From May 12 onwards, OpenAI has provided ChatGPT Plus subscribers with a range of third-party plugins. A new plugin has been added to the system almost every day, serving diverse purposes. As there are now numerous plugins available, we aim to bring some order to the selection by presenting each plugin by category in a series of articles. At this time, we are looking for suitable tools to improve the efficiency of administrative tasks; in summary, these are ChatGPT Productivity Plugins.
Zapier – Automated Workflow
AskYourPDF – Explore PDF data
Daigr.am – Instant Diagrams
Questmate Forms – Interactive Forms, Workflows, Checklists
Show Me – Diagrams & More
VoxScript – Access Real-Time Data
WebPilot – Interact with WebpagesZapier is a web-based service that allows users to automate tasks between different online applications and services. It works by creating “Zaps“, which are workflows that connect two or more apps to automate repetitive tasks. Thousands of apps are supported, so it is a powerful tool for streamlining and automating digital tasks. Although there are huge possibilities in its use, it must be taken into account that in order to achieve this efficiency, you have to give Zapier access to your account, like Microsoft, Google, Twitter, WordPress… (all that you like to be involved in the automation).
How does it work
- Access To Zapier Actions: The plugin can access any of the 20k+ actions that Zapier supports, including those that the user has exposed in their account. This means you can perform tasks like creating new rows in an Excel sheet, preparing a new Gmail draft, or saving mail attachments to Dropbox directly from the chat.
- Natural Language Processing: The plugin uses GPT-3’s natural language processing capabilities to understand user requests. This means you can describe the task you want to perform in plain English, and the plugin will interpret your request and perform the corresponding action.
- Zap Creation: The plugin can help you create new Zaps based on the chat description. For example, you could say, when I get an email from john.doe@abcd.com email address, create notes in OneNote.” and the plugin would generate a possible definition of this Zap.
- Execution Logs: The plugin can retrieve execution logs for a given Zap, allowing you to troubleshoot issues or monitor the status of your workflow. (It should be considered that errors will inevitably occur when introducing a new automated task processing, especially in the early stage.)
- Configuration: The plugin provides a link to configure more actions in Zapier, allowing you to customize your workflow and add new actions to your account.
Conclusion
This tool can provide a huge help to those users who perform standard tasks that are often repeated because Zapier can perform these tasks automatically with great efficiency. Since the plugin can work with a registered account, it is absolutely necessary to create at least a free Zapier profile. This free account will contain 100 tasks/month limitation, so a daily 3-5 task can be performed for free. (the upgrade would cost $20/month for a 750 tasks/month coverage) However, Zapier has comprehensive security practices for businesses of all sizes, it’s still necessary to build trust in yourself to share your user accesses.
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