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Stack Overflow for Agents sees up to 10× growth with ChatGPT plugin

Original titleStack Overflow for Agents triples signups with ChatGPT plugin

Outlet: OpenAI News
Published: Oct 16, 2026
Importance: 3/5

Summary

Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks using Codex, and the ChatGPT plugin helped drive up to 10× growth in agent creation.

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Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks with Codex, and its ChatGPT plugin helped drive up to 10× growth in agent creation.

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