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Stop Doing Manual Work: ChatGPT 5.5 Agents are Here

By Shane Brady ยท April 23, 2026

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openai just dropped workspace agents in chatgpt

chatgpt workspace agents are openai's answer to claude's business momentum โ€” autonomous agents that run in the cloud, take actions across your connectors, and ship results to your inbox and slack. i built one in five minutes to triage youtube partnership emails, and in this video i break down what works, what doesn't, and who should actually care.

๐ŸŽฏ What you'll walk away with: โ†’ a clear picture of what chatgpt workspace agents are and what plans they need โ†’ a step-by-step walkthrough of building a custom agent from one prompt โ†’ an honest verdict on whether it beats claude cowork for set-it-and-forget-it workflows

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โฑ๏ธ Timestamps: 00:00 openai drops workspace agents 00:30 what workspace agents actually are 01:00 pricing and the free trial 01:45 prompting my partnership triage agent 03:15 watching the build in real time 04:15 auto-created skills are the standout 05:30 first run and approvals 06:45 gmail drafts and slack results 07:25 cloud hosting and honest take

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๐Ÿ”— Resources from this video: โ†’ ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com โ†’ ChatGPT Pricing: https://chatgpt.com/pricing โ†’ Gmail: https://mail.google.com โ†’ Google Drive: https://drive.google.com โ†’ Slack: https://slack.com โ†’ Claude Cowork: https://claude.ai

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