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How to Find and Connect Plugins in ChatGPT and Codex
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Answer
Open the Plugin directory in ChatGPT or Codex, review a plugin's included apps, skills, permissions, and requirements, select Connect when required, complete the official authorization flow, then invoke it from the composer. Availability can depend on plan, workspace role, region, and administrator policy.
Open the Plugin directory
In ChatGPT web or desktop, open Settings > Plugins or choose Plugins in the sidebar. In Codex, open the plugin directory from the available tools or integrations area. If Plugins is absent, check the app version, plan, and workspace policy before troubleshooting the browser.
Inspect the plugin before installing
Open the listing and review the publisher, included apps and skills, requested connections, supported surfaces, terms, and privacy policy. Confirm that the plugin performs the workflow you need and does not request access unrelated to that job.
Check OpenAI's current requirements
OpenAI notes that installation and invocation can depend on plan, workspace role, region, supported surface, and the plugin's included capabilities. Workspace administrators can restrict both plugins and their underlying app connections.
Install or connect the plugin
Select Install or Connect when the listing offers it. If an app connection is required, continue only to the app's genuine authorization page, review the requested scopes, choose the intended account, and approve the minimum access needed.
Wait for any required sync
If the connected app indexes files or messages, let its initial sync finish before testing. A plugin cannot reveal a file, repository, record, workspace, or channel that the connected account itself is not permitted to access.
Invoke the plugin in a chat
Start a new chat, type @ and choose the connected app or plugin, or select + > More when that picker is available. Give a narrow request and name the exact source, folder, channel, or record you are authorized to use.
Fix a missing or denied plugin
Confirm the plugin remains installed, reconnect an expired app session, and ask the workspace administrator whether your role is allowed. Do not create another account or request broader permissions merely to bypass an organization restriction.
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If it does not work
- If menu labels differ, stop and compare the app version, platform, account role, and linked owner guide before making an irreversible change.
- If verification codes do not arrive, wait before requesting another, check spam and the masked destination, then use the official recovery path without sharing any code.
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Follow the linked first-party guidance if labels differ after a platform or app update.