ChatGPT MCP and Apps: extensions you can try

A short note that CapCut will soon be available inside ChatGPT, built using plugin extensions, with no further feature details.

A developer notes ChatGPT web allows bearer token auth for custom MCP servers while the app requires OAuth, and asks OpenAI where auth support is heading.

Andrew Wilkinson argues ChatGPT plugins absorb software into the chat interface and then cut it out, as the post maps OpenAI's Apps SDK and Anthropic's MCP Apps ecosystems and audit risks.

A month after Plugin Extensions launched at OpenAI Dev Day, CapCut is using it to offer video editing inside ChatGPT.

A short pointer to OpenAI's open-source mcp-extensions repository on GitHub for MCP Extensions.

An open-source MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or a local model control an entire Mac without an API key, using the AI app you're already signed into.

A daily open-source roundup covers NVIDIA OpenShell, Claude-Red, OpenFilm, openai/mcp-extensions, Papermorph and MiniMax-M3.1-Flash with a one-line description each.

The author says teams have booked $20k to $500k in new ARR from ChatGPT plugins and lays out steps: turn a paid workflow into focused MCP tools, submit the plugin, and pair it with search visibility.

The ChatGPT plugins team advises against hiding tools behind a discovery meta tool, warns that bloated tool descriptions get truncated, and recommends accurate read-only/destructive annotations plus server instructions.

A developer shares OpenAI's mcp-extensions GitHub repo and suggests pointing your agent at it to get up to speed on MCP extensions.

An individual reports that WebMCP is now enabled for MCP Apps in ChatGPT Desktop and that OpenAI is working with the MCP community to make it the default, though official details are still emerging.

An OpenAI staffer says WebMCP is now enabled for MCP Apps in ChatGPT Desktop, and OpenAI is working with the MCP project to make it the default way agents interact with MCP Apps.