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Owner used AIOther small business

A business owner built small custom GPTs that turn a client name, service and amount into a finished quotation

The poster says they use custom GPTs as single-job tools, not chatbots: one makes quotations, and others make payment vouchers and work orders, each following rules they wrote. They worry the newer Skills and Plugins may drift off task, and want a chosen tool to always hand back the finished document instead of stopping partway or explaining the steps. They say this let them automate small repeated jobs without building software.

Source: OpenAI Developer Community (opens in a new tab), posted 19 Sep 2026

Owner used AIReal estate

A realtor who drafts emails with ChatGPT wants it to update their contact list too, with their OK first

A small-business owner who works as a realtor says they use ChatGPT through the day to plan projects, write emails and texts, and get ready for conversations. They say it can look things up in their Google Contacts but cannot add or change a contact, so they have to finish that step by hand later. They want any change to need their confirmation first, with a record of what was actually written.

Source: OpenAI Developer Community (opens in a new tab), posted 11 Sep 2026

Owner used AIOther small business

A business owner wants ChatGPT to see both their work and personal accounts so it can help plan the day

The owner uses one Google account for the business and another for personal life, but says their ChatGPT connection reaches only the personal Gmail, and they have not found a way to keep both linked. They want help when a work commitment and a private appointment clash, and with tracking customer follow-ups. They say they would approve each account on its own and want it to remember which account each piece of information came from.

Source: OpenAI Developer Community (opens in a new tab), posted 29 Sep 2026

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