OpenAI Operator
OpenAI's hosted browser-agent product (Jan 2025–Aug 2025) powered by the Computer-Using Agent (CUA) model, autonomously performing web tasks for ChatGPT Pro users; deprecated and shut down on 2025-08-31, succeeded by ChatGPT agent.
Description
Operator was a research-preview consumer product at operator.chatgpt.com that paired ChatGPT with a remote browser and the Computer-Using Agent (CUA) model so it could autonomously fill forms, place orders, schedule appointments and perform other repetitive web tasks. It was a Pro-tier ChatGPT feature. After the July 2025 launch of ChatGPT agent — which combines and extends Operator's browser control with deep research and tool use — Operator was deprecated and the operator.chatgpt.com domain was shut down on 2025-08-31. Visits now 308-redirect to chatgpt.com in agent mode.
Solution
Computer-Using Agent loop: CUA model perceived the browser via screenshots, emitted mouse/keyboard actions, observed the next screenshot, and continued until the task finished or the user intervened. Operator hosted the browser, the CUA model and the UI; the user supervised via the Operator chat panel.
Primary use cases
- (historic) autonomous browser navigation for ChatGPT Pro users
- (historic) form filling, online orders, appointment scheduling
- (now) superseded by ChatGPT agent
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