Use GWC Bridge with ChatGPT

GWC Bridge lets ChatGPT request files, documents, searches and commands from your computer. The computer's folder policy, capability switches and protected-action checks control what can run locally; ChatGPT controls its own tool approvals. Connection sign-in does not select folders or tool capabilities.

Installing GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code is not the same as authorizing ChatGPT. Check the exact registered computer and configure its shared folders and local protections there. Connecting the ChatGPT app authorizes the account but does not ask you to choose folders or tick tool permissions.

• An active Connect Pass on the GWC account used for this connection.
• An online computer signed in to GWC, running a supported GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code release with Bridge connected.
• Use the same GWC sign-in that owns the PC in GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code, GWC for Web and this ChatGPT connection. In GWC for Web, use Personal for Bridge; on Mobile, switch to Personal if Bridge asks. Personal refers only to your GWC account context.
• Use the same GWC account on your computer and in ChatGPT. Identify the intended registered PC when using Bridge; folder and capability settings apply on the PC, not at sign-in.
• A current GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code release that supports the required GWC Bridge tools.

1. Set up your desktop app. Install or update a supported release of GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code and sign in to GWC. Check desktop availability for current releases and supported platforms. Check desktop availability
2. Check folder access on the PC. In GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code, review the computer's All folders or Selected folders policy and any enabled capabilities. New supported installations use All folders unless you restrict them; older versions use Share folder. This computer policy governs Bridge use after the AI app connects.
3. Connect GWC Bridge in ChatGPT. When GWC Bridge is available to your ChatGPT account, select it and follow its connection flow. Sign in to GWC when prompted.
4. Check what the connection can access. The GWC sign-in authorizes the ChatGPT connection without asking you to select a computer, folders or capabilities. Configure those restrictions in GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code and choose ChatGPT tool-approval settings on the GWC Bridge plugin page.
5. Review and allow the connection. Authorize the connection and return to ChatGPT. There is no extra folder or tool-permission selection at sign-in. Connected status or completed consent is not readiness; continue to the harmless first-read check. Revoke the connection later from Connected apps if needed.
6. 5. Confirm one harmless read Choose the intended computer and folder, then a non-sensitive text file inside that folder. Ask ChatGPT to read a small, identifiable part. Confirm success only when that connection returns the file content. This setup check needs no file changes, commands or agent tasks.

If a PC or folder is unavailable, open GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code on the intended computer, check its Bridge switch and folder policy, and verify the same GWC account. Refresh the reported computer status; do not look for extra choices on the sign-in page.

GWC for Web and GWC Connect show GWC Cloud sync and linked-computer status, including online/offline, registration, last seen and host activity. Computer cards can be expanded for details, and inactive computers can be removed. These pages are for monitoring and removal, not changing Bridge access.

Manage in GWC Bridge

Register a new computer and control Bridge On/Off on that computer in GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code. Some current desktop builds only show ChatGPT/Claude access as status, not independent On/Off switches. If separate controls are unavailable, review or revoke each app's OAuth grant under Settings → Connected apps. Check the desktop's actual state before relying on a change; switching off does not guarantee that work already running stops, and switching on cannot wake an offline computer.

In GWC for Web or GWC Connect, use Remove computer for an inactive computer registration and review its confirmation. Removing it blocks new Bridge access but does not delete files, stop work already running or revoke a separate ChatGPT or Claude connected-app grant. Revoke that grant separately under Settings → Connected apps.

Folders: In GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code, review the computer's All folders or Selected folders policy and any enabled capabilities. New supported installations use All folders unless you restrict them; older versions use Share folder. This computer policy governs Bridge use after the AI app connects.

Set when ChatGPT asks before using tools in ChatGPT's own Permissions: Always ask, Allow read-only tools, Allow low-risk tools or Allow all tools, where offered. Claude has its own connector and tool permissions. These belong to the AI clients, not GWC Bridge; GWC has no working four-level tool-approval selector or shared approval cards. Older desktop builds may still display a read-only legacy level.

The computer's Bridge switch, shared-folder policy, enabled capabilities and independent protected-file and process checks limit local access. OAuth scopes identify the connector; they are not extra folder or tool choices at sign-in. AI-app tool approvals remain in ChatGPT or Claude. Commands and agent tasks run with the operating-system user's rights and may affect data outside shared folders; AI-client approvals do not sandbox them.

These groups describe the available Bridge tool families. Use depends on the computer's current local restrictions and ChatGPT's own tool approvals; there is no scope or folder checklist during sign-in.

ChatGPT uses Bridge tools directly for files, documents and commands. Starting an agent task is optional and uses your own Taichu model setup.

• PCs and connection status

  Find your PCs and shared folders, check connection status and account information, and disconnect a PC from Bridge when authorized. Reconnect using the owner controls in GWC for Web, GWC Connect or on the PC, not a ChatGPT tool.

• Files and folders

  List files, check file information and read one or several files. With change permission, create folders, write or edit files, copy, move or delete them, and restore items that the file tool can restore.

• Documents

  Read and write documents in the formats supported by the PC, including PDF output when available. Document access follows the connection’s folder and change permissions.

• Search

  Search shared files. Start a search session, retrieve its results, list searches and stop a search.

• Commands and programs

  Run a command or start an interactive program. List its sessions, read output, send input and stop a session. Commands and programs run on your PC, not inside ChatGPT.

• System processes

  List system processes and end a selected process when system-process access is enabled. The PC’s process-identity protection still applies.

• Agent tasks

  Start, check and cancel agent tasks using your own Taichu setup. Tasks can change files and may use your configured provider account or local models. Any provider charges are handled by your provider.

• PC settings and activity

  Read safe PC settings, recent activity and usage. When authorized, change the PC’s display name or keep its activity log for longer. Settings tools cannot turn off protections or shorten the log.

• Prompt suggestions and feedback

  Read prompt suggestions and send a message you write to GWC. Feedback does not attach files, process output or diagnostics.

Set when ChatGPT asks before using tools in ChatGPT's own Permissions: Always ask, Allow read-only tools, Allow low-risk tools or Allow all tools, where offered. Claude has its own connector and tool permissions. These belong to the AI clients, not GWC Bridge; GWC has no working four-level tool-approval selector or shared approval cards. Older desktop builds may still display a read-only legacy level.

The computer's Bridge switch, shared-folder policy, enabled capabilities and independent protected-file and process checks limit local access. OAuth scopes identify the connector; they are not extra folder or tool choices at sign-in. AI-app tool approvals remain in ChatGPT or Claude. Commands and agent tasks run with the operating-system user's rights and may affect data outside shared folders; AI-client approvals do not sandbox them.

• File and document tools follow the PC's current shared-folder policy and protected-file rules. An empty Selected folders selection denies file and document access. ChatGPT sign-in cannot expand the PC's permitted folders.
• Protected credential and secret files stay blocked for file tools. Approval does not remove that protection.
• Commands, interactive programs and agent tasks run with your operating-system user permissions and are not confined to shared folders. Commands can use the network. Turning off a folder’s Allow changes does not make commands or tasks read-only.
• Your computer must be online with a supported GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code release running. A saved connection choice does not make an offline computer available.
• The computer's Bridge switch, shared-folder policy, enabled capabilities and independent protected-file and process checks limit local access. OAuth scopes identify the connector; they are not extra folder or tool choices at sign-in. AI-app tool approvals remain in ChatGPT or Claude. Commands and agent tasks run with the operating-system user's rights and may affect data outside shared folders; AI-client approvals do not sandbox them.
• System-process access has its own permission and process-identity protection. Turning it On does not remove that protection.
• Disconnecting Bridge is not a general stop or undo for work already started. File restore is not an undo for commands or agent tasks.
• Keep backups and review important changes.

• Stop sharing a folder: In GWC Bridge access in GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code, change the folder policy so the folder is no longer included; older versions use Stop sharing. New requests to that folder are refused once the PC confirms the change.
• Remove ChatGPT’s connection: Disconnect GWC Bridge in ChatGPT, or remove the exact app connection under Settings → Security → Connected apps in GWC for Web. This removes that connection’s access; it does not delete folders on your PC.
• In GWC for Web or GWC Connect, use Remove computer for an inactive computer registration and review its confirmation. Removing it blocks new Bridge access but does not delete files, stop work already running or revoke a separate ChatGPT or Claude connected-app grant. Revoke that grant separately under Settings → Connected apps.
• Register a new computer and control Bridge On/Off on that computer in GWC Studio or GWC for VS Code. Some current desktop builds only show ChatGPT/Claude access as status, not independent On/Off switches. If separate controls are unavailable, review or revoke each app's OAuth grant under Settings → Connected apps. Check the desktop's actual state before relying on a change; switching off does not guarantee that work already running stops, and switching on cannot wake an offline computer.

Disconnect is a connection control, not a general stop or undo for work already started. Use the appropriate process or agent task control to request cancellation.

Shared-folder metadata uses identifiers and labels rather than the plaintext absolute folder path. Requested file contents, command output and system-process results may themselves contain absolute paths or other personal information.

For a tool request, GWC relays the inputs and results needed for that tool. Depending on the tool, this can include folder labels, relative paths, requested file or document content, search terms and results, proposed changes, command or task instructions, process information and output. See the Privacy Policy for storage, retention and international-transfer details.

Successful read-only tools create no per-call PC activity entry and do not update the connection's last-used timestamp. GWC keeps separate connection and operational information needed to authenticate, deliver and revoke the service, as described in the Privacy Policy.

The PC activity log records GWC Bridge state-changing and elevated actions while it is on. You control it on the PC; while it is off, those actions still run within your capabilities and confirmations but are not recorded. It records targets, approval decisions and outcomes, never returned file/document contents, command/process output or Taichu answers. Retention defaults to 30 days; GWC Bridge can lengthen it but cannot shorten it or turn the log on or off.

Requested tool inputs and results are sent to ChatGPT/OpenAI, which handles them under its own terms and privacy policy. GWC Bridge does not claim that revocation can recall information already delivered.