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Connect OpenAI Dots to Contro1

Connect OpenAI Dots to Contro1: add one MCP address, approve the sign-in, and it acts as you, with every call checked and recorded.

Updated Oct 21, 2026

OpenAI Dots, launched on September 29, 2026, uses the apps on your ChatGPT account, so Contro1 is added to ChatGPT first. It acts as you: it can use the Actions you hold and nothing more, and every call is recorded as yours.

Who this is for

OpenAI Dots is a personal agent that OpenAI runs for you on its own servers, so there is nothing to install. For: OpenAI Dots. Acts as: You, the person who approves the sign-in. Credential: An OAuth token ChatGPT holds. Contro1 never sees your OpenAI password..

OpenAI Dots, launched on September 29, 2026, uses the apps on your ChatGPT account, so Contro1 is added to ChatGPT first. It acts as you: it can use the Actions you hold and nothing more, and every call is recorded as yours.

Every way to connect an agent

Copy the address

You need a Contro1 account and a ChatGPT account.

StepWhat to doWhat you should see
Copy the Contro1 MCP addresshttps://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcpThe address https://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcp is on your clipboard.

Copy the address, step 1: Copy the Contro1 MCP address

The same address for every organization. The sign-in, not the address, decides who it acts as.

MCP server URL
https://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcp

What you should see: The address https://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcp is on your clipboard.

Add Contro1 in ChatGPT

OpenAI Dots, launched on September 29, 2026, uses the apps on your ChatGPT account, so Contro1 is added to ChatGPT first.

Not yet verified by Contro1. These steps come from third-party reports, not OpenAI's own documentation. If a screen looks different, what matters is that Contro1 is a connector on your ChatGPT account.

StepWhat to doWhat you should see
In ChatGPThttps://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcpThe Contro1 connector is on your account. Go on to the next step.
Then in OpenAI DotsIn Dots, allow it to use the Contro1 app.Dots can use Contro1. It uses the Contro1 sign-in on your ChatGPT account, so it acts as you.

Add Contro1 in ChatGPT, step 1: In ChatGPT

Add Contro1 to your ChatGPT account first, exactly as for ChatGPT: turn on Developer mode, Create an app named Contro1 with https://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcp and OAuth, and approve the Contro1 sign-in.

MCP server URL
https://api.contro1.com/api/centcom/mcp

What you should see: The Contro1 connector is on your account. Go on to the next step.

Add Contro1 in ChatGPT, step 2: Then in OpenAI Dots

In Dots, allow it to use the Contro1 app.

What you should see: Dots can use Contro1. It uses the Contro1 sign-in on your ChatGPT account, so it acts as you.

Approve the sign-in and check it

These start on the Contro1 sign-in page ChatGPT opened.

StepWhat to doWhat you should see
Approve the Contro1 sign-inOn the Contro1 consent page, sign in with your Contro1 account. Leave "Run Actions as you" checked so the app can run Actions; uncheck it if the connection should only read and preview. Then press Authorize.The Contro1 page closes and you are back in the app, with Contro1 connected.
Ask it who you areIn a chat, ask the app: "Who am I in Contro1?"The app calls the whoami tool, which names you and your organization. If it names somebody else, disconnect Contro1 in the app and connect again with the intended account.
Find it on AgentsOpen Agents in Contro1.It is listed as "OpenAI Dots (signed in as <you>)". It can use the Actions you hold and nothing more, and every call is recorded as yours.
Give it something to doConnecting grants nothing by itself. Apps allows an application's tools for the organization, and Access gives them to people and agents. Once you hold an Action, ask the app to list its Actions: it calls list_actions, and invoke_action when it needs an application.list_actions shows the Actions you hold. When the app runs one, Contro1 allows it, refuses it, or waits for a person first, as your organization's policy says.

Approve the sign-in and check it, step 1: Approve the Contro1 sign-in

On the Contro1 consent page, sign in with your Contro1 account. Leave "Run Actions as you" checked so the app can run Actions; uncheck it if the connection should only read and preview. Then press Authorize.

What you should see: The Contro1 page closes and you are back in the app, with Contro1 connected.

Approve the sign-in and check it, step 2: Ask it who you are

In a chat, ask the app: "Who am I in Contro1?"

What you should see: The app calls the whoami tool, which names you and your organization. If it names somebody else, disconnect Contro1 in the app and connect again with the intended account.

Approve the sign-in and check it, step 3: Find it on Agents

Open Agents in Contro1.

What you should see: It is listed as "OpenAI Dots (signed in as <you>)". It can use the Actions you hold and nothing more, and every call is recorded as yours.

Approve the sign-in and check it, step 4: Give it something to do

Connecting grants nothing by itself. Apps allows an application's tools for the organization, and Access gives them to people and agents. Once you hold an Action, ask the app to list its Actions: it calls list_actions, and invoke_action when it needs an application.

What you should see: list_actions shows the Actions you hold. When the app runs one, Contro1 allows it, refuses it, or waits for a person first, as your organization's policy says.

When something does not work

What you seeWhat to do
ChatGPT has no screen for a custom connector, or will not save itSome plans, or only an admin, may add custom connectors in ChatGPT. Ask your workspace admin.
whoami names somebody elseThe sign-in was approved with another Contro1 account. Disconnect Contro1 in ChatGPT and connect again, signing in with the intended account.
It can only read and preview, or says EXECUTE_SCOPE_REQUIREDThe sign-in was approved with "Run Actions as you" unchecked. Disconnect Contro1 in ChatGPT and connect again with it checked.
list_actions is emptyYou hold no Actions yet. An administrator allows the application's tools for the organization under Apps, and Actions are given in Access.
The sign-in is refusedContro1 refuses a sign-in that returns to the same computer (a 127.0.0.1 or app-specific address), because the person approving is often on another device.

Frequently asked questions

Does connecting give OpenAI Dots access to my applications?

No. Connecting grants nothing by itself. OpenAI Dots can use only the Actions you hold: Apps allows an application's tools for the organization, and Access gives them to people and agents.

Who does OpenAI Dots act as?

You, the person who approved the sign-in. On Agents it appears as "OpenAI Dots (signed in as you)", and every call it makes is recorded as yours.

Does Contro1 see my ChatGPT password?

No. You sign in to Contro1 on a Contro1 page, and ChatGPT receives an OAuth token for Contro1. Your password stays with OpenAI.

How do I disconnect it?

Remove the Contro1 connector in ChatGPT. To revoke it from Contro1's side, open Settings > Connected apps.

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