Think of a custom GPT like a personalized version of ChatGPT, loaded with with information, specific instructions or capabilities on-top of what ChatGPT already knows. A custom GPT is like a specialized version of ChatGPT that’s really good at one particular task or set of tasks.

For example, imagine you’re really into baking. A custom GPT could be made to know a ton about baking – different recipes, tips, and tricks.  It can be built to reference recipes that are not in the default version of chatGPT.  It can be instructed to only present recipes that are gluten-free.  It can even be built to pull information from a specific website or database somewhere on the Internet. On top of all of this, it can be trained to mimic the speech characteristics of Julia Child, Shakespeare, or even Snoop Dogg. 

Businesses and people create these custom GPTs for specific jobs. Maybe a company wants a ChatGPT that’s an expert in car repair, or someone wants one that’s really good at helping with science homework. They take the regular ChatGPT and train it more on those topics.

Some of these custom GPTs are shared publicly. That means if someone made a great GPT for gardening, you might be able to use it too, and get expert gardening advice from it.  This GPT directory contained curated custom GPTs built by Word.Studio and other GPT builders around the world.  You can also find a custom GPTs listed on the official GPT Store.

So, in short, custom GPTs are like ChatGPT but with special skills in certain areas, and sometimes you can use these special versions for whatever you’re interested in.

To use custom GPTs, you must be a subscriber to a ChatGPT Plus, Teams or Enterprise plan.  The free version of ChatGPT does not give you access to custom GPTs.  A Chat GPT Plus subscription starts at around $20 per month. This may change. Please check the OpenAI website for the most up-to-date information on pricing and subscriptions.

Please be aware that some GPTs require an additional subscription to get the most out of them.  The availability and terms of each GPT may be different.  For example, the Canva GPT requires a subscription to Canva to take advantage of the final output.

Before you invest any time using a GPT, do your own research and visit the specific GPT authors website to find out more.  You can also ask the GPT via the chat interface any questions you may have.  Be aware that Word.Studio is not affiliated with the companies or individuals that offer the ChatGPT powered custom GPTs listed in this directory.

As of January 2024, individual companies and creators of GPTs do NOT have the ability to view conversations, interactions, or files uploaded between users and the custom GPTs available on the ChatGPT service.

OpenAI has stated that in the future they may provide statistics and user information to GPT builders to help them improve GPTs while ensuring user privacy.  This may change.  Please check OpenAIs current data usage FAQ before sending any sensitive or proprietary information via GPTs.

OpenAI itself may use content submitted to ChatGPT, DALL·E, and other services to improve model performance. For more information and the latest updates regarding data privacy, it’s recommended to consult OpenAI’s official Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Word.Studio tools utilize the OpenAI API.  Information and you submit when interacting with Word.Studio text generation and image tools on the Word.Studio site (not GPTs) is NOT used to train any OpenAI models.

ChatGPT Plus, Teams and Enterprise subscribers can access the GPT builder to create their own custom GPTs.  To learn more about building GPTs, check out our guide on how to create a custom GPT.  If you make a useful GPT, remember to submit it to this GPT directory using the form above this FAQ section.

Many of the GPT profiles and how-to guides in this directory were created at the time they were found or submitted.  If something fundamental has changed and you would like it to be updated, please email [email protected] with any corrections or updates.  We will try to get it updated.

Unfortunately there are many cases where GPTs do not work as well as they claim on the label.  This may be for a number of reasons:

• The GPT may have worked at one point but the underlying model has changed, causing the instructions to not yeild the same quality output.
• The GPT instructions were altered by the builder of the GPT, a referenced file in the knowledge base was changed, or an action link might have gone missing.  This may break the GPT or cause it to malfunction at a certain point.
• The original instructions were not specific enough and it creates unpredictable and erratic outputs that are very hit and miss.  It may work well only on occasion (this is common).
• The author of the GPT intentionally changed the instructions to do something different than it was originally advertised to do.

If you notice any of these behaviors in the GPTs listed in the directory, please reach out at [email protected] and we’ll either remove it from our list or look into it.  We did not create many of the GPTs in this directory, so unfortunately there is no way for us to remove it altogether. 

Some GPTs have a feedback link enabled on the GPT itself.  You can try using that.  If the GPT is misleading or harmful, you should report it to OpenAI on the GPT page itself.