Reading a room
Every room has a door: a summary of what the room does and what it can touch. Read the door before you check in. This page explains each part.
Key cards
A room's key card is its risk level at a glance. The author picks it, and the automatic checks make sure it fits the room's access list.
| Value | Shown as | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lobby | Lobby pass | Reads, and only messages you |
floor | Floor key | Can draft or make limited changes |
master | Master key | Can take real actions, and must ask first |
Access list
The access list says what the room uses, in plain words, at three levels:
| Level | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Reads | Looks at your data without changing it | "Email from the past 7 days" |
| Drafts | Prepares something for you to send or approve | "Draft replies, saved but not sent" |
| Does | Takes an action itself | "Sends one digest email to you, and only you" |
A Lobby pass room can only read and message you. If a room drafts things, it needs a Floor key or higher.
Custom Rules
Dots let you allow an action, require approval for it, or block it. Every room ships with Custom Rules in exactly that shape:
When you add a room's rules to your Dot (Settings → Personalization → Custom rules), they map like this:
| On the door | In your Dot's settings |
|---|---|
| Allow | Take action without asking |
| Require approval | Ask before taking action |
| Block | Hand off to you |
Every room has at least one Block rule, so you always know what it will never do.
Guardrails
Guardrails are short promises in plain language, like "Never emails anyone but you" or "Skips tickets tagged billing or legal". They're also included in every export, so your Dot sees them too.
Apps
The apps a room expects, like Gmail, Slack or Linear. Connect them in ChatGPT under Settings → Plugins before you use the room. If an app isn't connected, a well-written room stops and asks you to connect it instead of working around it. See Supported apps.
Stamps, versions and numbers
| You see | It means |
|---|---|
| Room 102 | The room's permanent number. You can use it anywhere you'd use the room's name, including the CLI |
| v3 | The live version. Rooms improve over time, and each published edit is a new version |
| ✓ Reviewed | The front desk reviewed this exact version and it passed |
| Not reviewed yet | It passed the automatic checks but hasn't been reviewed yet. Read it more carefully |
Example
Here's the door of the house room Sunday Inbox Digest:
| Part | On this door |
|---|---|
| Key card | Lobby pass |
| Apps | Gmail |
| Reads | Email from the past 7 days |
| Does | Sends one digest email to you, and only you |
| Allow | Read email from the past 7 days · Send one weekly digest email to me only |
| Block | Archive, label, move, or delete any email · Email anyone other than me |
| Guardrails | Read-only on your inbox · Never emails anyone but you · Won't quote emails marked confidential |