{
  "id": 10738231,
  "title": "OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s plugins with app-like interfaces and automations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-expands-chatgpts-plugins-with-app-like-interfaces-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T17:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/openai-expands-chatgpts-plugins-with-app-like-interfaces-and-automations/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI is extending ChatGPT's capabilities by introducing app-like plugins and automations, as announced at the company's Dev Day presentation. Developers now have the ability to create dedicated app-like experiences within ChatGPT using plugin extensions, which will appear in the ChatGPT sidebar. These plugins will provide interactive panels for users to work with their tools while conversing with ChatGPT, and support file viewers for various file formats. OpenAI has streamlined the plugin development process by introducing a Plugin Creator tool and simplifying the plugin discovery process for end-users. Additionally, OpenAI has improved plugin ranking and recommendation within its directory and when surfacing them in conversations. Users can now individually approve a plugin's access needs. ChatGPT Sites, which allows users to build lightweight websites with ChatGPT, will also host these plugins, enabling colleagues to share apps with connected data and permissions. OpenAI is also implementing the proposed MCP Events specification, which will allow plugins to automate tasks based on events occurring in connected apps. Automation management is also becoming more straightforward with OpenAI's latest updates.",
  "summary": "OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plugins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for automations.",
  "key_points": [
    "OpenAI adds app-like plugins and automations to ChatGPT.",
    "Developers can create dedicated app-like experiences in ChatGPT.",
    "Plugin Creator tool simplifies plugin development and discovery."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}