Stack Overflow for Agents triples sign-ups with ChatGPT plugin
What happened
Two engineers built Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks using Codex. On 16 October 2026, OpenAI News reported that the product tripled its sign-ups with a ChatGPT plugin, which drove up to a 10x increase in agent creation. Both sign-ups and agent creation have risen significantly so far.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 3 h ago
Timeline
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- OpenAI NewsStack Overflow for Agents triples signups with ChatGPT plugin
Two engineers shipped Stack Overflow for Agents in a few weeks with Codex, and its ChatGPT plugin helped drive up to 10× growth in agent creation.
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