Unlock Your Potential with the Best GPTs for Productivity

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Discover the best GPTs (formerly Plugins) for daily productivity.
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Unlock Your Potential With the Best GPTs (formerly Plugins) for Productivity

ChatGPT is already a powerful everyday assistant, but its real magic appears when you start using GPTs. These add-ons—known as plugins until early 2024—are now distributed through the GPT Store.

If you've been relying only on basic chat features, you're missing out. GPTs can turn ChatGPT into a travel agent, data analyst, copywriter, research aide, and much more.

This guide covers the best GPTs available today, how to install them, and why they can super-charge your workflow.

What Exactly Are GPTs?

GPTs are third-party tools—think "mini-apps” built on top of OpenAI's ecosystem—that add specialist skills to ChatGPT.
Unlike prompt libraries, GPTs can call external APIs, remember context within a session, and render formatted outputs such as tables or diagrams. Developers ship them in hours, so the catalog grows every week.

With the right GPT installed, ChatGPT can:

Book flights or hotels
Fetch real-time stock or product data
Perform complex calculations and data analysis
Generate marketing copy and designs
Summarize long documents and PDFs

Whether you're a freelancer, student, or founder, there's a GPT that shaves hours off repetitive tasks.
OpenAI reports that over 70 % of Plus users have installed at least one GPT since the store launch, and the average active user relies on four distinct GPTs per week—clear proof that these add-ons are becoming core workflow tools.

How to Enable & Use GPTs (GPT Store)

You'll need an active ChatGPT Plus subscription (\$20 / month) or a Team / Enterprise seat to install GPTs. Free-tier users have been able to browse and use existing GPTs since 30 May 2024, but creating or publishing new ones still requires a paid plan.

Step-by-Step Setup

Open ChatGPT and start a new conversation.
In the model picker, select GPT-4o (or GPT-4).
Click Explore GPTs in the top bar to open the GPT Store.
Search for GPTs such as Wolfram Alpha, Zapier, Expedia, then click Explore to launch them.
Hit Add to Favorites for one-click access next time.

You're all set!

The Best GPTs for Everyday Use

Below are eight must-have GPTs—each has tens of thousands of weekly users and consistently high ratings in the GPT Store.
(Tip: All of them are free to install; some may require separate API keys for premium data.)

1. Browser (Browsing)

OpenAI's official web-search GPT. It retrieves live pages, follows links, and cites its sources.
Best For: news monitoring, real-time competitor checks, fact-checking quotes.
Pro Workflow: Ask "summarize the three most recent TechCrunch articles on open-source LLMs and return links.” Then feed that summary to Zapier (GPT #3) to auto-archive in Notion.
Related Read: Undetectable AI — how to spot machine-written text before you quote those sources.

2. Wolfram Alpha

Turns ChatGPT into a STEM powerhouse. Beyond unit conversions, it solves differential equations, generates histograms, and even interprets chemical formulas.
Extra Tip: Prefix your query with "Wolfram|” to force the GPT to run raw Wolfram syntax for maximal accuracy.

3. Zapier

Connect 5 000 + SaaS apps. Popular zaps include:

Google Sheets → create new row from chat outputs.
Gmail → draft & send follow-up emails.
HubSpot → create CRM deal from a chat summary.
All within one prompt—no tab-switching.
Need to polish the copy first? Run it through our AI Sentence Rewriter and then ship it with Zapier.

4. Expedia

Pulls live flight and hotel inventory. Supports natural-language constraints like "pet-friendly” or "late check-out.”
Power User Move: Ask for multiple date ranges and let ChatGPT build a comparison table.

5. Link Reader

Parses HTML, PDFs, Google Docs, and even slide decks. Returns bullet highlights, tone analysis, or Q&A format.
Bonus: Combine with Code Interpreter to chart numbers found inside linked CSVs.

6. FiscalNote

Live legislative feed for 30 + countries. Great for ESG teams and policy analysts.
Use Case: "Track every US Federal bill mentioning ‘synthetic media' and alert me to committee votes.”

7. Diagrams: Show Me

Supports Mermaid, PlantUML, and plain-text pseudo-code. Can export PNG or SVG for slide decks.
Example Prompt: "Visualize a zero-trust network architecture with five micro-services and an API gateway.”

8. Code Interpreter (Advanced Data Analysis)

Runs Python in a sandbox. Upload Excel, JSON, GeoTIFF—you name it.
Deep Dive: Use it to perform K-means clustering or generate matplotlib bar charts, then copy the plot directly into a report.
Example: "Upload sales.csv, group by region and quarter, run a chi-square test, and return a 400-px chart.”
Not sure what to analyze? Grab inspiration from our 20-prompt list in Ask AI Anything.

9. Thumbnail.AI

Generates YouTube and TikTok thumbnails that match trending color palettes and text densities.
Creator Hack: Paste a video title, choose "CTR-boost” mode, and receive three 1280 × 720 JPG options plus A/B-test copy suggestions.

10. Prompt Perfect

Cleans up messy queries, adds missing context, and even auto-suggests ideal temperature / top-p settings for optimal results.
Best For: newcomers who aren't sure how to craft detailed prompts—simply type your rough idea and let Prompt Perfect refine it before execution.

Industry Playbooks — 3-Plugin Stacks That Just Work

Marketing

Link Reader – import competitor blog post.
Browser – grab live keyword data.
Wolfram Alpha – chart traffic estimates.
Result: 10-minute competitor brief instead of a 2-hour manual audit.

Product Management

Diagrams: Show Me – auto-draw user flows.
Zapier – push flows into Jira epics.
Code Interpreter – crunch product-usage CSVs for weekly dashboards.

Legal / Compliance

FiscalNote – pull fresh bill text.
Link Reader – clause-level summary.
Zapier – email risk notes to stakeholders.

Data Science / BI

Code Interpreter – run Python & pandas.
Browser – pull fresh public datasets (e.g., IMF, FRED).
Wolfram Alpha – compute statistical tests & export LaTeX.
Result: prototype an executive dashboard in under 30 minutes without leaving chat.

Why These GPTs Matter

Attention is scarce and data is endless. The right GPT mix automates grunt work, slices research time, and lets you focus on insight—giving you a genuine edge over anyone still copy-pasting between apps.

One-Glance Checklist

Browser – live web data
Wolfram Alpha – math & science
Zapier – no-code automation
Expedia – travel bookings
FiscalNote – legal & regulatory intel
Link Reader – URL & PDF summaries
Diagrams: Show Me – instant visuals
Code Interpreter – data analysis

Install just three that solve your biggest pain points and feel the difference.

Pro Tips to Squeeze Every Drop of Value

Aim for 12-word prompts. Internal OpenAI data shows accuracy rises when queries include at least two concrete constraints (price, date, metric, etc.).
Chain-of-thought out loud. Start with "Let's reason this step by step…” and watch GPTs justify each choice—great for audits.
Save custom instructions. In ChatGPT Settings → Custom preamble, add "Always cite sources and output tables in Markdown.” Every GPT will respect it.
Monthly detox. Deactivate unused GPTs to keep the picker clean and limit permission creep.
Pair with Claila's multi-model view. Run the same prompt on GPT-4o and Claude 3 to spot blind spots instantly.

Need natural-sounding prompts? Check our guide on How to Make ChatGPT Sound More Human.

Safety & Privacy

Install GPTs only from verified publishers.
Never paste sensitive data into an unknown GPT.
See OpenAI's GPT docs for current security practices.
If ChatGPT ever stalls, our quick-fix guide Why Is ChatGPT Not Working? can help you troubleshoot in minutes.

FAQ — Quick Answers Before You Install

Q1. Do GPTs share my prompts with third parties?
Verified GPTs follow OpenAI's policy: data may be stored for 30 days for abuse monitoring, then deleted. GPT creators cannot see raw chats unless you grant explicit OAuth scopes.

Q2. Can I build my own private GPT?
Yes. Plus users can create "private-only” GPTs that run inside your account and never enter the public store. Teams / Enterprise can additionally restrict them to selected workspaces.

Q3. Do GPTs work on mobile?
Absolutely. The latest iOS / Android apps include the GPT Store tab, and favorites sync across devices.

Q4. What happens if a GPT disappears?
Installed GPTs may be deprecated by creators. ChatGPT will warn you and suggest alternatives before removal.

What's Next for GPTs?

Expect a wave of niche GPTs: CBT-based mental-health coaches, real-time résumé optimizers, hyper-local shopping assistants, and more. Staying ahead means testing new releases early—and Claila's multi-model hub makes that painless with GPT-4, Claude, Mistral, and others under one roof.

Maximize All These GPTs Inside Claila

At Claila, you sit in the cockpit of six leading LLMs—GPT-4o, Claude 3, Gemini 1.5, Grok 1.5, Mistral Large, and Yi-34B—without paying six separate subscriptions.

Side-by-side diff view highlights where models disagree.
One-click prompt reuse lets you A/B test tone or creativity.
Built-in image, audio, and translation widgets mean fewer external tabs.

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Let today be the day you stop using ChatGPT like a calculator—and start wielding it like a digital Swiss Army knife.