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The AI Advantage - How To Create Custom GPTs For Beginners

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Author: The AI Advantage
Categories: Technology Education
Tags: technology, education
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-15 07:48 UTC

Short Summary

Key Points

  • GPTs let ChatGPT Plus users move from one generalist model to a tool built for a single, specific purpose.
  • The Explore button in the top-left of chat.openai.com leads to the GPT store; the "Create a GPT" button (the plus sign) opens the editor.
  • The creator says the conversation starters are prompt templates that help users get started quickly.
  • Knowledge lets you upload files (for example, Instagram analytics) so the GPT can use them in its answers.
  • Advanced capabilities should be left on by default: internet access, image generation, and data analysis with code.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions:
    • Go to chat.openai.com, click Explore in the top-left, then click the plus button next to "Create a GPT."
    • Choose the Configure tab rather than the conversational builder for manual setup, since the beginner builder is user-friendly but not the best approach.
    • Name: enter the GPT's name (for example, "Growth Hacker"). Description: paste the copied description.
    • Instructions: paste the long copied instructions, which define the GPT's values, goals, and methodology. Leave them as provided, and refine them over time.
    • Conversation starters: scroll right in the template and paste the chosen prompts (the creator picked "Improve customer acquisition" from 10 options, and says 30 prompts are provided across the characters).
    • Knowledge: upload relevant files such as analytics; this is the place to experiment.
    • Advanced capabilities: keep defaults on.
    • Ignore Actions for now; they are for developers integrating external capabilities.
    • Add a profile picture by generating one with DALL·E or uploading the provided image.
    • Publish via Save in the top-right: "Only me" is private, "Only people with a link" is shareable by link, and "Public" adds it to the store once available. The creator chose Public.
  • Once saved, prompts can be run by clicking them, and the instructions can be edited later as the GPT is used.
  • The creator notes the template is available as a PDF, but recommends Notion for easier navigation.

Bottom Line

Custom GPTs are most useful when narrowly defined, and the fastest reliable route is the manual Configure setup with a prepared template, followed by iterative refinement.