Rollout planner

Flip the switches, see what a member's dot can do

Set the eight switches the way you plan to. The list beside them shows what a member's dot is then allowed to do, and what still stops it. Copy the result into your rollout notes.

A member's dot can do 0 of 9 things

Your settings

Workspace settings, Permissions & roles. Everything starts off here.

Dots permissions

  • Members can create and use a dot. The three switches below do nothing for a member who doesn't have this one.

    Enterprise default: off

  • A member's dot can join Slack and post under its own name.

    Also listed as "Add dots to Slack and Microsoft Teams"

  • A dot can use files and run commands on the member's own computer.

    Enterprise default: off

  • Members can add and edit rules for what their dot does without asking.

    Enterprise default: off

Cloud computer and passwords

  • Dots and Work Cloud tasks can open websites and click around in them.

    Keeps the setting you already have for Work Cloud

  • Code and shell commands on a cloud computer can reach the internet.

    Keeps the setting you already have for Work Cloud

  • Dots and Work Cloud tasks can use the desktop and the applications on a cloud computer.

  • Members can use the password manager with dots and Work Cloud. Set apart from browser use.

What a member's dot can do

  • Exist at allThe member can create a dot, message it and call it.Off. No member has a dot until Use dots (Beta) is on, in the workspace default or in a role they hold.
  • Use the member's connected appsYes, within your Plugin controls and each app's permission. Turning dots on connects nothing new.Needs Use dots (Beta).
  • Open websites in its cloud browserYes. The cloud browser has none of the member's sign-ins or VPN, so a site may ask the member to sign in there.Needs Use dots (Beta) and Cloud browser use.
  • Run code that reaches the internetYes, from its cloud computer.Needs Use dots (Beta) and Cloud network access. Browser use doesn't cover this.
  • Use desktop apps on its cloud computerYes.Needs Use dots (Beta) and Cloud computer use.
  • Sign in with a login the member savedYes. The member saves the login in the password manager.Needs Use dots (Beta) and Use password manager.
  • Join SlackAllowed. Two more people still have to act: a Slack owner installs or approves the ChatGPT app, and the member connects the dot from its profile.Needs Use dots (Beta) and Add dots to Slack.
  • Work on the member's own computerAllowed. The member still has to allow it from the dot's profile, keep the computer online and keep the ChatGPT app open.Needs Use dots (Beta) and Allow local computer access.
  • Follow rules the member wroteYes. Members add and edit custom rules. Built-in safety requirements still win.No. Saved rules don't apply and members can't add any. The default rules still decide when a dot acts, asks or hands a step back, so off doesn't mean "ask every time".