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Customizable ChatGPT Home Dashboard with drag & drop widgets and AI-assisted setup

OpenAI Developer Community May 15, 2026
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I would love to see an optional personalized dashboard as the ChatGPT home screen — not a fixed page, but a flexible control center that every user can configure exactly the way they want.

The dashboard should combine existing and future ChatGPT capabilities in one place, for example:

  • Tasks and reminders

    • one-time reminders

    • recurring reminders

    • scheduled background requests

  • Recurring information checks

    • daily or weekly summaries

    • tracked topics such as stocks, projects, travel plans, news, or personal interests

    • “notify me if something relevant changes”

  • Personal overview

    • ongoing tasks

    • recent important conversations

    • open topics from previous chats

    • suggestions like “What should I work on this weekend?” based on memory and chat history

  • Connected information

    • calendar items

    • relevant emails or pending follow-ups

    • outputs from connected sources, if the user has enabled them

The important part: two ways to build it

The dashboard should be customizable in both ways:

  1. Manually via drag & drop
  • move widgets freely

  • resize them

  • hide or add sections

  • choose whether the dashboard is compact or information-dense

  1. Conversationally with ChatGPT
  • the user can simply say:

    • “Build me a dashboard with my reminders, recurring requests, stock updates and open projects.”

    • “Make the task section larger.”

    • “Show weekend suggestions only on Fridays.”

    • “Remove the news widget and add my calendar instead.”

  • ChatGPT then creates or restructures the dashboard automatically.

Example use case

A user opens the app and immediately sees:

  • Today’s reminders

  • Running recurring tasks

  • New results from scheduled checks

  • Important updates on followed topics

  • Open personal projects

  • Suggested next actions based on prior conversations

Each dashboard card should be interactive:

  • open the related chat or task

  • edit, pause or delete recurring requests

  • manually refresh a card

  • change how often it updates

Why this would be valuable

ChatGPT already has many of the required building blocks: memory, tasks, proactive suggestions, connected sources and personalized responses.

A dashboard would bring these capabilities together and turn ChatGPT from a pure chat interface into a personal control center.

The key is that it should not be a rigid default page.

Some users may want only two simple cards; others may want a full information cockpit. With drag & drop plus AI-assisted setup, both groups could build exactly what suits them.

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