How the OpenAI team uses ChatGPT Sites daily

Kath Korevec is a member of the Product staff at OpenAI working on Codex, and she spent over a year building and using ChatGPT Sites internally before its public launch. She’s been on the front lines of shipping Plugin Insights, MCP plugin hosting, and the connector ecosystem, which now includes around 60 integrations. *What you’ll learn:* 1. What Plugin Insights actually does, and why it changes who can use a site 2. The incident command site Kath built for her OpenAI team, and how it uses live Slack and Notion connectors 3. The one phrase that tells Codex to wire up connectors for you 4. The infrastructure layer inside Sites that most people haven’t touched yet 5. How Kath fixed her Spotify after her kids wrecked it, using Reddit and computer use 6. The skill distribution model behind her community dungeon crawler, and why it’s a new way to think about collaboration 7. Why model speed is what actually determines how creative you get 8. Where Kath draws a hard line on AI acting in her name *Brought to you by:* Merge—Connective infrastructure for production AI: https://www.merge.dev/howiai Vanta—Automate compliance and simplify security: https://www.vanta.com/howiai *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Welcome and intro (01:00) Sites: internal testing and use cases (05:53) Sites infrastructure (09:00) Kath’s favorite connectors (11:10) Unique ways to use Sites (12:28) Curating a custom Spotify playlist (15:50) Game design and development (25:42) Bringing inference into Sites: the widget experiment (30:00) Awesome Sites gallery (31:57) Kath’s prompting strategy (34:20) Wrap-up and how to find Kath *Blog and detailed workflow walkthroughs from this episode:* Kath Korevec’s ChatGPT Sites Workflows: Dashboards, Music, and Games: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/kath-korevec-chatgpt-sites-workflows ↳ How to Build a Real-Time Incident Command Dashboard with ChatGPT Sites: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/chatgpt-sites-incident-dashboard ↳ How to Create an Automated Weekly Music Discovery Playlist with AI: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/chatgpt-sites-weekly-music-playlist ↳ How to Create a Collaborative 3D Game with ChatGPT Sites and Custom Skills: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/chatgpt-sites-collaborative-3d-game *Tools referenced:* • ChatGPT Sites: https://chatgpt.com/sites • OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/codex *Other references:* • OpenAI DevDay: https://openai.com/devday • Awesome Sites: https://awesomesites.ai *Where to find Kath Korevec:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleensimpson/?isSelfProfile=false X: https://x.com/simpsoka *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo _Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._

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EPISODE INFO

Released: October 5, 2026
Duration: 35m
Channel: How I AI
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kath Korevec is a member of the Product staff at OpenAI working on Codex, and she spent over a year building and using ChatGPT Sites internally before its public launch. She’s been on the front lines of shipping Plugin Insights, MCP plugin hosting, and the connector ecosystem, which now includes around 60 integrations. *What you’ll learn:*
What Plugin Insights actually does, and why it changes who can use a site
The incident command site Kath built for her OpenAI team, and how it uses live Slack and Notion connectors
The one phrase that tells Codex to wire up connectors for you
The infrastructure layer inside Sites that most people haven’t touched yet
How Kath fixed her Spotify after her kids wrecked it, using Reddit and computer use
The skill distribution model behind her community dungeon crawler, and why it’s a new way to think about collaboration
Why model speed is what actually determines how creative you get
Where Kath draws a hard line on AI acting in her name
*Brought to you by:* Merge—Connective infrastructure for production AI: https://www.merge.dev/howiai Vanta—Automate compliance and simplify security: https://www.vanta.com/howiai *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Welcome and intro (01:00) Sites: internal testing and use cases (05:53) Sites infrastructure (09:00) Kath’s favorite connectors (11:10) Unique ways to use Sites (12:28) Curating a custom Spotify playlist (15:50) Game design and development (25:42) Bringing inference into Sites: the widget experiment (30:00) Awesome Sites gallery (31:57) Kath’s prompting strategy (34:20) Wrap-up and how to find Kath *Blog and detailed workflow walkthroughs from this episode:* Kath Korevec’s ChatGPT Sites Workflows: Dashboards, Music, and Games: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/kath-korevec-chatgpt-sites-workflows ↳ How to Build a Real-Time Incident Command Dashboard with ChatGPT Sites: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/chatgpt-sites-incident-dashboard ↳ How to Create an Automated Weekly Music Discovery Playlist with AI: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/chatgpt-sites-weekly-music-playlist ↳ How to Create a Collaborative 3D Game with ChatGPT Sites and Custom Skills: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/chatgpt-sites-collaborative-3d-game *Tools referenced:*
ChatGPT Sites: https://chatgpt.com/sites
OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/codex
*Other references:*
OpenAI DevDay: https://openai.com/devday
Awesome Sites: https://awesomesites.ai
*Where to find Kath Korevec:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleensimpson/?isSelfProfile=false X: https://x.com/simpsoka *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo _Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._

SPEAKERS

Kath Korevec
guest
Product Lead for ChatGPT Sites at OpenAI, demonstrating and explaining how the team uses Sites in daily workflows.
Claire Vo
host
Host of the interview show “How I AI,” interviewing OpenAI builders about how they use AI tools in practice.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of How I AI, featuring Kath Korevec and Claire Vo, How the OpenAI team uses ChatGPT Sites daily explores how OpenAI uses ChatGPT Sites for secure, shareable personal software Kath Korevec (Product Lead for Sites) explains how OpenAI teams use ChatGPT Sites as a place to deploy Codex-built software quickly, ranging from internal tools to playful consumer projects.

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