ChatGPT Tips & Features You’re Not Using (But Should Be!)

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Kevin tours newer ChatGPT features using the Kevin Cookie Company as his running example. Upgraded image generation turns his uploaded photo into professional headshots and then restyles it with a mullet. Through sponsor Zapier, ChatGPT connects to over 6,000 apps: he describes a Zap where new Gmail triggers a ChatGPT-drafted reply saved as a Gmail draft, and uses Zapier Copilot to add a Discord direct-message notification step; Slack, Google Sheets, Notion, Trello and HubSpot are also named. Tasks uses the ‘GPT-4o with scheduled tasks’ model to produce a daily morning cookie-news roundup covering product launches, industry trends, legal updates and trending recipes, managed via Profile > Tasks. Custom GPTs are built from Explore GPTs > Create, either by chat or Configure (name, description, instructions, conversation starters, uploaded PDFs/FAQs/manuals as knowledge, toggles for web search, Canvas, image generation and code interpreter/data analysis, plus Actions to connect APIs/databases). Projects groups chats, files and project-wide instructions — his example is a ‘Spring Cookie Launch’ project. Voice mode gives natural spoken conversation with a transcript left in chat. Sora, for Plus and Pro users in the United States, generates video from a prompt such as a futuristic city at sunset with flying cars. Operator, a research preview requiring the $200 per month Pro plan in the US, browses and fills forms itself — e.g. finding a MacBook under $700. He also shows Ctrl+/ for keyboard shortcuts, Memory controls under Settings > Personalization (saved memories plus referencing full chat history), and file uploads of PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations and images for summarising and feedback — he asks ChatGPT to judge three thumbnails, and it picks thumbnail two.

Key takeaways

• Via Zapier, ChatGPT can connect to over 6,000 apps to automate work such as drafting Gmail replies and sending a Discord notification when a draft is ready.
• Tasks (GPT-4o with scheduled tasks) runs prompts on a schedule, such as a daily news roundup, and tasks are managed under Profile > Tasks.
• Custom GPTs can be configured with instructions, uploaded knowledge files and capabilities, and Actions can connect them to APIs or databases.
• Projects keeps related chats, files and shared instructions in one workspace for work spanning multiple sessions.
• Memory is controlled in Settings > Personalization, where saved memories and referencing your entire chat history can each be toggled on or off.

Episode details: published April 20, 2025 · 14:16 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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