Hey team, I have a slightly nerdy request for the group. 😁 With OpenAI now deprecating Custom GPTs and moving towards Plugins, I’ve been digging into what this actually means for people who have spent a lot of time building their own GPTs. There’s an interesting gap in the information available at the moment. OpenAI has documented parts of the GPT > Plugin migration process, but the rollout and exact experience vary depending on account/workspace type, and it’s surprisingly difficult to establish exactly what information an owner can retrieve from an existing GPT in a structured form. I don’t actually own any Custom GPTs, so I’ve hit an annoying practical roadblock in investigating it myself. 😂 Would anyone here who has created their own GPT be willing to volunteer one for a little technical investigation? 🤔 I’m particularly interested in people on Plus or Pro personal accounts, although Business/Enterprise examples would also be useful. Bonus points if your GPT has Knowledge files and/or Actions configured. I don’t need access to your account, your proprietary prompts, Knowledge contents, credentials, or anything sensitive. The exercise involves you opening your own GPT in your own ChatGPT web client, and looking at some browser Developer Tools information while the GPT editor loads. Anything proprietary can be completely redacted. I’m essentially trying to answer the question, “When the owner opens and edits an existing Custom GPT, what information about that GPT does ChatGPT actually make available to the owner’s browser, and in what form?” It should only take about 10-15 minutes. If you’re willing to help, then please reply here or DM me and I’ll send you the exact steps. No technical heroics will be required, and I’ll happily walk you through DevTools if you’ve never used it. I’d ideally love 2–3 volunteers across different account types so I can compare what OpenAI is actually doing rather than relying solely on documentation and assumptions. 😊

Custom Instructions and GPTs can both save you from repeating yourself, but they solve different problems. Use Custom Instructions for the rules you want in most chats. Your usual tone, your audience, British spelling, how concise you like answers, and a reminder not to invent facts are all good examples. Keep this short and stable. If it changes every week, it probably does not belong there. Use a custom GPT when you have one repeatable job with its own instructions, examples or reference files. Think of a proposal helper, a content brief checker, or a meeting-notes organiser. It gives that job its own little workspace, so your everyday chats do not become a filing cabinet with no labels. A simple rule: start with Custom Instructions if you want better answers across the board. Build a GPT when you keep doing the same specific task and want a reusable starting point. Before creating anything, write down the job in one sentence and test it in a normal chat twice. If the same instructions keep coming back, that is your cue to turn it into a GPT. Which repeat task would you most like to stop explaining from scratch?

Are you building Custom GPTs for your business?If not, you’re leaving a major time saver on the table. Who here is building them? Share your use cases in the comments. My example: I’ve built several, and the biggest time saver is my Marketing Assistant GPT. I type a topic and it delivers: - A full blog post on my chosen topic - A LinkedIn post that drives traffic back to the blog - Instagram and X (Twitter) versions adapted from the same content - SEO assets: title, meta description, excerpt - Platform-specific CTAs and hashtags One topic becomes coordinated content for multiple platforms in a single pass. How many hours a week would that save you?Start today and get AI working for you. Keep it simple and learn one piece at a time. Prompting matters most. Quality in, quality out. Quick setup checklist: - Create a clear Master Prompt - Add precise Custom Instructions - Define your System Prompts - Use canvases or docs to draft and refine your prompts - Organize everything with Project Folders - Looking forward to seeing what you’ve built.

I’ve read across the web that people are canceling their ChatGOT Business accounts because they can’t export their data. I’m wondering why this was a thing in the first place. They should have at least given the owners of the ChatGPT Business plan the option to turn the data export off for members but not for the owners. I’m really weirded out by this move. Please share what the work around this is besides copying and saving each conversation chat.

Any recommendations for the best apps for making slide decks?