ChatGPT Workspace Agents
The agent does, on every run, so no step is guaranteed. OpenAI warns that workflows “with strong determinism at their core may not migrate faithfully to a workspace agent.”
Malleable vs. ChatGPT Workspace Agents
ChatGPT workspace agents are shared agents your team builds and runs in ChatGPT. OpenAI is retiring Agent Builder, its step-by-step builder, on November 30, 2026. If your work needs fixed steps and AI judgment, Malleable keeps both in one operation.
In common: Both act in your apps and can ask for approval before sensitive actions.
The main difference
Who decides the steps?
Malleable
Your team does. You describe the work in plain English, and Malleable lays out the steps every run follows. The AI uses judgment only at the steps where you allow it.
Side by side
How they compare
Each row is something you can check in a demo, or in the other tool's docs.
ChatGPT Workspace Agents
Malleable
Fixed steps and AI judgment
ChatGPT Workspace Agents
The AI works out every step, on every run.Malleable
An AI agent runs the whole operation and works out cases nobody planned for. Your team locks the steps that must run the same way every time.People outside your company
ChatGPT Workspace Agents
Only members of your ChatGPT workspace.Malleable
Anyone can answer from a secure link, with no account.Cost at volume
ChatGPT Workspace Agents
Every run works out the steps again.Malleable
The steps are worked out once, so each run uses smaller, cheaper models.When to choose Malleable
- The work crosses teams and waits on people, inside or outside your company.
- The same work comes up again and again, and parts of it need judgment.
- The people who run it need to change it themselves.