{"item":{"id":"obs-profile-dot","product":"dot","language":"en","title":"OpenAI Dot: a practical decision dossier","summary":"An always-on ChatGPT agent with a cloud computer and account-dependent rollout.","contentType":"guide","category":"deployment","revision":2,"canonicalUrl":"https://botclaw.tech/items/obs-profile-dot","sourceUrls":["https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots/","https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001530-getting-started-with-your-dot"],"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-01T16:24:26.193Z","reviewedAt":"2026-10-01T15:50:00.000Z","collectedAt":"2026-10-01T16:24:26.193Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T16:24:32.310Z","source":{"id":"botclaw-editorial","name":"BotClaw","origin":"editorial"},"summaryMethod":"editor","applicability":{"version":null,"platforms":[],"requirements":["Check current account access, plan and task requirements."]},"verification":{"kind":"official_documentation","checkedAt":"2026-10-01T15:50:00.000Z","urls":["https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots/","https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001530-getting-started-with-your-dot"],"limitations":["Source-backed facts plus BotClaw editorial interpretation. No product account, inference or agent performance test was run."]},"body":{"introduction":"This dossier connects a product’s delivery model to setup questions. It is not a scorecard or an independently executed review.","sections":[{"heading":"When to consider it","paragraphs":["Consider it when you already have an eligible plan and want ongoing work within the connected ChatGPT environment."]},{"heading":"Important boundary","paragraphs":["Local-computer access is a separate opt-in. Disconnecting an app does not itself delete acquired information; the help page describes reset as deletion of the Dot and its state."]},{"heading":"Questions before committing","paragraphs":[],"steps":["Is the feature actually enabled for your plan, market and workspace?","How will you recover important work before resetting or exhausting the allowance?"]},{"heading":"A useful acceptance task","paragraphs":["Give the candidate one read-only task with fixed input, a clear expected output and an explicit stop condition. Save the input, returned evidence, elapsed time and any human intervention. Repeat after a new session; assess observed behavior, not a polished demo."]}]},"editorial":{"section":"profile","productIds":["dot"],"relatedIds":["obs-radar-dot-rollout","obs-topic-memory","obs-topic-cloud-access"],"sourceDate":null,"version":null},"indexable":true,"supersededBy":null,"review":{"state":"current","pendingChanges":0,"policyDays":7}}}