Use an agent as a personal chief of staff
The poster upgraded to Dots Pro so a Dot could manage projects, start conversations and work on several things at once, but it keeps using the desktop instead of cloud mode. ·
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- What they did
- The poster upgraded from Plus to Pro hoping to use a Dot as a personal chief of staff across Projects: managing separate chats, starting new conversations, and juggling multiple threads. In practice, they found the Dot would not create or continue regular ChatGPT chats, and when asked to start new Work threads in cloud mode it kept trying to use their connected desktop instead; a commenter said their workaround was manually relaying context between the Dot and other ChatGPT chats.
- How it went
- It did not work the way the poster wanted: regular chat-thread access appeared unavailable, and cloud-based Work conversations kept failing when the desktop was off. No performance gains or successful results were reported.
- Worth knowing
- A commenter said trying to have a Dot control the ChatGPT website or desktop app was against the terms, and suggested Slack or Teams as a workaround for business or education accounts.
Try it yourself with Dots
Act as my chief of staff for these projects: [project list]. Each morning, check status on each, tell me what's blocked and what needs my decision, and draft the next steps you can handle yourself. Work on several projects in parallel, and show me any message you plan to send before you send it.
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Source: Reddit · Oct 28, 2026
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