
Flight Agent: Set to suggest flights, pull current data using tools like web search.
Itinerary Agent: Set to build concise travel itineraries.
Connect your agents to data sources using the Connector Registry for access to platforms like Google Drive, Sharepoint, etc..
Design custom widgets in Widget Studio for richer output (e.g., visual flight details).
Add guardrails for safety, privacy, and compliance, mask PII, prevent jailbreaks, etc.
Use the “Preview” mode to run sample inputs through your workflow and observe how it processes and routes data.
Check outputs for both branches to ensure agents respond as intended. Adjust nodes or branch logic if necessary.
Use built-in eval features to test and measure your agent’s behavior, quality, and reliability.
Run trace graders and evaluation datasets to spot and fix weaknesses in agent responses.
When you’re happy with your agent, click “Publish.” This generates a workflow ID and saves a version snapshot.
Integrate your agent workflow using two options:
ChatKit: Pass the workflow ID to embed in apps/sites instantly.
Download SDK Code: Export for advanced or self-hosted deployments.
Optionally, use reinforcement fine-tuning and custom graders for high-stakes scenarios.
Additional Tips:
Use templates for faster initial setup.
Add guardrails for security.
Preview and evaluate frequently to spot errors early.
Integrate with ChatKit for easy in-app chat experiences.
Explore Connector Registry for enterprise-grade data integrations.
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