ChatGPT plugins gain sidebar, interactive panels and MCP Events
OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into an app platform with plugin sidebars, interactive panels, file viewers and MCP Events automation, though plugin quality in the directory remains uneven.
OpenAI is quietly turning ChatGPT into an app platform, not just a chatbot. New plugin extensions get a dedicated sidebar home, interactive panels, and file viewers — all while you're mid-conversation. MCP Events support means plugins can trigger automations based on what happens in a connected app. That's a real workflow integration, not just a data lookup. Limitation worth watching: plugin quality in the existing directory is wildly uneven. A better submission flow helps, but discovery only matters if the plugins are actually good. For builders: if ChatGPT Sites can host and share these plugins with per-user permissions, that's a low-friction internal tool distribution path that didn't exist before. How do you see this landing for teams already using tools like Notion or Linear — genuine workflow upgrade, or just more surface area to manage?
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