Overview

Using apps, ChatGPT can reference your internal knowledge. Certain apps are available in deep research mode, in regular chat, or both. To see which apps are available and where you can use them, please refer to our article: Apps in ChatGPT.

This article contains some sample prompts to hit the ground running with apps.

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Communication and Writing

Draft updates, synthesize documents, or follow company guidelines using connected tools.

• “Draft an executive update using the latest info on project [x].”

• “Consolidate all the documents on [x] into a guide for new hires.”

• “Write a blog draft announcing [x], based on messaging docs in Google Drive/OneDrive.”

• “Using our web template in Google Drive/OneDrive, create a brief for [x].”

• “Draft a social post for LinkedIn based on our brand tone and voice guide.”

• “Describe and suggest improvements to my email style in Gmail.”

Try it with: Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Box, Dropbox, Notion, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook Email

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Meetings and Collaboration

Prepare for meetings, create agendas, and identify action items.

• “Review my latest emails with [customer/company] to help me prepare for our next call.”

• “Create a sharable agenda for my meeting titled [title] from my calendar on [date].”

• “Help me plan agenda items for today’s calls based on past meetings with the same attendees.”

• “List action items from emails received in the last 3 days.”

Try it with: Gmail, Microsoft Outlook Email, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar

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Organization and Productivity

Organize your knowledge, surface important documents, and boost your personal productivity.

• “Find the latest pitch decks on [x].”

• “Find me the top three most relevant documents on [topic].”

• “Find and critique our quarterly planning documents for next quarter.”

• “How do I submit an expense report?”

• “Summarize my unread emails from today. Group by sender and highlight urgent ones.”

Try it with: Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Box, Dropbox, Notion, Linear, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook Email

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Analysis and Reporting

Analyze internal and external data for competitive and market research.

• “Create a side-by-side comparison of my product offering with competitor [x] using our internal docs and public web sources.”

• “Identify opportunities in [x] industry based on our internal docs and public web information."

• “Analyze our HubSpot data and tell me which campaigns led to our highest-value deals.”

• “Analyze my spreadsheet on [x] in Dropbox and pull out insights about where we can save.”

Try it with: Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Box, Dropbox, Notion, HubSpot

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Coding and Technical Tasks

Developers can use apps to better understand codebases, review pull requests, and write documentation.

• “Summarize the changes in this pull request: <link to PR>.”

• “How risky is the change in this PR? <link to PR>.”

• “Generate a dev team status update using completed Linear tickets from this week.”

• “Show me all Linear tickets linked to [feature name] and summarize current progress.”

• “How is [feature] implemented in our codebase?”

• “Draft an updated README for [folder].”

Try it with: GitHub, Linear