# Dots (slim)

> Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md (~8,200 tokens) · this version ~1,880 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-12

**F · 28.3/100 · rank #973 of 986 · #17 in Personal assistants · not agent-ready · confidence low**


Assessment: Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.

## Facts

- Kind: Platform · vendor: OpenAI · category: Personal assistants · legal entity: not named · provenance 36/100
- Auth: OAuth or key · pricing: Paid · x402: no · licence: Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Status: Beta, rolling out gradually since the DevDay note of 29 September 2026. Teams access is an invite-only alpha, texting is coming soon (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/enterprise/dots-admin-guide; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/channels)
- Channels: ChatGPT mobile app, desktop app and desktop browser, voice calls inside ChatGPT, Slack direct messages and channel mentions, Microsoft Teams. Mobile web is not supported (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/channels)
- Acts without asking: Works between conversations, decides when to wake, runs background agents and scheduled or event-triggered tasks. Proactive research is read-only. Actions that affect accounts or share information go through an automatic review that allows, asks or hands off. A custom rule can permit an action without asking (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/controls; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/tasks-and-memory)
- Accounts: Plugins installed for the ChatGPT account, with Gmail, Google Drive, GitHub and Outlook named, under each app's own permissions. Websites through the cloud browser with a private sign-in form and optional saved logins. One personal computer through the desktop app. Where app tokens and saved passwords are stored is not stated (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps)
- Memory and deletion: Relevant ChatGPT memory plus the dot's own saved notes on preferences, decisions and ongoing work, shared across channels. Delete removes the dot and cannot be undone. No per-note view or deletion and no retention period for notes was found (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/tasks-and-memory; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/controls)
- Where it runs: On OpenAI's cloud, on a cloud computer and browser that keep state between uses. The model named is OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra. Local work runs on the owner's connected computer while the ChatGPT app is open (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps)
- Training: The docs say OpenAI does not train directly on proactive research or private notes, and that ChatGPT data controls apply to eligible conversations and tasks. Enterprise data is not used to improve models by default (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/controls; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/enterprise/dots-admin-guide)
- Plans: Pro at $100, $200 or $500 a month, Business Premium (price not found) and Enterprise through sales. Not listed for Free, Go, Plus or the $20 Business plan (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots#access; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing)
- Admin controls: Enterprise roles for Use dots, Add dots to Slack, Allow local computer access and Use custom rules for dots, plus cloud browser, network and computer use and plugin action controls. Compliance API records cover user messages and dots' replies (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/enterprise/dots-admin-guide)
- API: None found for messaging or controlling a dot. The Analytics API and Compliance API are administrator interfaces for Enterprise workspaces (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/enterprise/dots-admin-guide)
- Prices: Pro 100 $100 per month (plan); Pro 200 $200 per month (plan); Pro 500 $500 per month (plan)

- Scores: Reliability 3, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 41, Agent ergonomics 22, Security & auth 58, Payments & pricing 10, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 38, Transparency & trust 31 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Read as a hosted service. · Schema & documentation, Dots has no API or tool definitions, so this is graded on the documentation a person or a model would work from. · Agent ergonomics, No programmatic interface, so an outside agent cannot call a dot and these lines are read for the person directing it. · Security & auth, Access is through the owner's ChatGPT sign-in, which we could not read about. · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, The newest dated entry is the dots release note for 5 to 9 October 2026, three days before the check (30). · Transparency & trust, Closed service.
- Sources: 19, open questions: 13, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: assistant.proactive, assistant.accounts, assistant.memory, assistant.messaging
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/openai-dots.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots from a page on chatgpt.com or one of its subdomains, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision
2. Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone
3. Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer
4. Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained
5. Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time

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