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ChatGPT Agent

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Controls a virtual browser and terminal to complete tasks end to end.

100

Trust score · Verified

2 data points checked · 2026-09-12

Model stack: VerifiedEntry price: UnverifiableVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

gpt-6-astra

Entry cost

from $20/mo

Changes / 30d

7

The short answers · verified September 17, 2026

What is the latest version of ChatGPT Agent?
The current shipped version of ChatGPT Agent is gpt-6-astra, as of September 17, 2026.
How much does ChatGPT Agent cost?
ChatGPT Agent starts at $20 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 17, 2026.
What AI model does ChatGPT Agent use?
ChatGPT Agent runs primarily on GPT-5.2.

Source: OpenAIopenai.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Virtual browser
  • Terminal access
  • Connectors
  • Takeover mode
  • Scheduled tasks
  • Agents SDK
  • Agent Builder
  • Computer use
  • MCP Connectors
  • Voice agents
  • ChatKit
  • Evals
  • Code interpreter
  • Realtime API
  • Prompt optimizer
  • Multi-agent
  • Web search
  • Image generation
  • Function calling
  • Realtime translation
  • Streaming
  • File inputs
  • File search
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • Multi-agent orchestration
  • Live translation
  • Realtime transcription
  • Fine-tuning
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • WebSocket & WebRTC support
  • MCP and Connectors
  • Assistants API
  • Security scan
  • Workspace Agents
  • Realtime Audio
  • Prompt Caching
  • Structured Output
  • Code Interpreter
  • Prompt caching
  • Agents
  • API
  • Voice & Audio
  • MCP Server
  • Responses API
  • MCP
  • Tools
  • Web Search
  • File Search
  • Computer Use
  • Voice Agents
  • Webhooks
  • agent mode
  • browser tool
  • terminal tool
  • connectors
  • schedule recurring tasks
  • Conversations
  • Realtime and audio
  • APIs
  • Codex CLI
  • Model catalog
  • Prompt generation
  • Deep research
  • SDKs and CLI
  • Prompt engineering
  • Skills & Plugins
  • Image inputs
  • File uploads
  • MCP connections
  • Code execution
  • Multimodal input
  • agents
  • web search
  • computer use
  • voice
  • code interpreter

Pricing

  • ChatGPT Plus

    Enables agent mode along with Pro and Team plans

    $20

Entry price over time

9 of 46 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture

1/10/2024 · $209/17/2026 · $20

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • GPT-5.2

    OpenAI

    disclosed
  • GPT-5.4

    OpenAI

    disclosed
  • gpt-5.6

    OpenAI

    disclosed
  • gpt-6-astra

    OpenAI

    disclosed

Context window

196K tokens

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • node
  • python
  • go
  • java
  • websockets
  • webrtc

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • capability

    New capabilities: agents, web search, computer use

    71 tracked76 tracked · +agents, web search, computer use, voice, code interpreter

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-6-astra

    GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-6 Astra

    gpt-6-astraGPT-6 Astra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Code execution, Multimodal input

    69 tracked71 tracked · +Code execution, Multimodal input

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP connections

    68 tracked69 tracked · +MCP connections

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Image inputs, File uploads

    66 tracked68 tracked · +Image inputs, File uploads

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-6-astra

    GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-6 Astra

    gpt-6-astraGPT-6 Astra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Skills & Plugins

    65 tracked66 tracked · +Skills & Plugins

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-6-astra

    gpt-5.6gpt-6-astra

    source
  • model

    ChatGPT Agent added gpt-6-astra to its model stack

    GPT-5.2, GPT-5.4, gpt-5.6GPT-5.2, GPT-5.4, gpt-5.6, gpt-6-astra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SDKs and CLI, Prompt engineering

    63 tracked65 tracked · +SDKs and CLI, Prompt engineering

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Deep research

    62 tracked63 tracked · +Deep research

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: APIs, Codex CLI, Model catalog

    58 tracked62 tracked · +APIs, Codex CLI, Model catalog, Prompt generation

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Realtime and audio

    57 tracked58 tracked · +Realtime and audio

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Conversations

    56 tracked57 tracked · +Conversations

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    ChatGPT agentgpt-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Webhooks

    50 tracked51 tracked · +Webhooks

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Computer Use, Voice Agents

    48 tracked50 tracked · +Computer Use, Voice Agents

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Tools, Web Search, File Search

    45 tracked48 tracked · +Tools, Web Search, File Search

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP

    44 tracked45 tracked · +MCP

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to gpt-5.6

    GPT-5.6gpt-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Responses API

    43 tracked44 tracked · +Responses API

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP Server

    42 tracked43 tracked · +MCP Server

    source
  • version

    ChatGPT Agent moved to GPT-5.6

    gpt-5.6GPT-5.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: API, Voice & Audio

    40 tracked42 tracked · +API, Voice & Audio

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agents

    39 tracked40 tracked · +Agents

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Prompt caching

    38 tracked39 tracked · +Prompt caching

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/operator

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). ChatGPT Agent — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/operator
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-operator,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {ChatGPT Agent — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/operator}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}