Card #506 · OpenAI Platform & APIs
Free ChatGPT accounts unable to automatically invoke apps
Free-tier users are unable to trigger ChatGPT apps automatically, even when the app is selected or mentioned. The apps only activate when the user provides an explicit instruction to call the tool, whereas paid plans function as expected.
Pain score
0.17/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.40distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement1.00upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
Since a recent ChatGPT update, free ChatGPT accounts are no longer able to invoke Apps even then they are mentioned explicitly.
if the user is on Plus or another paid plan, the conversation enters the app as expected. For free-tier users, it seems that only when I explicitly say something like “call the xxxx tool” in the conversation does it actually enter the app/tool flow.
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