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n8n now has a built-in chat interface. It’s basically like you’re in ChatGPT but can talk to any model.

One downside is there’s no handy features like projects, canvas, skills, etc, that you normally find in your ChatGPT, or Claude interfaces (otherwise i’d probably switch all my work into chathub to keep things centralised)

What makes this more useful though, is you can chat with all your n8n agents in chat hub. Before this you would build agents in n8n, then setup a bootleg interface in slack/ whatsapp/ telegram to talk to your agents. Now you can interact with them in one central, neat place.

I can see this replacing Custom GPTs for a lot of people. GPTs were always just watered-down agents with no real tools and no memory. Their only advantage was the shareable chat interface. Now Chat Hub has that too. So if you're building a GPT today, you might as well build it as an n8n agent instead and share the Chat Hub link.

Live now in n8n 2.1.0.

Anthropic released a Chrome extension that gives Claude control over your browser. It can navigate pages, click buttons, fill out forms, take screenshots, and pull information back into a chat panel.

It basically just having an agent in your browser that can do tasks for you, but you don’t have to download a stupid new AI browser. cool. A few things people are doing with it:

Lead generation. Ask Claude to find 10 CTOs at US tech companies on LinkedIn. It searches, scrolls, and returns a list with contact info pulled from their profiles. Or give it a spreadsheet, and say send connections to the following prospects on LinkedIn.

Travel research. Tell it to find direct flights from Boston to Madrid for four people over a specific week. It opens Google Flights, enters the criteria, and reports back options.

Teaching workflows. There's a "Teach Claude" mode where you record yourself doing something step by step. Claude watches, saves it as a shortcut, and can repeat the workflow later. Handy for repetitive browser tasks you do often.

It's still in beta, and it's not fast. But great to run in the background while you do other work. Available now if you're on a Claude Pro or Max plan.

OpenAI just opened an “app store” inside ChatGPT. You'll find it in the left sidebar under "Apps" or at chatgpt.com/apps.

Connect an app, @ mention it in your chat, and it pulls in live data or takes actions on your behalf. I've been using the Adobe Acrobat tool a lot lately. I don't have any PDF software, so being able to say "remove pages 5, 6, and 7" or "redact all the sensitive info" right in the chat has been genuinely useful.

There's Airtable, OpenTable for dinner reservations, and plenty more. Developers can now submit their own apps through OpenAI's Developer Platform, so expect this list to grow. These feel like a practical addition.