OpenAI Skills Explained: How ChatGPT’s New Feature Transforms AI Workflows

OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out Skills: Now Available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI Summary OpenAI has introduced a Skills feature to both ChatGPT and Codex CLI, modeled after Anthropic’s Skills mechanism. A “skill” is a folder containing a Markdown file and optional resources/scripts, enabling tasks like PDF processing, document handling, and plugin development. ChatGPT integrates skills via its Code Interpreter, while Codex CLI supports custom skill installation—both delivering practical, scalable AI capabilities. If you follow AI tool advancements, you may have noticed a subtle but impactful update: OpenAI has quietly added “Skills” to ChatGPT and its open-source Codex CLI. First popularized …