OpenAI 扩展 ChatGPT 插件：引入应用式界面与自动化功能

OpenAI 不仅正借助 ChatGPT 新推出的 Pages、Slides 和 Space 功能进军生产力软件领域——这家 AI 实验室如今还将目标瞄准任何在与 ChatGPT 集成后能够获得更佳体验的应用程序。

在公司周二举行的 DevDay 演讲中，这家 AI 公司表示，现已允许开发者利用插件扩展，在 ChatGPT 内构建自己的应用式体验。

OpenAI 已支持插件，可将 ChatGPT 连接至 Slack、SharePoint、Airtable 和 Google Drive 等日常工具；而新的插件扩展将为应用在 ChatGPT 侧边栏中提供专属入口。

此外，开发者将能够构建交互式面板，让用户在与 ChatGPT 对话的同时使用其工具。该体验还可包含文件查看器，以支持开发者产品所使用的任意文件格式，公司表示。

此外，OpenAI 称，其正在让开发者更容易构建插件，并简化终端用户的发现流程。开发者将获得一款新的 Plugin Creator 工具用于构建插件，并可通过经过重新设计的流程将其提交至插件目录；该流程将提供更清晰的反馈。

与此同时，该公司表示，已改进插件在目录中的排名和推荐方式，以及它们在对话中被展示的时机。用户选择使用某个插件后，也可以分别批准该插件所需的访问权限。

此外，用户可借助 ChatGPT 构建的轻量级网站 ChatGPT Sites，也能够托管这些插件。例如，这将允许用户将其应用分享给同事，后者可使用自己的已连接数据和权限来使用这些应用。

OpenAI 还表示，将新增对拟议中的 MCP Events 规范的支持，该规范将允许插件根据已连接应用中的事件启动自动化流程。该公司也在让自动化功能更易于添加和管理。

OpenAI isn’t only coming after productivity software with ChatGPT’s new Pages, Slides, and Space features — the AI lab is now targeting any application that could work better when integrated with ChatGPT.

At the company’s DevDay presentation on Tuesday, the AI company said it is now allowing developers to build their own app-like experiences within ChatGPT using plug-in extensions.

OpenAI already supports plug-ins, which connect ChatGPT to everyday tools like Slack, SharePoint, Airtable, and Google Drive, but the new plug-in extensions will give apps a dedicated home in the ChatGPT sidebar.

Plus, developers will be able to build interactive panels that let users work with their tools while they’re chatting with ChatGPT. This experience can also include file viewers that support whatever file formats the developer’s product uses, the company notes.

In addition, OpenAI says it’s making it easier for developers to build plug-ins and streamline the discovery process for end users. Devs are getting a new Plugin Creator tool for building and can submit them to the plug-in directory via a redesigned flow that offers clearer feedback.

Meanwhile, the company says it has improved how plug-ins are ranked and recommended within its directory, as well as when they’re surfaced in conversations. When users choose a plug-in to work with, they can approve its access needs individually as well.

In addition, ChatGPT Sites, the lightweight websites users can build with ChatGPT, can host these plug-ins, too. For example, this would let someone share their apps with colleagues, who can use them with their own connected data and permissions.

OpenAI also said it’s adding support for the proposed MCP Events specification, which would allow plug-ins to start automations based on events in a connected app. The company is also making automations easier to add and manage.