Opinion: chatgpt skills and plugins let users build personal AI assistants
The author reflects on how using ChatGPT has evolved from simple question‑answering to creating a personalized assistant through "skills" and "plugins." Skills are user‑defined step‑by‑step procedures that teach the model a preferred workflow, while plugins are external functions that let ChatGPT retrieve information, handle files, generate images, run code, and interact with other services. By…
Key points
- Skills let users define custom step‑by‑step procedures for recurring tasks.
- Plugins connect ChatGPT to external services for file handling, image generation, code execution, and more.
- Misconfiguration can cause failures, so users must iterate through trial and error.
The piece notes that this flexibility does not guarantee success; incorrect settings, mis‑matched functions, or connection failures can cause the assistant to act incorrectly, requiring a trial‑and‑error cycle of try, fail, and fix. The author concludes that the real value lies in shaping the AI to match one’s own work habits, turning a generic chatbot into a semi‑personal tool that can augment daily productivity.
[Part 7] What are ChatGPT's "Skills and Plugins"? Expanding what AI can do
note.com · 21 September 2026
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