🎮 The Next Input — Issue #067

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⚡ The Briefing — 60 sec

• OpenAI introduces AgentKit for developers. The Next Input was there live in San Fran for the release—this is a gamechanger.

• OpenAI’s new Apps SDK unlocks context-aware workflows inside ChatGPT. Next time you plan your trip in ChatGPT, Expedia will stay open and context-aware as you check out—end-to-end, right inside the chat.

• Codex is now generally available. If you can think it, you might just be able to have it made for you—without writing a single line yourself. Insane.

🛠️ The Playbook — AgentKit + Apps SDK: Your End-to-End Business Assistant

Mission Build a context-aware, cross-app AI agent that acts as your company’s “mission control”—able to query tools, execute automations, and respond intelligently without losing context between actions.
Difficulty Expert | Build time 3–5 hours (pilot)
ROI Teams reclaim ≈ 20+ h/week across scheduling, CRM updates, documentation, and planning—all from one ChatGPT thread.

0) Why This Matters

With AgentKit + Apps SDK, ChatGPT can now act inside your actual tool stack—persisting state, managing API calls, and chaining commands across apps.
This is the start of true AI orchestration, where ChatGPT stops being a chat window and becomes the universal operating layer for your business.

1) The New Stack

2) End-to-End Workflow

Example Use Case: “Book a trip, create budget approvals, log expenses.”

1. Trigger

   • User says: “Plan a 3-day SF trip for our sales lead next week. Budget $3,000.”

2. AgentKit:

   • Queries Calendly to find meeting availability.

   • Checks HubSpot to confirm client location + timezone.

   • Calls Expedia SDK to fetch flight + hotel combos.

3. Apps SDK:

   • Opens live Expedia app in ChatGPT for checkout.

   • Retains itinerary + cost context in memory.

4. Codex:

   • Generates purchase approval request → Notion + Slack post.

5. State Management:

   • Saves trip data to Supabase for future reference.

6. Follow-up Commands:

   • “Expense this trip under Client X → Sales Ops.”

   • AgentKit pushes record directly into Xero.

3) Prompt Blueprint

Agent Task Planner

SYSTEM: You are a company operations agent.
TOOLS: [calendar, hubspot, slack, notion, xero, expedia]
GOAL: Execute the user's request end-to-end using authenticated APIs.
RULES:
- Maintain context (dates, budgets, people).
- Always confirm high-impact actions (bookings, purchases).
- Return a summary of what you did in JSON:
  {
    "actions": [{"tool":"expedia","summary":"Booked flight for $550"}],
    "followups": ["Awaiting manager approval in Slack"]
  }
USER REQUEST: "Plan a 3-day SF trip for $3000 budget."

4) Guardrails

• Safety First: Define per-tool permission scopes (book, read, create).

• Audit Trail: Log every action and payload for review.

• Fallback Policy: If API call fails → escalate to human (“Booking failed, open Expedia tab manually”).

• Session Limits: Expire auth tokens after 1 hr for security.

5) Pilot Rollout — 3 Hours

1. Create a Custom GPT → enable Actions (AgentKit) + Apps SDK.

2. Connect 3 tools: Google Calendar, Notion, Slack.

3. Add one custom endpoint (e.g., your internal API /budget/approve).

4. Test command: “Book meeting + prep agenda doc + alert team.”

5. Watch ChatGPT do the rest—without losing context.

6) Metrics

• Tasks executed per conversation.

• Context retention rate (tasks chained correctly).

• Human intervention frequency.

• Avg time saved per request.

🎯 The Arsenal — Tools & Prompts

Define agent schema:
{
 "tool_name": "notion",
 "allowed_actions": ["create","read"],
 "rate_limit": "5/min",
 "sensitive_fields": ["api_key"]
}
Generate JSON config.

💡 Free Office Hours

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→ Canva: created VoC dashboards that aligned all teams on top issues.
→ Perplexity: set up an AI agent that caught revenue‑impacting issues, cutting diagnosis time by hours.
→ Notion: generated monthly user insights reports 70% faster.

Stop manually tagging feedback in spreadsheets. Keep all customer interactions in one hub and turn them into clear priorities that drive roadmap, retention, and revenue.

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🕹️ Game Over

Ship your first in-house Agent today—tomorrow you’ll run your business from one chat window.
Share your win; you could headline Issue #068.

— Aaron
Automating the boring. Amplifying the brilliant.

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