Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

Ep 889: ChatGPT Tasks: What’s New, How They Work and 5 Secret Shortcuts to Use Today (Replay)

October 26, 2026

AI Summary

5 min read

OpenAI quietly made ChatGPT Tasks far more powerful earlier this month, and the host of Everyday AI argues that almost nobody noticed. The trigger was the sunsetting of ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive agent feature that required the $200/month Pro plan and was never widely adopted. When OpenAI announced it was retiring Pulse and redirecting resources to an updated version of ChatGPT Tasks, most users assumed nothing had changed. But the fine print — and a series of behind-the-scenes updates to ChatGPT's developer tools — tells a different story. Tasks, the host says, are now "the most underrated feature in AI today" and a perfect gateway for anyone who has been intimidated by more technical agentic tools like Codex.

What ChatGPT Tasks Actually Are

ChatGPT Tasks let you schedule one-off or recurring prompts that run automatically at a specified time. You can set them to repeat hourly, daily, on weekdays, weekly, monthly, or on a custom schedule, and you can give them an end date. They live inside a dedicated "Scheduled" page — accessible via the ChatGPT sidebar (fourth icon down) or directly at chatgpt.com/scheduled — and each task keeps all its outputs in a single chat thread, so context accumulates over time.

Continue reading the full summary in the app — free to try.

Read Full Summary →

Free • No credit card required

Listen to Audio Summary Open in App

What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:02) **ChatGPT Tasks: The Most Underrated Feature**
  • 2 (04:00) **What's New with ChatGPT Tasks**
  • 3 (08:03) **Live Demo: How to Use ChatGPT Tasks**
  • 4 (14:45) **Editing and Managing Scheduled Tasks**
  • 5 (19:10) **Secret Shortcut #1: MCPs (Model Context Protocol)**
  • 6 (22:41) **Secret Shortcut #2: Apps Are More Agentic**
  • 7 (24:22) **Secret Shortcut #3: Practice for the Super App**

+ Full timestamped outline available in the app

Show Notes

Here's a little secret: ChatGPT tasks are the Gateway Agent. 🤖

(And you've probably been overlooking the recent update that made them crazy powerful.) 

About two weeks ago, OpenAI announced the sunset of its proactive Pulse feature and instead folded those efforts in an upgraded version of their previously released ChatGPT Tasks. 

An d while most overlooked the actual new features in Tasks, it's actually the under the hood updates over the past year since Tasks were originally released that make it more powerful than ever. 

Join us for AI at Work on Wednesdays as we share what's new and dish 5 secret shortcuts for Tasks you should be using. 

Ep 889: ChatGPT Tasks: What’s New, How They Work and 5 Secret Shortcuts to Use Today (Replay)


Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletter
More on this Episode: Episode Page
Today's Episode on LinkedIn: Thoughts on this? Join the convo on LinkedIn and connect with other AI leaders.

Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineup
Website: YourEverydayAI.com
Email The Show: [email protected]
Connect with Jordan on LinkedIn

Topics Covered in This Episode:

  1. ChatGPT Pulse Sunsetting & Transition
  2. New Features in ChatGPT Tasks
  3. ChatGPT Tasks Usage Limits by Plan
  4. ChatGPT Tasks User Interface Updates
  5. Best Practices for Scheduling Tasks
  6. Task Scheduling with App Integrations
  7. Editing and Managing Scheduled Tasks
  8. Secret Shortcuts for ChatGPT Tasks
  9. MCP Developer Mode and Integration
  10. Agentic Capabilities of ChatGPT Apps
  11. Tasks Functionality Within Projects
  12. Stacking Memory for Task Automation




Timestamps:

00:00 Overview of ChatGPT tasks

05:06 New task scheduling features

06:55 Removing Pulse feature complaints

11:58 Scheduling tasks with AI integration

12:58 AI automating daily scheduling

16:54 Using Chegg GPT for stock updates

20:51 Updating developer mode functionality

23:25 App capabilities have evolved

26:56 Using ChatGPT to simplify tasks

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

More from this podcast

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast →