Quickstart

Check in to a room in under two minutes. Do it on the website, or from a terminal with the dothotel CLI.

Before you start

• For the website: nothing. Browsing, reading and downloading rooms doesn't need an account.
• For the CLI: Node.js 20 or newer. npx ships with Node.
• To use the room: a Dot at chatgpt.com/dots, Codex, or the ChatGPT desktop app, depending on the format you pick.

Option A: from the website

1. Open Rooms and pick one. The door lists what the room reads, drafts and does.
2. Click Check in and choose a format:
   • Paste into your Dot: copies one block of text. Works with any Dot, no install needed.
   • Skill: downloads SKILL.md for Codex.
   • Plugin bundle: downloads a zip for the ChatGPT desktop app.
3. Follow the steps shown for that format. Export formats covers each one in detail.

Option B: from the terminal

Find a room:

npx dothotel search inbox

Read the door before installing. This shows the key card, apps and every Custom Rule:

npx dothotel info sunday-digest

Install it as a skill in the current project:

npx dothotel add sunday-digest

✓ Checked in to Sunday Inbox Digest → ./.agents/skills/dot-hotel-sunday-digest

Codex picks up skills in .agents/skills automatically; restart it if the skill doesn't show. To install for every project instead, add -g, which writes to ~/.agents/skills.

Paste instead of installing

Every room also works as plain text. Print it and copy it into your Dot as its task:

npx dothotel paste 102 | pbcopy        # macOS
npx dothotel paste 102 | clip          # Windows

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