ChatGPT Agent

ChatGPT Agent is OpenAI's autonomous web-task agent built into ChatGPT. It evolved from Operator, launched in January 2025 and folded into ChatGPT in July 2025, and is invoked by selecting agent mode or typing /agent. Powered by OpenAI's Computer-Using Agent (CUA) model on the GPT-5.6 family, it sees web pages through screenshots and acts through a simulated mouse and keyboard. It can navigate sites, fill and submit forms, edit spreadsheets, work with uploaded files, run code, and execute terminal commands. Tasks typically finish in 5 to 30 minutes. For sensitive steps such as logins, payments, and CAPTCHAs it pauses and hands control back to the user, and it asks for confirmation on high-impact actions like sending email or placing an order. Recurring tasks can be scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly. Integration depth: on Business it connects natively to Microsoft 365, Google Drive, Slack, GitHub, Linear, and Figma, with more connectors in the app directory. It uses the Model Context Protocol as a client to reach external tools, confirmed in OpenAI developer documentation, though OpenAI does not publish its own MCP server. Named gaps: agent mode is not available on the Free or Go plans, and banking transactions plus high-stakes hiring or legal decisions are refused by design. A default site blocklist also restricts certain domains, which enterprise admins manage through allowlisting. Pricing follows ChatGPT plan tiers. Free and Go do not include expanded agent mode. Plus at $20 per month adds expanded agent mode with GPT-5.6 Sol, projects, tasks, and Custom GPTs. Pro from $100 per month provides maximum agent mode, GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, and 5x or 20x usage. Business at $20 per user per month billed annually ($25 monthly, minimum 2 users) unifies ChatGPT and Codex with SAML SSO, MFA, and no training on business data. Agent mode includes monthly message limits of 40 on Plus, 400 on Pro, and 40 on Business and Enterprise, and Business and Enterprise workspaces on flexible pricing pay 30 credits per message beyond that. Enterprise is custom priced. Who it is not for: ChatGPT Agent is not cost-optimal for high-volume scraping or parallel browser automation, where Browse AI ($19/mo billed annually), Skyvern ($29/mo), and Browser Use ($24.17/mo billed annually) run those jobs at lower per-task cost without message limits. Teams needing sub-minute scheduled automation are better served by Zapier ($19.99/mo billed annually) or Make.com ($9/mo billed annually), since agent tasks take 5 to 30 minutes by design. Any workflow touching banking or high-stakes legal and hiring decisions requires a human at the critical step. Current state Q3 2026: on Business and Enterprise, agent, Codex, and Excel or Sheets usage is now token-metered from the included Codex pool with credit-based extension, effective July 2026. PowerPoint generation stays free through August 6, 2026 before moving to the same token-based model. Pro is unified as a from $100 per month tier with 5x or 20x usage, replacing the earlier separate $200 tier. SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 are confirmed on OpenAI's security page. MCP client connectivity is confirmed in OpenAI developer documentation.