DevDay 2026 Recap

OpenAI said in its September 29, 2026 DevDay recap that ChatGPT plugins can start automations when something happens in a connected app. The company is adding support for the proposed MCP Events specification, a draft extension of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the shared standard that lets AI tools connect to outside apps. OpenAI lists the feature as available on all plans.

The recap's example is a user asking ChatGPT to watch a project board for new tasks. When one comes in, ChatGPT can read the linked documents and draft a plan, even while the user is away. The point of the mechanism is that activity in the connected app, rather than a new chat message, is what prompts ChatGPT to begin work. This is OpenAI's own description of an intended capability. The recap gives no testing results, and it does not say which apps or plugins will support events.

On access, the recap's separate section on plugin creation and discovery says users choose which plugins to use and approve the access each one receives. That statement is about plugins generally, not a detailed description of how event-triggered automations are permissioned.