My Dot found an old planning doc on my computer by itself

added Oct 1, 2026

I tested OpenAI Dots on my own computer. I set up my custom Dot "Doletas" (orange sloth avatar), gave it read-only access to my machine, and asked it to review projects related to "Black" in my Nomics Workspace. Without further guidance, it autonomously searched my files, found an old Drive document from September 16 containing my "Planejamento de 16 de setembro", and reported back. It confirms Dots can browse local files, and Dots usage does not count against the GPT-6 Astra chat limit. First-hand test, screen-recorded on the creator own machine.

First-hand screen-recorded test (in Portuguese) by Brazilian creator Vini Parizotto (@viniparizottomkt). After activating his custom Dot "Doletas" (an orange sloth avatar) with read-only access to his own computer, he asks it to review projects related to "Black" in his Nomics Workspace. The Dot autonomously searches his files and successfully locates an old Google Drive document from September 16 containing the "Planejamento de 16 de setembro" (September 16 plan) and reports back with it. The video also confirms Dots can browse local files and that Dots usage does not count against the GPT-6 Astra chat limit.