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# Use eesel from ChatGPT

Use eesel from ChatGPT and Codex: set eesel up from Codex with the eesel CLI, or chat with your AI agent inside ChatGPT through the eesel apps.

There are two different things people mean by this. Both work, differently.

One is setting eesel up from Codex, ChatGPT's coding agent, with the eesel CLI. The other is talking to an agent you already have from inside a ChatGPT conversation. Either way it is the same eesel agent, with the same instructions and knowledge as in your dashboard.

## Setting eesel up with Codex

Codex is ChatGPT's coding agent: it runs in your terminal or on a repo you point it at. It sets eesel up the same way Claude Code does, with the eesel CLI. Paste this into Codex:

> Add eesel's AI support chat bubble to this site. Run `npx @eesel/cli login`, then `npx @eesel/cli init chat-bubble --site <our site>`, paste the snippet it prints into the site, and test it with `npx @eesel/cli chat`. The steps are at <https://docs.eesel.ai/apis-and-developer-resources/set-up-from-a-coding-agent>

The login opens a browser once (or prints a link with `--no-browser`); everything after that is a command that prints JSON, so Codex can run the whole job and read its own results. The full walkthrough, including a helpdesk and Slack, is on [Set up from Claude Code or the terminal](/getting-started/set-up-from-a-coding-agent.md); it applies to Codex, Cursor and any other coding agent word for word.

## Talking to your agent inside ChatGPT

eesel's apps for ChatGPT let you chat with your eesel agent from a ChatGPT conversation: ask it what's in your helpdesk, have it draft a reply, check what it has been doing. They're built per helpdesk (Zendesk, Intercom, Freshdesk, Gorgias, Front and Gmail), and each signs you in with your eesel account through OAuth, so you get exactly the access you have in the dashboard: editors can change things, viewers can ask.

They're being listed in ChatGPT's app directory. Once your helpdesk's app is there: in ChatGPT, open **Settings > Apps & connectors**, find eesel, connect, and approve the sign-in on the eesel page that opens. Then ask ChatGPT something like "ask eesel what's waiting on me" or "have eesel draft a reply to ticket 4521".

Until the listing is live, the fastest way to reach your agent from a chat app is the [Claude connector](/apis-and-developer-resources/use-eesel-from-claude-and-other-assistants.md), or the CLI's `eesel chat` from a terminal.

## Which one should I use?

* To **set eesel up**, or change its setup from a repo: Codex with the CLI.
* To **use** an agent that's already set up, from wherever you're chatting: the app.

## FAQ

<details>

<summary>Can I connect eesel to ChatGPT?</summary>

Yes. eesel's apps for ChatGPT let you chat with your eesel agent from a ChatGPT conversation. They're being listed in ChatGPT's app directory. Once your helpdesk's app is there, connect it under **Settings > Apps & connectors** and approve the sign-in.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Which helpdesks do the eesel apps for ChatGPT support?</summary>

Zendesk, Intercom, Freshdesk, Gorgias, Front and Gmail. Each app signs you in with your eesel account.

</details>

<details>

<summary>What can my eesel agent do from ChatGPT?</summary>

You can ask it what's in your helpdesk, have it draft a reply, and check what it has been doing. You get exactly the access you have in the dashboard: editors can change things, viewers can ask.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Can Codex set up eesel?</summary>

Yes. Codex sets eesel up the same way Claude Code does, with the eesel CLI. Every command prints JSON, so Codex can run the whole job and read its own results. See [Set up from Claude Code or the terminal](/getting-started/set-up-from-a-coding-agent.md).

</details>

<details>

<summary>How do I reach my agent from a chat app before the ChatGPT listing is live?</summary>

Use the [Claude connector](/apis-and-developer-resources/use-eesel-from-claude-and-other-assistants.md), or `eesel chat` from a terminal.

</details>

## Related

* [Set up from Claude Code or the terminal](/getting-started/set-up-from-a-coding-agent.md)
* [Use eesel from Claude and other AI assistants](/apis-and-developer-resources/use-eesel-from-claude-and-other-assistants.md)
* [The eesel CLI](/apis-and-developer-resources/cli.md)
* [Claude Code & MCP clients](/apis-and-developer-resources/claude-code-and-mcp-clients.md)


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