Plugins as apps: a Dot directs a cloud Codex build and ships a sidebar plugin
The author describes a flow where a Dot directs a cloud Codex thread to build software, hosts a database and MCP server on ChatGPT Sites, and packages it as an installable sidebar plugin with ChatGPT sign-in.
It’s buggy right now. But this flow is going to unleash a ton of custom software: 1. Tell your Dot what to build. 2. It starts and oversees a Codex thread in the cloud to build it. 3. It hosts a database and MCP server in ChatGPT sites and builds a ChatGPT plugin with extensions. 4. You and others install the plugin and sign into it with ChatGPT. Authentication and user-associated data is managed on ChatGPT Sites. 5. You get the plugin in your sidebar like a native ChatGPT feature. It feels like part of the app. Customized to you. ChatOS. Dot interface. Plugins as apps.