How to Access Apps on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Chatbots
Your favorite AI chatbots – ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini – have recently supercharged their capabilities by integrating with other applications. This advancement allows these AI models to seamlessly interact with various apps, and help with tasks like code editing, data retrieval, and more, directly. This enables effortless multitasking without switching between tabs or downloading extra apps. Notably, ChatGPT and Claude offer these features on their desktop applications, while Gemini integrates them into its web interface.
Accessing Apps on ChatGPT
ChatGPT has now introduced a ‘Work with apps’ feature, allowing it to read and directly edit content in external apps. As of now, ChatGPT can access coding tools like integrated development environments (IDEs), terminals, and text editors on macOS. This integration enables ChatGPT to provide context-aware assistance, streamline coding workflows, and enhance productivity. Currently, the feature is available to Plus, Pro, and Team users, with plans to extend access to Free, Enterprise, and Edu users in the future.
Here’s how you can use ChatGPT on external apps on your MacBook:
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Integrating Apps with Claude
Anthropic developed the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to standardize how external applications provide context to large language models (LLMs). Claude integrates external apps via the Fleur app store, giving access to a wide range of external apps. This enhancement allows Claude to perform tasks such as creating GitHub repositories and managing pull requests efficiently.
Here’s a video demonstrating the process of integrating and calling external apps into the Claude chatbot interface:
Accessing Google Apps on Gemini
Gemini has integrated various Google services into its AI chatbot, allowing users to access applications like YouTube, Maps, and Search directly within its web interface. This integration streamlines tasks such as retrieving information, navigating locations, and accessing multimedia content without leaving the chat environment. Follow these steps to start using Google applications on your Gemini chatbot’s web interface:
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Comparing App Integration
The advent of external app integrations into AI chatbots marks a significant shift in how they operate. By enabling these tools to access and manipulate data from external applications, we are witnessing the early stages of their agentic AI capabilities. This means that in the near future, AI chatbots might autonomously perform complex tasks across multiple platforms – ranging from coding and data analysis to managing schedules and travel plans.
The introduction of MCPs further amplifies these possibilities. With MCPs, chatbots can recall past conversations, reference external data sources, and execute multi-step tasks with a deeper contextual understanding. This shift makes AI-driven automation not just more powerful but also more intuitive and personalized.
Such integration of external apps with LLMs could revolutionize productivity, digital collaboration, and user experience in both professional and personal settings. The nearly simultaneous release across these platforms further underscores the rapid evolution and convergence of AI and external application ecosystems. With all these features readily available, you must surely try them out yourself and see how they can make your life easier.
