---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT"
description: "Developers can now submit apps for review and publication in ChatGPT, with approved apps appearing in a new in-product directory for easy discovery. Updated tools, guidelines."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/developers-can-now-submit-apps-to-chatgpt"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2025-12-17"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 64
confidence: 0.9
---

# Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT

# Claim

Developers can now submit apps for review and publication in ChatGPT, with approved apps appearing in a new in-product directory for easy discovery. Updated tools, guidelines, and the Apps SDK help developers build powerful chat-native experiences that bring real-world actions into ChatGPT.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a lower-to-mid strength vendor signal for the capability register. It does not prove displacement on its own, but it records another platform step that can later show up as workflow automation, procurement change, or organisational dependency.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: Software engineering
* Capability: Agent platform and API infrastructure
* Cope score: 64
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT](https://openai.com/index/developers-can-now-submit-apps-to-chatgpt)