Save chatgpt-desktop-practice-pack.zip on your computer.
2. Unzip it on your computer
On a Mac, double-click the ZIP in Finder. On Windows, right-click it and choose Extract All. Open the extracted folder, chatgpt-desktop-practice.
The folder contains STARTHERE.html (this guide), AGENTS.md and sample-messy-folder. Open STARTHERE.html in your browser. Keep them together.
3. Add the folder as a project
In ChatGPT Desktop, switch to Work. Click Choose project, then New project.
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Give the project a name, such as ChatGPT practice. Under Source folders, click Add folders ChatGPT can read and edit. Select the extracted chatgpt-desktop-practice folder, not the ZIP, then click Create project.
Other desktop agents may use different names for these controls.
The activities use the files inside sample-messy-folder. You can ask the agent:
What's in the sample messy folder?
4. Try an activity
Keep this page open beside your desktop app. Read an activity, copy its prompt into the app and continue the conversation there.
You can return here at any time, or choose another activity below.
Choose an activity
Use sample-messy-folder from the downloaded pack, or choose a folder of your own. Work through the activities in order, or start with the one that is most useful to you.
Find out what is in a folder before deciding whether to change it. You will leave with a short summary of its contents and a list of questions to resolve.
Use the sample folder
Use sample-messy-folder inside the practice folder already open in your desktop app. There is no need to create another project or open the sample folder separately. Nothing in this activity should create, rename, move, delete or edit files.
Use the same sample folder to try organising the project plans, meeting notes, data and dashboard files into sensible groups.
Work directly in the sample folder, not a separate copy. You can download the practice pack again to start fresh. For your own files, make sure you have a backup.
Write an AGENTS.md file describing the folder and how you want the agent to work with it.
Start with a simple prompt
Help me write an AGENTS.md for this folder.
Discuss what to include
What the project is for
What the agent should help with
What it should ask before changing
Where new files should go
How it should name files and check its work
Save and try it
Review the draft, then ask the agent to save it as AGENTS.md directly in sample-messy-folder. Leave the practice pack's existing AGENTS.md unchanged. If the sample folder already has one, discuss changes rather than replacing it.
