The short version
- An X user shared a free skill for using ChatGPT Dots to coordinate project work.
- Its workflow covers milestones, implementation handoffs, build testing, fixes, retests, and project records.
- The README explains how to upload SKILL.md and invoke @project-manager, if your ChatGPT environment supports skills.
- The skill supplies a workflow. It does not provide tools, permissions, or unattended execution.
Alex Finn at X suggested using a ChatGPT Dot to coordinate project threads, check their progress, and update a ChatGPT Space. He shared a free skill for that approach. If your ChatGPT environment supports installing and invoking the skill, you can give it a project goal, an existing implementation thread, and a Space.
How do I use ChatGPT Dots as a project manager?
Give your Dot a project goal and ask it to coordinate the ChatGPT thread handling implementation. The idea is for the Dot to move the work forward step by step, check results, and record progress in a ChatGPT Space. The approach can cover several projects and threads.
The skill sets out a workflow for software, app, and game projects. It directs the Dot to define what completion looks like, hand a small milestone to the chosen implementation thread, identify the resulting build, and arrange testing before accepting the work. What it can carry out depends on the tools and access available in your ChatGPT environment.
How do I install and start project-manager skill?
The project-manager skill’s README on Github gives three steps:
- Download SKILL.md from the repository.
- Upload it to ChatGPT and ask: “Please install this skill as project-manager.”
- Invoke @project-manager. Describe the project, intended outcome, existing implementation thread, and project Space.
Installation and invocation depend on support in your ChatGPT environment. The repository was created on September 30, 2026. As of October 2, 2026, it had 30 stars and listed no license.
What does project-manager skill do?
It instructs the Dot to coordinate a project through milestones that can be checked against an agreed goal. Its SKILL.md calls for observable acceptance criteria and handoffs to the implementation thread selected by the user. The implementer is asked to identify the build it produced and report which checks it ran.
The workflow then calls for testing that build in the intended environment. If a check fails, the Dot is instructed to send the failure to the same implementation thread, obtain a new build, and retest it. The requested private ChatGPT Space holds decisions, progress, build details, test results, and outstanding issues. These are instructions in the skill, not evidence that a project has completed the cycle.
How do Dots fit into this workflow?
ChatGPT Dots are agents that can work between conversations, use connected tools, and bring work back for review. They run on their own cloud computers, while you control which apps they can access. OpenAI introduced Dots on September 29, 2026.
Our earlier guide to Dots permissions covers the approvals some actions need. Giving a Dot project-management instructions does not change those controls.
What does the project-manager skill need to work?
It needs a ChatGPT environment that supports installing and invoking the skill, along with connected and authorized tools for the work you assign. Depending on the project, it may need access to:
- The repository and chosen implementation thread.
- The build or runtime and a way to test the product.
- Screenshot capture, artifact transfer, and storage for test evidence.
- The requested ChatGPT Space and tools that can edit it.
The skill instructs the Dot to report missing capabilities and checks it could not run. It calls for separate QA workers when available or a distinct testing pass otherwise. It does not grant credentials or permission to act. Publishing, production deployment, merging, spending, account changes, and wider sharing each require their own authorization.
Check whether Dots has reached your account and whether your ChatGPT environment supports installing the skill. If it does, follow the README’s steps and give @project-manager your project details, including the existing implementation thread and project Space. Dots availability depends on your plan, region, and rollout status. Eligible Pro plans start at $100 per month; the skill is free to download.
FAQs
Which plans have ChatGPT Dots?
Dots are rolling out to these plans:
- Pro 100
- Pro 200
- Pro 500
- Business Premium
- Enterprise, when a workspace admin enables the beta
Pro access is for users over 18, and its initial rollout excludes the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland. Access may take several days to reach an eligible account.
Is the project-manager skill on Github free?
Yes. The skill is free to download. You still need an eligible ChatGPT account, an environment that supports the skill, and the tools your project requires. As of October 2, 2026, the repository listed no license.
Can ChatGPT Dots manage several projects with this setup?
The proposed setup has a Dot coordinate several project threads. Carrying out the skill’s workflow across them requires access to each project’s implementation thread, connected tools, build and testing environment, and project Space.
Will the skill install in every ChatGPT environment?
No. Installation and invocation depend on support in your ChatGPT environment. Where supported, the README gives these steps:
- Download SKILL.md from the repository.
- Upload it to ChatGPT and ask: “Please install this skill as project-manager.”
- Invoke @project-manager with the project, intended outcome, existing implementation thread, and project Space.
Does the skill enable unattended execution?
No. The README says the skill does not provide unattended execution. Carrying out work depends on capabilities that are available and authorized in your ChatGPT environment.
Does the skill authorize publishing, deploying, merging or spending?
No. Publishing, production deployment, merging, and spending each need their own authorization. Account changes and wider sharing also require separate authorization.
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